Before the sun un-days itself,
Horizoning in red.
I high my poems on the shelf
And duvet in my bed.
The poems, wording in my brain,
Nightmare me through the dark.
They sword and dagger me again,
I fin and gill –they shark
When daylight windows on my eyes,
And bugles me awake,
The cliff-noise of my heart re-highs,
And in the tub I lake
I panty, skirt – I food my mouth
I word my pad once more…
But words non-pad! I north and south
And de-house by the door!
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Written February 24th, 2006
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outstandingly clever humour! a level up from most humour work I've read. genuinely impressed and amused
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This is loads of fun!! It's rare to find a humorous poem on this site that is at once witty, intelligent and well written. This one covers all those bases, and in my opinion has not gotten the attention it deserves. (I will see what I can do about that...)
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You and Jeff once made a comparison of my stuff to that of Mr. Nash, but this poem smacks of Ogden closer than I am ever likely to come. Every verse has a great play on words. This isn't just "odd..." (sorry, sister Amera) this is great!
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Murphy beaucoup.
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odd...
Love,
Amera♥
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Yep!
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Mairi
My English teacher would quit if he saw this!LOL
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If your English teacher wasted his time on this site, he OUGHT to quit!
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very interesting ...i enjoyed this..
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Thank you.
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"Get thee to a nunnery"! Oh lovely one - do not even joke about cutting your wrists! I applaud your willingness to make better mistakes!
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so true, and you know it
I have printed out this poem and placed it carefully in my little poem pocket and will post it on Poetry Planet tomorrow. If I make any errors in it, I shall be so tearful and ashamed, I shall enter a nunnery.
waaaaa! I made another mess-up! I shall do pennance forever and put purposeful paper cuts on my wrists! Oh, I am so sad! 
waaaaaa! Oh, for goodness sakes, you little crybaby face! Get over it! Tomorrow is a whole new day for making brand new mistakes! Make better ones! 
Okay, I shall!
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Glad to make you laugh, Melodies.
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Warmed me heart!
Too Funny! You are into humor and we like it a lot! This is so very YOU in that it is smart, and also very YOU in that it has heart! Heart and humor combine to make a poem so fine! -
Doesn't it just, and don't we! If you want to take this idea and run with it, be my guest. Or to put it another way: Away my words and idea them when you next poem anything.
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Oh this happens in real and then we realise that it isnt a verb. I even thought they could fit in well for some of my poems lol!!!
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Thanks for all the comments ... I am glad everyone liked it.
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This was very neat. I love it
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Hi , great it was reat fun to read and I nearlly fell off my chair, super idea, very entertaining, you have my aplause, like to try this when I'm not as tired as tonight, hugs Di
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HILARIOUS! its great!
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This is hilarious; very light-hearted and it flows extremely well. It has a beat all its own. I especially like the second stanza
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Great Stuff!
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ya'll are truly getting me confused now. just when i thought i was beginning to get a grasp on the english language-AP begins to change it on me. not fair but completely hysterical. thanks for the
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I've never seen anything like this!!! It's totaly great!!! good write.
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great word usage. This poem made me smile. You are very creative and I enjoyed reading this.
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Lol - this was very inventive indeed. Nice write my dear
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This is an interesting piece. The lack of verbs seems jarring at first but becomes very smooth on rereading.
"The poems, wording in my brain,
Nightmare me through the dark."
This exploration of verbs you conduct conveys more than if the word nightmares was replaced with a traditional verb. A very unique piece. Have some clap claps.
Edited on Feb 24, 2:13 p.m. because ''. -
A gor a ma gut
Lass, you shine like the morning planet, Venus hersel'. 'Tis a pleasure, sure enough, to be able to read of the fruit of your imagination. -
We would speak a different langauge if we spoke like this and changed verbs to seem like nouns.
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We would speak aa different langauge if we spoke like this and changed verbs to seem like nouns.
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