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Started by Hoshiko, July 18, 2005, 06:10:54 PM

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Hoshiko

July 18, 2005, 06:10:54 PM
I wonder who would win in a fight...

Each person nominates 2 poems (good or otherwise) as their picks. When we have 20 or so we'll mix 'em up, draw them out of a hat, post them in pairs and let them fight it out.

I have no idea if this will work or not, but it sounds fun and let's face it, some poems are just beggin to get the **** kicked out of them.

I'm going to nominate Howl - Allen Ginsberg and Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came - R. Browning
Making people sorry they asked since 1983.

                   **************************
She got the speakers in the trunk
With the bass on crunk.

LMNO

#1
July 18, 2005, 06:22:29 PM

napoleone

#2
July 18, 2005, 07:43:37 PM
Peter Griffin Lives! <- Turned my universe upside down.

Iron Sulfide

#3
July 18, 2005, 08:06:56 PM
In a Station of the Metro by Ezra Pound and Pan by Oscar Wilde
Ya' stupid Yank.

Iron Sulfide

#4
July 18, 2005, 08:10:45 PM
i was going to submit Ballad of the Skeletons by ginsberg, but you already
gave a ginsberg..

then it occured to me that ginsberg is crazy enough to have two of his poems
fight eachother..

then i couldn't find it.
Ya' stupid Yank.

LMNO

#5
July 18, 2005, 08:14:26 PM
Quote from: N'yo B?©, Terrorist Zenjai was going to submit Ballad of the Skeletons by ginsberg, but you already
gave a ginsberg..

then it occured to me that ginsberg is crazy enough to have two of his poems
fight eachother..

then i couldn't find it.

I was gonna post Ginsburg's Kaddish to back you up, but I can't find an online text of it.

Gawd, I had to analyze that in highschool.  It was rough.

Bob the Mediocre

#6
July 19, 2005, 02:59:42 AM
"we are building a religion
we are making a brand
we're the only ones to turn to when your castles turn to sand
take a bite of this apple
mister corporate events
take a walk through the jungle
of cardboard shanties and tents
some people drink pepsi
some people drink coke
the wacky morning dj says democracy's a joke
he says now do you believe in the one big song
he is now accepting callers who would like to sing along"

I AM A COMPLETE AND UTTER FUCKING IDIOT!

Fredfredly ⊂(◉‿◉)つ

#7
July 19, 2005, 03:08:02 AM
Darkness -Lord Byron

Bob the Mediocre

#8
July 19, 2005, 03:38:11 AM
Quote from: HoshikoHowl - Allen Ginsberg

Longest first sentance I've ever read. Kinda reminds me of the book I'm reading now. Ever read anything by Samuel Delany?
"we are building a religion
we are making a brand
we're the only ones to turn to when your castles turn to sand
take a bite of this apple
mister corporate events
take a walk through the jungle
of cardboard shanties and tents
some people drink pepsi
some people drink coke
the wacky morning dj says democracy's a joke
he says now do you believe in the one big song
he is now accepting callers who would like to sing along"

I AM A COMPLETE AND UTTER FUCKING IDIOT!

Zurtok Khan

#9
July 19, 2005, 04:54:06 AM
Hrrm...

The Boys I mean are not refined - E.E. Cummings http://users.crocker.com/~lwm/theboys.html

and

Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15831
Resistance is Fertile.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
-Mark Twain

I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.
-Mark Twain

Zurtok Khan

#10
July 19, 2005, 04:54:42 AM
Quote from: Altoid Addict
Quote from: HoshikoHowl - Allen Ginsberg

Longest first sentance I've ever read. Kinda reminds me of the book I'm reading now. Ever read anything by Samuel Delany?

There are sentances in Howl?
Resistance is Fertile.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
-Mark Twain

I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.
-Mark Twain

Eldora, Oracle of Alchemy

#11
July 19, 2005, 06:22:36 AM
Edgar Alan Poe, The Raven

Shakespeare, one of his sonnets, I forget the name, something about, my lover's lips are not red like roses are red.  I'll find it later.

East Coast Hustle

#12
July 19, 2005, 06:27:27 AM
"The Road Not Taken" vs "Jabberwocky"

8)
Rabid Colostomy Hole Jammer of the Coming Apocalypse™

The Devil is in the details; God is in the nuance.


Some yahoo yelled at me, saying 'GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH', and I thought, "I'm feeling generous today.  Why not BOTH?"

Iron Sulfide

#13
July 19, 2005, 06:44:29 AM
jabberwocky so pwns the road not taken
Ya' stupid Yank.

the other anonymous

#14
July 19, 2005, 09:01:02 AM
The Entire Haiku Thread versus Beowulf
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