But what rhymes with "purple"?

What rhymes with "attention whores"?

Poets huh? But what do they REALLY do for a living.

Couldn't they just get drunk and/or high? That is the usual method for jump energizing poetry. Or, it is for me.

So does "Laureate" and "Small and wet".

Maybe they should just all eat an orange.

Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
I jumped in a lake
and my weennie is too.

choking the bishop
one enjoys making god cry
piles of dead kittens

/feel free to use, just give credit cuz it's my baby!

That has to be the funniest auto-mod: "Weeners" got turned into "weeners".

raab: But what rhymes with "purple"?

nurple.

FTA: "I just want to jump in the lake with the other crazies," aerospace engineer Mark Pomerville said while adorned in poetry-laden underwear.

You have got to be kidding me.

Twelve poets baristas plunge into a frigid lake to to bring attention to the world of poetry, also because "shrunk" and "junk" rhyme

FTFY

Haikus are easy.
But sometimes they don't make sense.
Refrigerator.

They should try writing some remarkable poetry, rather than jumping into a lake. People either like poetry, or they're likely to tell a poet to go jump in a lake.

These folks, therefore, are doing it backwards.

Silver is a good one.

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: ~ HAIKU ~

A frigid lake plunge?

The technical term for that:

Hypothermia.

Mifune would be proud but Mishima would have some choice words for that.

lol poems r for homoz amirite??? hhaha wat losers

y r ppl even read nemore is it cuz they want 2 sound smart cuz i never even read books or poems or nothin and im easily 1 of the most intillectuals out of ne1 i kno

Face it, poets: Adorno was right. You can't have poetry after the Holocaust.

coco ebert: Mifune would be proud but Mishima would have some choice words for that.

At least until the essence of medium comes to the forefront:

~ HAIKU ~

First, five syllables.

Next, use seven syllables.

Then, five syllables.

From the article: [...] offered a Thanksgiving reading of "Alice in Wonderland" in an area park as part of her artistic efforts.

Isn't it kind of an insult to write an article about literature, and then refer to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by its movie's abbreviated title?

Its bloody cold
Its bloody cold
Its bloody cold I know
But if it means we can hang
With the cool poets gang
It's worth it we suppose
Ok then here goes

raab: But what rhymes with "purple"?

Light urple. Duh

I love poetry. My favorite is Ewan McTeagle, who wrote such poems as 'Lend us a quid till the end of the week'. His masterpiece is, of course, 'Can I have fifty pounds to mend the shed?'.


/Check out Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate of the U.S. Link (new window) Number 1 is highly recommended.

raab: But what rhymes with "purple"?

If you were a Seattle native (a Patches Pal in particular), you would know that "Frpl" does.

Shrinkage rhymes with pinkage.

Attention whores we may be
We just wanted to make sure poetry didn't take a fall
Now we will jump into the cold sea
Oww my balls

What I'm wondering is, how the fark does putting powdered sugar on sidewalks constitute "artistic effort"? Or art, for that matter?

I'm a poet, so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies.

And also absolutely not jumping into any frozen lakes.

There's a "world of poetry?"

driven to quit: FTA: "I just want to jump in the lake with the other crazies," aerospace engineer Mark Pomerville said while adorned in poetry-laden underwear.

You have got to be kidding me.

Jumps in the lake with crazies wearing poetry-laden underwear

He is single and staying that way

Geez, they didn't have to get all Percy Bysshe Shelley about it.

"Twelve poets plunge into a frigid lake to to bring attention to the world of poetry, also because "shrunk" and "junk" rhyme"

I'm guessing subby was cold too too.

Of course they fail to realize that dipping in a frozen lake is a favorite pastime over some part of the world.

hudef: Those who Weeners are usually worst.

I've often said that myself.

/shrink and dink ?

Isn't there a better way to get people interested in poetry?

great headline. I LOLD

raab: But what rhymes with "purple"?

Ozzie Osbourne (new window) and Sting (new window) would just go with "purple".

"I just want to jump in the lake with the other crazies," aerospace engineer Mark Pomerville said while adorned in poetry-laden underwear.

What the fark is "poetry-laden underwear"?

tortilla burger: raab: But what rhymes with "purple"?

Light urple. Duh

So does "nurple"

Stuff like this always cracks me up.
Mainly because it's been done so many times that no one gives a krap anymore.

Back in the 50s, it was big news when some Norwegian folks chopped a hole in a frozen lake and jumped in for a swim, but now, it seems nearly everyone can do it.

Kind of like how it was really exciting news when someone climbed Mt. Everest and made it back down alive. Now, anyone with roughly $64,000 can climb the peak and so many do that it's turned into a business with a waiting list and the pristine slopes are getting littered with bodies and discarded oxygen canisters.

Boooring!

Build your own rocket and get into a sustained orbit -- meaning more than 15 minutes -- or make your own deep sea submersible and dive down to see the Titanic or even build something to get you to the moon and land and I'll be impressed.

Right now we have so many runners, bikers, swimmers, joggers and walkers who are doing long distance stuff for a cause that it's become common place.

Build a solar powered car, that will not break down, can fit at least two people comfortably and drive from coast to cost in the USA at an average speed of 45 mph and that will impress me. (In the same time you could drive it in a conventional car.) I might even contribute to your cause.

Traveling to the North or South pole on motorized sleds by guys who are average folks and dreamed up the idea doesn't impress me either. Solo trips across the oceans, either by sail or rowing, have happened so often that I couldn't care less. Especially with the new, basically unsinkable boats.

What did impress me years ago was an article I read about a bunch of homeless folks in New York City, building a boat out of salvaged junk, not one of them a sailor or boat builder, who got some radio and computer gear donated to them and sailed off to wander the world. They did have a website someone built for them, but I don't know what happened to it or them.

I wonder from time to time if they ever made it. I think they called their vessel the 'Junk Ship'.

Even before that, I was Impressed by the Voyage of the 'Kon Tiki' -- a reed raft made by scientists and explorers to determine if ancient folks could have navigated far distances over the ocean to colonize islands. Now THAT was impressive. Thor Hyerdahl was the expedition leader and designer. (Read the book. It's fascinating!)

I was also impressed when the French designed, first deep diving bell went a couple of miles down to the bottom of the sea. Now, if you happen to have about $10,000 to blow, you can book a ride on a submersible and go visit the Titanic.

So, impress me with something new for your causes and I'll probably donate and back you or at least spread your praise all over the Internet.

Oh, yeah. pounding down about 100 chicken wings or 50 hotdogs doesn't impress me at all. It just shows me you're a glutton.

Those who Weeners are usually worst.