WHY DO I WRITE?
To be noticed? To ease the pain? To exorcise demons? To maintain the fragile balance between order and chaos? No. I write because it amuses me. Occasionally, it amuses others - and that amuses me as well. My most prolific genre is humorous verse and parody. I place a very high value on well-crafted wit and, as such, must credit AP's resident wordsmith, silica, for raising the bar and serving as a veritable whetstone. On occasion, I do challenge myself with other forms and subject matter - a practice attributed almost entirely to the influence of AP's own twisted butterfly (formerly known as lostsoulpoet).
NEW TO MY STUFF? The best place to start is at the beginning...I did. (Or you can try "10 Pieces Chosen At Random By A Blindfolded Chicken")
SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE ASSEMBLED ON MY LAWN AND WON'T LEAVE:
-silica
-JennyLee
-oneluckygirl
-twisted butterfly
-Barbara Davidson
-sock monkey 7
-RobertRichard
-TanyaB
-Yusefeligirl
-Desiree Darkk
-F Etc
SOME OF MY WRITING INFLUENCES:
-Ogden Nash
-Shel Silverstein
-Billy Collins
-Lewis Carroll
-Mark Twain
-Erma Bombeck
-Monty Python
-Weird Al Yankovic
-silica
SOME OF MY INTERESTS OTHER THAN WRITING:
-Acting & directing
-Drawing/painting
-Music/Film
-Pop culture
-Classic literature
-Outdoor Activities
-Strategic gaming
-History
-Tweaking the odd detail no one else will ever notice
-List making
"Sir, I admit your general rule,
That every poet is a fool:
But you yourself may serve to show it,
That every fool is not a poet."
~ Matthew Prior ~
To be noticed? To ease the pain? To exorcise demons? To maintain the fragile balance between order and chaos? No. I write because it amuses me. Occasionally, it amuses others - and that amuses me as well. My most prolific genre is humorous verse and parody. I place a very high value on well-crafted wit and, as such, must credit AP's resident wordsmith, silica, for raising the bar and serving as a veritable whetstone. On occasion, I do challenge myself with other forms and subject matter - a practice attributed almost entirely to the influence of AP's own twisted butterfly (formerly known as lostsoulpoet).
NEW TO MY STUFF? The best place to start is at the beginning...I did. (Or you can try "10 Pieces Chosen At Random By A Blindfolded Chicken")
SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE ASSEMBLED ON MY LAWN AND WON'T LEAVE:
-silica
-JennyLee
-oneluckygirl
-twisted butterfly
-Barbara Davidson
-sock monkey 7
-RobertRichard
-TanyaB
-Yusefeligirl
-Desiree Darkk
-F Etc
SOME OF MY WRITING INFLUENCES:
-Ogden Nash
-Shel Silverstein
-Billy Collins
-Lewis Carroll
-Mark Twain
-Erma Bombeck
-Monty Python
-Weird Al Yankovic
-silica
SOME OF MY INTERESTS OTHER THAN WRITING:
-Acting & directing
-Drawing/painting
-Music/Film
-Pop culture
-Classic literature
-Outdoor Activities
-Strategic gaming
-History
-Tweaking the odd detail no one else will ever notice
-List making
"Sir, I admit your general rule,
That every poet is a fool:
But you yourself may serve to show it,
That every fool is not a poet."
~ Matthew Prior ~
- Last seen on Aug 5 1:33 AM. Member since August 10, 2002.
- I'm a lyric diamond poet for 2,368 comments.
- My mood is , and quote is "Have pun, will gravel.".
- I am a guy (United States)
- When I'm not writing, I'm a starving artist (well, not really, but I am a bit peckish).
- Visit my homepage at www.geocities.com/nandotater/
- I have 2,368 comments, 6 contests, 169 poems
My Poetry
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I creep by candlelight
down moonlit rows, -
There once was a poet
Who got in his head,11 lines, 9 comments, September 10, 2007. In Humor -
Toot! Toot! All aboard!
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Theirs, up lay sign oath hats jest thus pot
Two wheeze ate rub old mined;9 lines, 3 comments, November 22, 2005. In Humor
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silica : Rambabbling-chatdrivelling on July 16, 2007How great it is to see you still passing through – even if the muse has not moved you. I too have been in the doldrums since I finished the saga… perhaps rhyme has its limit and a person can flatten the badinage battery… Luckily I live in a rural environment so I can just go out in the back garden and hold onto an electric fence for a jump start… although some of my rhyme does seem a little erratic… it is suppose to help my mad cow’s and alzheimer’s diseases… although who told me that evades my… whatsit.
Sorry if I lured you in by false pretences and you remember that one – I was playing with the clock edit thingy and couldn’t put it back – doh! A bit like summer time… (not when the living is easy – but when we muck about with the clocks.) Are you still planning on the advanced coarse¿? (sic & sick) - If so, count me in¡!
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Justified Inc. on October 24, 2006I would really like to sign up for your class, will it ever be available? It always says that the site has to be updated. Maybe it is for invite only?
Just wondering,
castaway -
Barb Davidson on April 26, 2006RIP Nando Tater, pecked to death from the shins upwards by a pack of blindfolded chickens!
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silica on March 10, 2006
Where once a plethora of poets penned,
Now dead silence all in thralls,
Save the crescendo of falling dust…
And mildew’s burgeoning shawls.
To dust ink fades on shriven sheets,
Mused meanings mummified
A theme of a dream that once had been…
Anonymously ascribed.
