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Call the Cops....! |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA 
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Will someone call the cops right now? There's been a real crime! Last night while I was fast asleep Somebody stole my rhyme! I had it under lock and key. I thought it was secure. I had it tucked deep in my heart To be extremely sure. But someone found their way inside And took my rhyme away. Now all that's left is emptiness And words I cannot say. Oh, wait! I know who did it! Absolutely! I am sure! It was that girl I fell in love with.. I know it was her! She had the only combination Had the only key. I can't believe she'd take my rhymes Then run away from me. But she is gone and so are they It's not coincidence. They left the day she went away And I ain't seen them since! If someone sees her, let her know I have a silent pen And, till the day she's back to stay, I'll never rhyme again. Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect; it just means you've decided to see beyond the imperfections. |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
mr deer i must say here are yuh happy with yur existence cuz mr deer i do doth fear to rhyming you've no resistance |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
If I thought for a minute this were true, I'd beat her up for you. The Balladeer will live to rhyme...I know this is true. Hugs to ya, Michael! Smiles. |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
There's only one thing to do in a case like this, every poet needs a bodyguard.  "When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey."" Laurie Lee Kathleen |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Yep. Irish? THAT'S ME. rofl... |
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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
It would appear sir that your rhyme is out about and doing fine the malady of your ballad sir may be that other part not your meter or your pen so may God bless your heart! |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
your rhyme is just fine its been here all the time your poetry does define she will never call it "mine" your cadence is sublime your meter is divine she needs to walk the line she needs to beg and whine let this poem be her sign leaving you was her crime your a poet in your prime like Spam your words are sweet as wine. (oh well..so far to go for so little)  LOL*Winkiewinkie* love this one deer they can steal our hearts but not our poetry later-no-need-to-call-the-cops-gator me |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
Balladeer, you don't want the cops they might confiscate your spam and tapes of Benny Hill. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
and while the cops are searching searching high and low ask them for me will you? whatever became of TOE? Karilea If I whisper, will you listen?...KRJ |
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Ron K. Fox Senior Member
since 2000-10-24
Posts 925 |
This is a great one...Very cool, sir. Enjoy your work. Tossing words like wishful coins into the deep well of an open heart. R. fox |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
Um....Mike? Um....I took it, but I promise I'll give it all back after I'm through abusing it. (Whoze chore daddy?!) Ah...feel better now....that iambic septameter and octameter was getting a little unruly. *manly HUGS* It'll all come back in due time, Sir Balladeer. But until then, you have plenty of fodder for angst poetry.  |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
Dear Deer, Your rhyme is here, Find it once again, At your aid, Once a handsome ransom is paid. Useless then it will return, For from your elixir, I have not yet learned. Of its secrets I do but beg, Before serving another cup, Out of my bad rhyming keg. *note* THIS POEM WILL SELF DESTRUCT! My name isn't Baby, and I don't want to cyber. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Balladeer, Called 911 but no one was there. Fun poem. |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
i'd call 9-1-1 but sunofagun i noticed just in time that your poem here did ryhme! So how can you it be you feel are you sure this is for real, perhaps your love has come home and is hiding inside your poem! Cor |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Walt...afraid you're right. I can't stop rhyming...day and night  Serenity....sometimes I live to rhyme and sometimes I rhyme to live. With you as a bodyguard I know I would be safe. Keep me covered, ok? Rose....well, you're half right! Rebel...you must be a carpenter because you always have an uncanny knack for hitting the nail right on the head..may your heart also be blessed, good poet. Janet MArie...they can steal our hearts but not our poetry....what a FANTASTIC line!!!!! You're awesome, spam-sharer inot2B....you're right!...and they might not be able to tell the difference!  Sunshine...I'll ask them...but I think he's on the lam Ron....your words are very kind and appreciated... Alicat...ain't it the truth! Whatever happens to a poet just gives them more to write about! Abuse away, fanatical feline fellow! Temptress...ROFL!! Self-destructing rhyme or not, it's always a pleasure to see you! Sy....I HATE it when that happens! Next time try 912..thanks for enjoying.... Corrine...You are SMART!!! It DOES rhyme and I think SHE IS inside it, too! Girl, you're good! |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Balladeer~ I'm with Serenity, I got my boxing gloves ready, you just say the word....... Loved the poem! -SEA |
