Poem-off- Deathmatch!

[the other anonymous]

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.

Perhaps this?

CXXX

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red, than her lips red:
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound:
I grant I never saw a goddess go,--
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
 And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare,
 As any she belied with false compare.

[East Coast Hustle]

jabberwocky so pwns the road not taken

I dunno about that. "the Road not taken" should have special meaning for folks like us.

not that Jabberwocky doesn't rock.

[Iron Sulfide]

i dunno bout all that

specialism is a personal thing. if something transcends personal, then
it's a vehicle for communication, comradery, fellowship...there is this that
is in common.

or maybe it's just that i'm rather contrary and selfish?

oi still think jabberwocky would pwns

now what i want to know (once again, the questions I wanted to be asked
were in fact NOT asked)..

i wanna know, who would win: Jabberwocky? or the Vermeous Bandersnatch?

Vermeous Bandersnatch sounds pretty tuff.

[gnimbley]

I was going to put up The Mahabharata because it is probably the
world's longest poem (heh heh; can't judge it until you've read the
whole thing) but the only links I could find to English translations
on the web (see above) were not actually in poetic form.

So instead I will offer

The Rubiyat

and

Emily

[Eldora, Oracle of Alchemy]

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.

Perhaps this?

CXXX

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red, than her lips red:
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound:
I grant I never saw a goddess go,--
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
 And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare,
 As any she belied with false compare.

Thanks, that cracks me up every time

[Bob the Mediocre]

Howl - 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?

I was kinda taking the whole first part as a sentance. Maybe I shouldn't, but it almost looks like one.

[LMNO]

"I saw the best minds of my generation... yawn... destroyed by madness... YAWN...

::skips a bit::

...gay sex...


::skips a bit::

...good to eat a thousand
years."

ZZZZZZ....

[Bob the Mediocre]

Alright, first up, My Guardian Angel By Chealsea M Vs. Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came - R. Browning

Charges of bias, nepotism, or necromancy against the Holy Chooser (yours Truely) can be brought to the Proper Authorities, who will then shoot you.

[LMNO]

Rowland's already been picked.

Just sayin.

[DJRubberducky]

Enheduanna - Hymn to Inanna vs. the Orphic Hymn to Persephone

[Bob the Mediocre]

Rowland's already been picked.

Just sayin.

I was saying I picked those randomly from what we had, to be the first battle, since we had 20 already. Sorry I wasn't clear.

[gnimbley]

Yeah, so who won already?

[Horab Fibslager]

yo momma!


ooooohh!

[Bob the Mediocre]

I'd say Browning wins by a hair, but I'm not the only judge, right?

[Hoshiko]

Alright, first up, My Guardian Angel By Chealsea M Vs. Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came - R. Browning

Ok, you heard the man, first vote! Who wins this round?

I say Childe Roland obviously PWNS, but I am also so completely, totally biased.