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White_Rabbit
Re: Gimmericks and other irregularities
The perfect limerick is all anapestic. da da DUM da da DUM da da DUMda da DUM da da DUM da da DUMda da DUM da da DEEda da DUM da da DEEda da DUM da da DUM da da DUM So that means I was right the first time, in all but keeping Denny's rhyme of ''Maria'' and ''urea'' with ''dysuria''. Well, it was bound to happen: your description of the limerick ...
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July 5, 2009
"Out House Story"...
''But Denny, editors are our FRIENDS...'' ;) I once knew a girl named MariaWho suffered a case of dysuria.There she'd sit on the potEvery chance that she got,And seek to discharge her urea. ------------------------------------------------------------- Well, maybe I can't think of a limerick defining a D-word just now, but my parody gene's been ...
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July 4, 2009
Don't forget the buttprints...
...but of course, I can't reprint that parody of ''Footprints'' without violating your thread's rules. :) wr ()()
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White_Rabbit
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June 26, 2009
Re: Another thought for you Wabbit ()()
I am pretty sure that the protagonist would be seen much more readily as the fool that he is. And the poem would've become very interesting, rather like a train wreck is interesting. :) I have to admit that these are my favorite lines: After a few years, they get over him.They tell their new boyfriends how amazing it was, like living with ...
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June 12, 2009