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Nan
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0 posted 2000-07-23 09:21 AM


Our own wonderful Balladeer is much too humble...   ..

Mike's a great ballad writer and is aptly named, of course - He's directed us to these works, but he didn't link them - So I'll do it for him...   .. They're written beautifully in iambic heptameter... Check these out for their formats, folks...

Small Pain in My Chest
Night Travelers
The Cycle



Notice that Balladeer's rhyme scheme is consistently a-a-b-b-... He's allowed to break the a-b-c-b rule, though - cuz he's the Balladeer!!!..  






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Munda
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1 posted 2000-07-23 11:47 AM


LOL OK Nan you win....hehe. If I change it like this, would that make it a ballad(s) according the "Balladeer" rules ?  

The Ballad of Ceres

Upon a day, a while ago, a sweet Ceres was born
A man named Ron created her. He called her his "firstborn"
Computer Techno Poetry became their passion one
To sleep they hardly ever go, not 'til all jobs are done

At first she had some growing pains with master CD-Ron
But quickly learned how to back-up and problems soon were gone
A cold, it doesn't bother her, Ceres is virus proof
Whatever virus does approach she finds them all a spoof

She doesn't fish for compliments, she rather has a worm
A good wild race with "Trojan horse", she loves to make them squirm
From time to time she bytes a bit, but that's just puberty
She wants to lose her heart disk drive, feel software ecstasy

To surf the world of cyberspace, the world she most admires
Linked to computers lost in space, a Giga great desire  
To surf where none have surfed before, seek for the hackers nest
And bug them in their secret home would give her mem'ry rest

But when time comes to do the job, she's like a sorceress
She's always there where she belongs, she's just a sweet Ceres

The Ballad of Ceres (Sequel) or Why Ceres Is Slow

Upon a day, not long ago, Ceres got lost in space
While surfing cyber inter waves, she found the hackers base
Confused by such tremendous luck she stumbeled over bugs
A secret booby trap detour which almost pulled her plug

But fortunate a Giga hunk appeared among their mid
Came to the rescue of Ceres and Cupid's arrow hit
Ceres has lost her heart disk drive which makes her rather slow
Her memory is lost in space she feels an afterglow

She wiggles with her floppy disk, discovers crazy bytes
Gets drunk on Passions Poetry and comes home late at night
Now master Ron does all he can to keep her server-bound
He promised her more memory, but she replied spellbound

"To surf where none have surfed before, be Giga loved one time
And share my deepest heart disk drive with every bit that's mine"
"No Master I won't be a slave of cyber lovers fear
I rather hurt my precious bits than lose my Giga dear"

So poets of the internet it's something we must face
There's not much we can do but wait it's "love in cyberspace"


MWAHAHAHA, think I'm going to spend some time in the "Stute now. these ballads are driving me quite insane !  

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2 posted 2000-07-23 02:21 PM


Thank you, dear Nan, for your nice comments but I live in the city. I can't write suberb ballads!  
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3 posted 2000-07-23 02:23 PM


Hey, munda, those are terrific!! (but don't come to class again trying to rhyme "mid" and "hit" or you're gonna have to stay after class!  
Nan
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4 posted 2000-07-23 11:16 PM


Munda - I think that's great... Don't let Mike get to you either.....
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