Ingenious
Corpse
Stoned
Atmosphere
Determined
Information
Archaeological
Dig
Gruesome!
Author notes
* For definition and usage of term, just click on this external URL:
http://www.babylon.com/definition/foreboding/English
I was curious so I did a brief check on the Internet to see if this title had been used by someone else,
and it has: http://www.youtube.com/user/Ascentist
The word list from which this write came was taken from various pages of this novel:
"A Place of Execution", by Val McDermid
Copyright 1999 by Val McDermid
ISBN: 0-312-97953-3
A St Martin's Paperback
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Mate, what an intriguing and stunning little piece you have written here. I guess it is one of those that one must try and interpret for themselves. I do this anyway but after reading this a number of times I have come to two conclusions. You are either talking about the uncovering of a tomb that is ancient, which looks obvious, or you are refferring to the sitting of parliment! Either one fits perfectly.
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Thank you for your most thoughtful and humorous comment. I love your interpretation, of course, perhaps to the "sitting of Congress". (lol) Thanks again.
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it never appears to me as gruesome, just COOL ;D!!
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A valid comment, my friend. Of course, if you check my catagories on this write, you might think of some other interpretations, as well. (lol)
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I have no idea what the purpose was behind the link to that horrid youtube video, other than perhaps a joke. Unless you mean they have used the title of your poem? At any rate, that shouldn't really matter as far as copyright issues go.
Anyhow, the poem is simple. A good start, but I'm not quite sure where you are headed with this. It feels half complete, like a puzzle half put together so that only the outline of the idea can be seen. Is this talking about drugs, or archaeology? -
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Curiosity, was the purpose! I wanted to find out if any one before me had used the same title, if so, I believe in giving credit where credit is due. I am not an attorney, and yet I do believe in using footnotes any time I choose in order to prevent someone from accusing me of plagerism. As a Senior Citizen, I have read quite widely, in several different areas, and so I do that.
I wasn't impressed with the video, either. But I didn't care about that. Have you ever written a poem in the Bare Bones Poetry Style? One does not need to supply all the special effects.
Just use your own imagination, and see if that leads you to any meaning based on your own life, rather than being concerned about what it means to me. Does this make any sense to you?
If you choose, feel free to go to my Profile Page and review any others in my Bare Bones Category, many are very different from this one, to say the least. And thank you for your direct straight forward comments, for I do appreciate them. -
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Aye, I understand what you mean now about searching for other uses of the title. I suppose it depends in my mind on the specificity of the phrase. A poem simply titled "Home" or "The Forest" is so common/vague that it could not possibly be credited to anyone, but to title a poem "The Road Less Traveled" or "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is outright piracy. Discretion is certainly appropriate.
It's certainly a creative, postmodern sort of approach to poetry; writing with no set image in mind but only to provoke the reader to come up with their own meaning. I've written some poems open to interpretation like that as well. It's fun to see what others come up with. Today's quote made me smile:
" I've written some poetry I don't understand myself. "
- Carl Sandburg
No, I haven't tried bare bones style. I may sometime, it's fascinating. -
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I loved this comment for one reason, it caused me to chuckle, if you like reading historical novels, you might try this one: "The Forest", by Edward Rutherfurd, ISBN is 0-345-44178-8. He is a most excellent historical novelist.
Have a good day! (lol)
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You will have to.....
do some easy ones, subject verb object stuff, for my benefit. I always feel with you on the cusp of understanding, but don't. PS It is 'gruesome' and 'Archaeological'.
Don't know what else to say, except that it is frustrating, as I feel you are one of the brighter sparks.
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Aye, I understand. Bare Bones Poetry does not supply, what I call the 'special effects'. Let your imagination roam free and see what interpretation you happen to come up with based on your own life experience, rather than mine, and perhaps then it will have some meaning for you. Although, it 'tis one of my more enigmatic Bare Bones Poems. Try reading my poem: "Mystical Music", it is quite different, and still in the Bare Bones Style. Here's the URL:
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Your comments confuse me. Was this an entry for a class or contest? Your tone sounds more like a judge and less like a fellow poet, so I was just curious.
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I don't think it was a contest. I didn't really look. In any event, I am sorry if I came across as pompous. I meant every word honestly. It was not laden with heavy irony.I know that that is what he does, I have read a lot of them. My comments about spelling must have been helpful, as they ave been changed -- I would hope someone would point out to me such errors.
As for the rest, I shall have a look at something else of his.
I don't quite go along with the idea of throwing a few words into the ring, and leaving everyone to summon up whatever they will, as I think the principal purpose of writing is to communicate. But it is Clovis' way, with these things he calls 'Bare Bones'.
As I myself seem to be getting worse and worse, having Homer looking over my shouldre is quite unnerving!
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Heavens, no! I'm a Senior Citizen, and am not attending school, and for the most part I do not enter contests as I see no point in doing so. I'm not very competitive.
This is, I must admit, one of my more enigmatic Bare Bones Poems, of which I've written, about 150, some better than others. Just use your imagination to interpret it. Perhaps the catagories I selected could give some clues. -
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Pardon me Clovis, my above comment was to abu newas.
I see now what bare bones poetry is. It certainly requires more work on the part of the reader to fill things in, because the poet does not complete the whole scene. -
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Coools! Aye, like listening to those wonderful old time radio shows of the 1930's & '40's, like "The Shadow", and others, where there were minimal special effects and one had to visualize, in one's imagination, what was going on. Now a days one goes to the movies and there is no need to use one's imagination, anymore, since the Special Effects Studio, unfortunately does it for you. A rather mindless form of entertainment in my way of thinking, which is why I prefer a good book. One have fun writting in this format, I've written a short story; risque poems, mystical, philosophical, humorous, Intersection observations, etc. all as one word per line poems.
I hope you'll give it a try, sometime.
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