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 (http://www.rooknet.com/beatpage/writers/ginsberg.html#howl) and Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came - R. Browning (http://www.bluejo.demon.co.uk/poetry/poems/rol.htm)
OK, I'm in...
The Waste Land by TS Eliot (http://eliotswasteland.tripod.com/) and Solomon's Song of Songs (http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?book_id=26&chapter=1&version=31).
Jonathan Bing By Betrice Curtis Brown (http://www.cswnet.com/~erin/child.htm#jbing) (Yes, THE Betrice) and My Guardian Angel By Chealsea M (http://www.stwcp.com/Poets/chelseam.htm)
In a Station of the Metro (http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/ezrapound/3817) by Ezra Pound and Pan (http://www.everypoet.com/archive/poetry/Oscar_Wilde/oscar_wilde_charmides_pan_double_villanelle.htm) by Oscar Wilde
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.
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.
Ozymandias (http://www.savagenet.com/oz/Oz/) - Percy Shelley
Song To Be Sung by the Father of Infant Female Children (http://www.westegg.com/nash/infant-female.html) - Ogden Nash
Darkness (http://readytogoebooks.com/Lb-Drk85.htm) -Lord Byron
Quote from: HoshikoHowl - Allen Ginsberg (http://www.rooknet.com/beatpage/writers/ginsberg.html#howl)
Longest first sentance I've ever read. Kinda reminds me of the book I'm reading now. Ever read anything by Samuel Delany?
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
Quote from: Altoid AddictQuote from: HoshikoHowl - Allen Ginsberg (http://www.rooknet.com/beatpage/writers/ginsberg.html#howl)
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?
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.
"The Road Not Taken" vs "Jabberwocky"
8)
jabberwocky so pwns the road not taken
The Entire Haiku Thread versus Beowulf (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/981)
Quote from: Eldora, Oracle of AlchemyShakespeare, 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 (http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/wssnt10.txt)
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.
Quote from: N'yo B?©, Terrorist Zenjajabberwocky 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.
8)
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.
I was going to put up The Mahabharata (http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/maha/) 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 (http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/K/KhayyamOmar/51MovingFing.htm)
and
Emily (http://www.everypoet.com/archive/poetry/Emily-Dickinson/emily-dickinson-poems-time-and-eternity-23.htm)
Quote from: the other anonymousQuote from: Eldora, Oracle of AlchemyShakespeare, 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 (http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/wssnt10.txt)
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 :wink:
Quote from: Zurtok KhanQuote from: Altoid AddictQuote from: HoshikoHowl - Allen Ginsberg (http://www.rooknet.com/beatpage/writers/ginsberg.html#howl)
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.
"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....
Alright, first up, My Guardian Angel By Chealsea M (http://www.stwcp.com/Poets/chelseam.htm) Vs. Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came - R. Browning (http://www.bluejo.demon.co.uk/poetry/poems/rol.htm)
Charges of bias, nepotism, or necromancy against the Holy Chooser (yours Truely) can be brought to the Proper Authorities, who will then shoot you.
Rowland's already been picked.
Just sayin.
Enheduanna - Hymn to Inanna (http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~davida/cc303/inannahymn.html) vs. the Orphic Hymn to Persephone (http://www.sibyllinewicca.org/sacred_texts/oh_persephone.htm)
Quote from: LMNORowland'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.
Yeah, so who won already?
yo momma!
ooooohh!
I'd say Browning wins by a hair, but I'm not the only judge, right?
Quote from: Altoid AddictAlright, first up, My Guardian Angel By Chealsea M (http://www.stwcp.com/Poets/chelseam.htm) Vs. Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came - R. Browning (http://www.bluejo.demon.co.uk/poetry/poems/rol.htm)
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.
Nominations are now over. Because we were one short I added in Suess's Oh the Places You'll go.
This is the new lineup. In the interest of saving time, feel free to vote on all pairings at once. We'll keep this voting phase open for a week or so, and then move on to round 2.
1-My Guardian Angel By Chealsea M (http://www.stwcp.com/Poets/chelseam.htm) VS. Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came - R. Browning (http://www.bluejo.demon.co.uk/poetry/poems/rol.htm)
2-Howl - Allen Ginsberg (http://www.rooknet.com/beatpage/writers/ginsberg.html#howl) VS. Song To Be Sung by the Father of Infant Female Children (http://www.westegg.com/nash/infant-female.html) - Ogden Nash
3-Jabberwocky (http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/jabberwocky.html) VS. the Orphic Hymn to Persephone (http://www.sibyllinewicca.org/sacred_texts/oh_persephone.htm)
4- The Waste Land by TS Eliot (http://eliotswasteland.tripod.com/) VS. Emily (http://www.everypoet.com/archive/poetry/Emily-Dickinson/emily-dickinson-poems-time-and-eternity-23.htm)
5- Ozymandias (http://www.savagenet.com/oz/Oz/) - Percy Shelley VS. Darkness (http://readytogoebooks.com/Lb-Drk85.htm) -Lord Byron
6- Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15831) VS. Oh The Places You'll Go - Suess (http://members.tripod.com/~TechBabe/places.html)
7- Solomon's Song of Songs (http://bible.gospelcom.net/passage/?book_id=26&chapter=1&version=31) VS. Edgar Alan Poe, The Raven (http://www.comnet.ca/~forrest/raven.html)
8- Enheduanna - Hymn to Inanna (http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~davida/cc303/inannahymn.html) VS. Beowulf (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/981)
9- Pan (http://www.everypoet.com/archive/poetry/Oscar_Wilde/oscar_wilde_charmides_pan_double_villanelle.htm) by Oscar Wilde VS. The Entire Haiku Thread (http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=39)
10- Shakespeare's Sonnet CXXX (http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/wssnt10.txt) VS. The Rubiyat (http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/K/KhayyamOmar/51MovingFing.htm)
11- The Boys I mean are not refined - E.E. Cummings (http://users.crocker.com/~lwm/theboys.html) VS. The Road Not Taken (http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/frost_road.html)
12- Jonathan Bing By Betrice Curtis Brown (http://www.cswnet.com/~erin/child.htm#jbing) VS. In a Station of the Metro (http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/ezrapound/3817) by Ezra Pound
Damn, I can't decide for 2. Ozymandias wins 5 though.
By the way, welcome back Hoshi. Want to start up that story again?
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for #11, I say ee cummings pwns
Kublha Khan wins #6
#4 - Wasteland kicks Emily's ass.
Quote from: LMNO#4 - Wasteland kicks Emily's ass.
definately
#1 - My Guardian Angel
#2 - Howl
#3 - Jabberwocky
#4 - The Waste Land
#5 - Darkness
#6 - Kublha Khan (one of the greatest poems EVAR)
#7 - The Raven
#8 - Beowulf (because Beowulf is awesome)
#9 - Haiku Thread
#10 - Shakespeare
#11 - The boys I mean are not refined
#12 - In a Station of the Metro
#5 is the best choice, of many good ones.
But no Kipling?