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BSC
Moderator
Member Elite
since 2000-02-04
Posts 2919New York, USA |
Balladeer ~ Tried 912...nothing, so I tried AA, errr, I mean AAA, no luck, so finally am trying an APB...All Poets Bulletin..... hope to hear soon..... Bonnie |
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Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
 Hello there, look what I've just found, your key, that lie here on the ground, there's no need to call the cops my dear, you may lost it yourself right here, I'm telling that your rhymes are fine, because there was after all no crime. .......mmm..don't look at me that way,it wasn't me that took it away, cause I aint no thief of rhymes, I'll only peek between the lines. ((hugs)) Charisma.... |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869 |
i just made a citizens arrest haa..what do ya want me to do now. ~Victoria~ A poem is never finished, only abandoned. - Paul Valery (1871-1945) |
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Daniel J D Senior Member
since 2000-10-01
Posts 1471Hillcrest, Queensland, Australia |
Great write, hope the nightmare is over. Bring back the rhyme! Respond to my call and let the waves of my heart fill your life with the wonders of love (Daniel J D) |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
Deer...this wouldn't happen if you kept your rhyme in your p.......lants you know...kept it hid from the riff raff... Loved it! Mom could always take the second shift of body gaurd duty...*winkie winkie*...lol |
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peppermint35 Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1106Texas, USA |
I'd call the cops for you too, Deer, but that would be a crime, making false reports, you know, cause your poems do so rhyme!!! You're just too good!!!! Pepper "I honor the place in you, that when you are in that place, and I am in that place in me, we are in the same place" Ram Dass |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Balladeer~ Three and a half hours ! ~*Tee-Hee*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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pandora Member
since 1999-07-26
Posts 184 |
i think that if you think about it, you'll find out it's true.... that nobody can ever steal your heart or parts of you! you have yourself wrapped up inside -- you own your soul, you know -- and nothing can be stolen unless you have let it go. sometimes there are some things that are behind the doors with locks, and if you let them out, you'll find, you've op'ed pandora's box-- but there's no criminals, you know, when kitty cats get free. no, freedom is a gift which sometimes opens eyes to see -- my point is this, 'deer Poetman, we must see through the bluffs, and call the cops! yes, if you must, but make sure to bring cuffs!! *wink* meeeeeeeooooowwwwta here!!! purrrrrrfectly wonderful verse! < !signature--> beware pandora's box... [This message has been edited by pandora (edited 11-01-2000).] |
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Kit McCallum
Administrator
Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
I shuddered at the thought of this, Please Deer, don't lose your rhyme, The thought of you bereft of words, Sent shivers down my spine! Wonderful poem Michael ... I do love how your mind works! Now please promise that since several friends above have helped you find your rhymes again, that you'll place them in a safety deposit box, and hire Serenity to help keep you and them, safe. The world would be a sad place indeed without the Balladeer we know and love! Best wishes, /Kit |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
That would be a nightmare...you without your rhymes Delightful poem, as always, Balladeer! Denise |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
I can visualize it - like the last scene in "Shane": "Come back rhymes - come back ... come baaaccckk" |
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Dopey Dope
Moderator
Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Just thought you might like a reply from the youth of the forums.......i thought this was great. I liked the topic and especially the girl who was the culprit to this awful crime. Hope you find her......if not....call me.........i got my connections....tee-hee  "I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust." I hate your socks. I'd like to burn them! |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
