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on Farmhouse, Southern France (storm on arrival) by Ranger
21 Sep 2006, 2:22 PM
"solar flowers threw their manes around/with total disregard"--nice, especially the play on flowers/flares (in my mind anyway!). Didn't have time to do more than skim this (have a kayak race to train for and scant hours of sunlight left) but will def come back to it tomorrow.
i like this very much. at first i accidentally read the first line as the title and the second line as the first. i think it would be even better than it is if that were in fact the case.
remember 7th street in the rain (without the first remember me) would be a much stronger beginning. likewise, the last stanza doesn't need the line "please remember" - the repetition does nothing for this poem in either case. otherwise, abosulutely wonderful.
it couldn't have been said better.
What an unfortunate predicament. I suggest a better choice of partner.
I bearded the Lord with a cross
Like a goatee, but wooden; it cost
Very little to build
And the Jews were all thrilled
With our saviour's most stylish new moss
Reminds me of my girlfriend Lola. She's my angel.
A lot of this has a strong rhythm of ONE-two-three-FOUR, very musical and very easy to read. Where it deviates, it gets more difficult.
Edna Sweetlove
on Beard my Homemade Negro Jesus (Improved! With AIDS!) by Everyone
22 Sep 2006, 8:27 AM
I think I read this before and said it was bollocks. It still is.
The finest 'Vulgar Poeme' on poemranker, at least of those I've read recently. Line two needs tweaking, the rhythm's out slightly.
'I've lost another shoelace in this giant vat of beer'
'You've made me drop my salad and you've burnt my slice of cow'
'It's nothing new for me to be content with talking shit'
!!!!!
Please keep posting :-D
I was going to hold commenting on anything else until tomorrow, but this can't wait. 'Damned impressive' doesn't really do justice to it; the concept at least is worthy of top scores. If you could intersperse a few more rhymes among the verses (just like I've done there ;-) ) I think it would flow so much quicker. Also think a certain amount of revision needs to take place with the metric consistency, but I love love love the content. Particularly the end, but I think that generally this is the best I've seen of yours.
Some cool, fresh imagery in this. I think you could drop the first two stanzas without losing much and instead start with the stronger, more original "Consider that I found you . . .". The last two stanzas are ace.
Hello Sunny. You have real telent and strong sense of imagey and lyrical writing. Keep at it!
gramma's house for summer vacation...your words took me there. I was 10 again for just a moment. Very good.
Bullseye. That line two has bugged me for ages. I love it nonetheless even though the rhythem stinks. I'll see what I can do.
Such perception. I do skim sometimes and miss the point entirely. Case in point the recent Spider one. I thought it was about boobs and babies!
..... and the best part by far so far imho
know the feeling :)! ... reads like it should be spoken over beats. If not, i'd introduce more rests and split some lines into 2 or 3 .....
Better than being full of someone else's sperm.
I love doggerel. But onky talented doggerel. Which this is not.