Ode to the Avatar

My Gawd. "The Shinning".....that could have been a great movie...the ending sucked.

Want to know how to do a limerick?

Sure.i just [posted] a reply to the bunny,but i'm willing to learn from a pro.
i thought the last shot of Jack at the 4th of july picture was quite entertaining,but i wasn't too happy with the mom and kid getting away.

Oh,i meant THIS Labyrnth-

To be frank, wolfstorm, I have never thought that Stephen King's books were all that great. Good grief. I have never learned to post pictures. Perhaps you can give me a clue.

A limerick is a patterned poem that follows a particular rhyme scheme.

Example:
There once was an eminent preacher,
Who said to a hen, "My dear creature".
The hen, just for that,
Laid an egg in his hat,
And thus did the hen reward Beecher.

Notice that the two words at the end of lines one and two, rhyme. (preacher and creature) Those words are labeled AA. Also notice the next two lines have a different rhythm and the words that and hat rhyme. We call those BB. Finally the last line has the rhythm of the first two lines and the last word rhymes with preacher and creature Back to A again.

So the rhyme scheme of a limerick is aa bb a.

The rhythm is quite important because the stressed syllables must follow a pattern.

There ONCE was an EM i nent PREACHer
who SAID to a HEN my dear CREAture..

Hope this helps.

Bishop a sign of strength and might
but still a pawn unto his queen
T.E. will do it all in life
but only if it's meant to be


good with free verse but have problems with strict structure

Hey, True Experience. We all have trouble with structured stuff

Your little poetry vignette was good because it made me wonder about your "take" on life, especially the line "..but only if it's meant to be."

Welcome to A2K.

My take on life
What is meant to be will be
we can all be whatever we want in life
but we can only be who we are
so while i'm a pawn to this thing called life
i will be who i am in every way possible



i appreciate your interest, it's motivating to have a stranger interested in my fledgling work

Check, Mate. Not being glib, my friend....and you are sooooo right. To quote someone I used to know..."What you see is what you get".

Yes, stranger in a strange land..........................................

I have just seen this old thread and wish to contribute ...

The corgi is waiting with slavering jaws
He has ossobuco in mind
Simmering in an Italian stew
A veal shank of tenderest kind.


Lisa has a Santa hat
And Lisa has a dummy*
The one thing that our Lisa wants
Is her kindly, raspy Mummy

*Brit - pacifier

Fealola changes. She has swung
From skinny guitar to lamp
And now
Puts her political heart out there
Her heart on her sleeve.

Kev's a real Yorkshireman
He's just a Yorkshire bear
His white rose is political
Lancaster men - beware!

Stumbling through the swamp
full of drink and cuss
A man staggers alone
The man we know as Gus

Clary and Gus. What a wonderful surprise to see your odes here.

For Clary's avatar:

The child that's rest her gentle hand
Upon a naive cheek,
Will grow to be a lady fair,
Suburban, and tres chic.

For Gus's Avatar:
He stumbles through the great morass
Gets caught up in the mire,
And yet he has a gentle soul
Hirsute with fens and fire.

The little girl you see at left
Had a most unhappy puppyhood
But she was not to be bereft
Forever of love and dainty food
My sweetiepie learned of her grief
And as she is wise and kind and good
She sauntered in nonchalance, a thief
To steal away Little Cleo's sad mood
A little walk she said she'd take
With Cleo, round the neighborhood
And brought her home, a place to make
for the smiling little gem of our canine brood

(Of course its doggerel, what would you expect ? ! ? ! ?)

WOW Set !! That was great !!!

Aw garsh . . . thanks, Boss . . .

clever as ever, of course.

To Set's Cleo:

A pair of eyes look up at me,
With such a pleading look,
That I can't help remembering
A verse within the book.
Do ye unto others as you'd have them do to you.
And so my heart is captured by sweetie and her cleo,
Enough to sing a song of love and fondness for the three of 'ya.

WOW !!!!

Oh Miss Letty, you darned ol' sweetheart, you . . .

Awwwww, I love that smiling little face and everyone who loves her.

smoochsmoochsmooch
and an extra one for Miss Letty.

and, Beth. You and the Set and the music. Something tells me Cleo will work her way in to the picture.

Happy New Year Toronto

This has been a good
Page
To read.
It has brought me
Much pleasure.

When I have more
Time
I will bring you
A poem.
But until then
I bid you
Fondly, adieu.