'Deer it seems your rhyme is fine and lots of sympathy won was that you plan? well fine elan to bring that dastardly girl undone the rhymes did not roam so call them home dragging those women hearts behind them Be well BTW I really liked this, and Long John and Lorelei54 are due to return. Kethry Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. Gail Sheehy |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Bravo! I'm just glad it's not true Another great one Liz |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Shhhh Deer..... Don't look now, but I think she left you a couple... |
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kitkat Senior Member
since 2000-01-11
Posts 878Nova Scotia |
Oh Deer Oh Deer almost shed a tear but whats this all ado If you lost your rhyme That is a crime but you left us with a clue. without a doubt you joke about I say shame on you. Loved it. Mysteries are always fun. -------------- You got to get up every morning with a smile on your face and show the world all the love in your heart Then people are gonna treat you better You're gonna find, yes you will That your beautiful as you feel.~~~ Carol King |
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insect Senior Member
since 2000-04-22
Posts 1014 |
 (Knock! Knock!)…(door opens) Hello this is the Love Police! Is this the resident of Balladeer? We have a report that a rhyme is missing? Would this be a love rhyme? Well I checked your file prior to my arrival and it says that you don't have any love insurance (No Piece of the Rock) /pip/Forum33/HTML/000057.html You know we just can't let you run wild and free in that flowered shirt, bell-bottom pants and clogs without insurance!! Now that's a crime!! You probably have a BIG black book loaded with female poets that are ready to rhyme with you at any given moment. And I bet there's a bunch of Ballafawn's running around everywhere? Because of your Passion in Poetry!! You know I should write you up right now!! But since I'm having a good day I think I'll tear this ticket up!! And I'm gonna file this report as misplaced or lost. NO! NO! I think from what I have read this should be placed in the Broken Hearts file. ________________________________________________________ Broken Hearts Report DATE…On the..05th.. day of the..11th..month in the year..2000 AD PERSON/PERSONS…Moderator Balladeer of the Passion in Poetry Forums DISCRIPTION/ CLAIM…Moderator Balladeer claims that a love with no apparent name has got up and left in the middle of the night with his rhyme. He also claims he had it locked in his heart and he had the only key. INSPECTORS NOTES…I must say that on investigating Balladeers heart it does look as if their was a break and entry taken place in the late hours of the evening of 11/05/2000 and that every time he is asked about his love it bleeds (his heart) and it is empty of rhyme. Upon a visual inspection of his heart I noticed the Balladeer singing a tune that goes……………………. "IF I ONLY HAD A HEART"……………. And he kept asking me if I seen the Wizard Well I told him to stay away from the Poppy fields and that he should stay at home because there's no place like home, then he clicked his heels and started to dance around some funny looking ribbed balloons he had in his wallet. CONCLUSION…This case can only be filed under Broken Hearts because the Balladeer did give access into his heart for his love and that she may return with his rhyme and mend but for now the Balladeer will wait for her and her love (sob!) and the only way I think we can help is to sing along with him… 1 and a 2 and a 1 2 3 4….."IF I ONLY HAD A HEART".. ________________________________________________________________ |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
LOL!!! Thanks to you all!! Insect...you are certifiable!!!! Love it! |
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Kit McCallum
Administrator
Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Had to come back for a 4th, 5th or so read, hope you don't mind! LOL @ Insect! Oh Lordy ... you've been written up in style Michael! |
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Aimster Member Elite
since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297Charlotte, NC |
Michael-- this rocked! you are a genuis poet did ya know that? well you are... seems your rhymes are just fine and they were with you all time i think thisbe more of a broken heart i'd like to shoot her with a dart (err did i say that lol) in time your heart will heal, some things just take a little longer i learned that from a wise and beautiful poet. so glad this isn't true Bal...i'd miss you and your rhymes an awful lot!!! take care. amy |
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kelly bo bottoms Junior Member
since 2000-11-05
Posts 17 |
Very cool...it brought a smile and a laugh or two....good work. |
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Parker Member Elite
since 2000-01-06
Posts 3129ON |
Well, Bal.... Id say she was protecting you from them. We know how dangerous your rhymes can get. They should only be used by professionals... Like Toerag or Long John, you could hurt yourself... look its already ripping your heart to shreds... Parker |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I can SO relate! |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Boy, Dixie, you're finding poems I forgot I had written!!  Thank you  |
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