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How to Become a Famous Poet
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How to Become a Famous Poet |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA 
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We did a bit of a silly workshop this month - and got some very punny results...  How to Become a Famous Poet Wanna be a classic poet? Just sit down with pen and tablet. Let your metric feet go walkin' And your wingers do the flockin' Through your trusty Dictionaurus. Tell a story that won't bore us; Toss some end-rhyme in absurdly Using syntax that is wordly. Ev'ry single one can do it It's no big deal - get write to it. Then a little luck quill do ya And don't let those critics fool ya.. Like great poets who precede us We'll be gone before we're famous. |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
I love this punny poem!! ROFL  Very good, Nan!!Denise |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Nan, Silly wonderful piece. Love your work. Sy |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Head on over to Nan’s workshop And your poetry just perks up All you do is write with rhythm That’s your poetry baptism Make sure it’s in proper meter But don’t try to ever beat her She’s big on pentameters And gives you the perameters Nan writes out the definition Now you’re on a poet’s mission Use your rhyming dictionary Pick the extraordinary And before you even know it You’ve become a famous poet A live one Liz |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you... Denise...I can roll two... Sy - You're soooo wunnerful to have around.. Liz - You're an honorable poet-spartner... |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
A famous poet? Oh I wanna be one lookee there! I think I see one! no, it's just Toerag and 'deer what are they a doin' here |
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Alwye
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Member Elite
since 1999-06-16
Posts 3850In the space between moments |
LOL, this is indeed very silly Nan! I enjoyed it!  *Krista Knutson* "Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart." -Confucious |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
I yearn to be a poet, I hope that I don't blow it, I'm not a European, Nor onomatopoeian, Iambic not a pronoun, My odes by few are noun, I try and make my end words rhyme, I sprinkle them with metered thyme, I yearn to be a poet, If I just knew how to show it. |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
seemply deelitefull LOL good one Nan |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Nan--sounds so easy....maybe we could all do it...you start...er...sorry..you did start. |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
So we REALLY gotta be gone before we are famous?????????? Ohhhh mannnnnnn!!!!!! Cute read and silly......YES!!! |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
PdV - Thanks for stopping by... Did someone forget to shut the door? I told Toe and Deer they had to do their sparring outside.. Alwye - Don't ever say I didn't give you any good advice, OK???.. Mike - Methinks you are a poet - You need not try to show it - You just are what you are... Wil - Thankeeeeee..... Martie - Actually, if you really wanna know the truth (no - please lie to me)... I'm actually Finnish... Mark - Maybe we could trick 'em... We could all leave... Go to a private town somewhere and fake our deaths - then watch ourselves become famous????.... hm.... |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I missed this the first time around,---you're one smart AND funny lady...chuckling into my coffee Nan, thank you... |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
LOL Nan! Read this a couple of times ... a wonderfully punny verse indeed! And grins at the "fake our death's and move to our little town"!  Loved this! Best wishes, /Kit |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
ROFL! This is great, Nan.... i love the ending! (all of it, really, but the ending made me laugh outloud!) |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
OK, packing bags for the town yet to be named...just to see if in our absences, whether we'll be missed, and/or become famous, whichever comes first... Karilea When you want to be loved, look within...KRJ |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Ah, yes......a little luck quill do ya! What a great poem this is, and I love the message of anybody can do it, if they want to!  Today is a gift.... That is why they call it 'the Present'! |
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linda munday Member
since 2000-06-17
Posts 315Adelaide, Australia |
rewling on tha flaw larfing good won sea ya arownd, Linda Munday |
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Rex Allen McCoy Member Elite
since 2000-01-30
Posts 2863Sippin a Timmy's in London |
I had to die before I became 'Famous' ... You can be 'Famous' too ... send $29.95 for my 'Do it Yourself' kit ( freeway not supplied ) |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I love this, Nan! *G* And deVine one... Deer and Toe are INfamous! *G* |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
I love it! I know for myself I'd rather touch someone's heart than be famous, and know it while I'm alive!! Kathleen |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
serenity - We do amuse ourselves in the most creative ways, don't we? I've done my share of coffee chuckles myself...Thanks.. Kit - Thankee... Until we get that town up and running - You really should consider using your ICQ in the morning - we could cavort this place together... Doreen - Whatever it takes to get you snigglin'... Sunshine - Thanks for cruising through... and it's Passions Place, of course... Sunny - Glad you appreciate my sick humor... I love my word plays.. Linda - You're in the right spirit... Gotta love this silly place, eh?? Thanks.. Rex - Does that include shipping? and is it refundable if it should fail??.. suthern - Aha - The sequel shall be "How to Become an Infamous Poet"... hehe... Kathleen - Thank you muchly - That's the true spirit of Passions... |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
ROFL...yep, I'm not even sure I'll be famous once I'm dead though |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869 |
So nice to know i will be famous when i am gone.. haa..gives me something to look forward to.. cute one |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
LOL good ditty Nan! Loved the punny rhyme in it! Twasn't as easy as ya thought or was it?<*\\\>< I know not what the future holds, but I know Who holds the future. |
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bestgirl911 Senior Member
since 2000-10-04
Posts 551Clio, MI , United We Stand |
This is my first time in a forum and I already got a little chuckle.....thanks! |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Ruth - If anyone's gonna be famous before that, it'll be you, my friend.. Victoria - Thanks for enjoying - and looking forward with the rest of us.. Rebecca - Nope - Not easy - It took me darned near a week.... bestgirl - I'm honored that you chose to visit me for your first post... I hope to see you cavorting about the forums... Please allow me to formally welcome you to Passions, and I'm very grateful to have brought a smile to your face... |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
So now we have to buy that town that Sharon wants us buy.....is that it? Then we also have to "play" dead.LOL....ohhhhh okay....if that is what we must do...then so be it.  |
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Moon Dust
since 1999-06-11
Posts 2177Skelmersdale, UK |
the irony of it all Sometimes you have to let go and move on, But never let go of the memories. |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Nan~ Well, you had me - till you lost me. To be famous, I might like it - It could be really nice ... But now that I think about it I'm not willing to pay the price ! !  Phunny thing about being phamous ... I'd want to be around to know it ! Thanks for the mood-lifter ! ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
LOL!  Nan, even when your silly, you're writing is vibrant and perfect!~Melissa~ |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
Tonight on The Library Spotlight, we have NANNERS and this wunnerfully silly lil poem. Just listen to the experts, folks! Don't gain my affections then cover my eyes. Don't sweep me off my feet then fail to catch me before I hit the floor. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
cute one! |
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