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When The Earth Was Born (Limerick WS)
When our earth planet was born
'twas a wild, ferocious morn
Then it started to cool
In a swimming pool
a boo bounce dance like a pop corn
Style / type:
Structured: Western
Review Request (Intensity):
I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
Review Request (Direction):
What did you think of my title?
How was my language use?
What did you think of the rhythm or pattern or pacing?
How does this theme appeal to you?
How was the beginning/ending of the poem?
Is the internal logic consistent?
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Comments
weirdelf
Thu, 2014-10-30 04:07
a boo bounce dance like a pop corn?
Come on! We want serious emotion, philosophy, poetry beauty.
a boo bounce dance like a pop corn?
That's silly.
You can do better.
cheers,
Jess
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Rula
Thu, 2014-10-30 04:20
This is not silly Jess
at least what I think.
This is how when you put something very hot in water to make it cool.
watch this
http://www.wimp.com/lavaice/
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weirdelf
Thu, 2014-10-30 04:52
I see the images
but listen to the words
a boo bounce dance like a pop corn
trivial.
cheers,
Jess
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wesley snow
Sat, 2014-11-01 15:49
Accessibility
In a humorous limerick this last line would have worked, but as Jess said it's a little strange for what was attempting to be drama (don't feel bad... Jess is gonna ream me... my first two submissions are humorous. I can't seem to write seriously in this format).
Line two has a typo. "Mom" should be "Morn".
Your subject was good though, I can't think of anything but Ebola and Jess is already mad at me.
W. H. Snow
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Rula
Sun, 2014-11-02 01:50
thank you sir
It is in fact m o r n if you have a closer look
Glass' s on? :)
I am trying to rework that line.
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Rula
Sun, 2014-11-02 01:51
Thanks for the visit
Gem
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raj
Sun, 2014-11-02 15:53
Rula
When stick like this, I suggest you take a fresh look to explore other possibilities like an example below..
When our planet was born
'twas a ferocious morn
Then it started to cool
from a gaseous pool
eons before life took form
Regards,
raj (sublime_ocean)
weirdelf
Sun, 2014-11-02 21:21
good suggestion, raj,
really, Rula, for a serious limerick that last line has got to go.
cheers,
Jess
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Rula
Mon, 2014-11-03 11:18
raj
your suggestion is really brilliant.
Thank you.
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weirdelf
Mon, 2014-11-03 18:59
coolI!
me like.
Might conflict with Barbara's creationist views though.
cheers,
Jess
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raj
Wed, 2014-11-05 13:21
Gemma
You have a brilliant vocabulary. I suggest you come up with an alternate for spawn, to rhyme perfectly with born & torn
Regards,
raj (sublime_ocean)
raj
Wed, 2014-11-05 14:15
May be I am wrong. What i
May be I am wrong. What i meant was a word with an r in it would perhaps make it more perfect.
raj (sublime_ocean)
raj
Wed, 2014-11-05 14:51
Funny...felt like a scorn...
Funny...felt like a scorn....lol
raj (sublime_ocean)
wesley snow
Wed, 2014-11-05 21:17
What she means is this.
Many words in the English language use an unprinted "R". Such as "Thrawn". Spelled such it sounds as though it rhymes with "on". However, many dialects (mostly in the east of the U. S. and Britain) will pronounce it as "Thrawrn". Try "warsh" instead of wash.
It's an affectation a lot like country western slang. It is a deliberately designed method of changing language in a swift and unnatural way instead of slowly generating over centuries or millennium.
BUT... the English speaking language is as the English speaking people speak it.
I don't like the "r", but I'll fight to the death to defend her right to speak that way,
So, the words do indeed rhyme.
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weirdelf
Thu, 2014-11-06 10:43
Now this is where limericks,
and rhyming poetry in general gets really tricky.
Not only do regional dialects make words rhyme differently but they play havoc with meter.
cheers,
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raj
Thu, 2014-11-06 10:30
Ok. I withdraw my suggestion.
Ok. I withdraw my suggestion.
Regards,
raj (sublime_ocean)
Rula
Thu, 2014-11-06 12:54
raj
We do daily learn something new and I am for one who appreciate WHAT EVERYTHING you suggest. Your comments are always welcome.
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lovedly
Thu, 2014-11-06 12:58
Rula
by now we all know
earth is ours
and a planet too
don't you think the word
planet
thus becomes superfluous
when in poetry every word counts
just my view 4 u
Rula
Thu, 2014-11-06 13:06
could be
seems that this little limerick has failed on every level.
Anyway I have enjoyed trying the least.
I find it difficult to fix .
Appreciate your visit and the comment
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wesley snow
Thu, 2014-11-06 14:36
The Limerick was not a failure in any way.
Look at the conversation we had over it. Look at the number of new concepts that were discussed. All we needed was an argument over something controversial, but that would be out of place in a Rula thread.
Did you learn anything about the rhythm of the limerick? Did anyone else?
No, the limerick is a success.
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Rula
Fri, 2014-11-07 16:29
You are probably right sir
But I don't think I have learnt the right rhythm yet.
Have you?
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wesley snow
Fri, 2014-11-07 16:42
It makes me nuts also.
Partly because the sound is so silly I don't seem to write seriously.
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weirdelf
Fri, 2014-11-07 17:03
That is the point of the exercise, Wesley
to stretch your limits of form versus content. I am a little disappointed you haven't tried harder.
cheers,
Jess
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Rula
Fri, 2014-11-07 17:05
He at least
tried (grins)
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