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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

**This is "creativity" stuff, but it's not Trek-related, so I put it here. If it should STILL be in 'Creativity,' fine. Put it there.**

So I was bored, and I said to myself, 'let us post some original, self-created material here.' So I shall, in the hope that others will. It will be a nice break from the flameboard.

(excuse the geographical inaccuracies I don't think there is such a place as Mulholland bay. It doesn't matter, anyway.)

ONE LITTLE SHIP

The Ophelia sailed from New Haven,
With silver and salt in her hold,
The Captain was a young man, but seasoned,
And the crew were all valiant and bold.

They set out to carry their cargo
Through the straits to the south of Cape Horn,
They took on provisions aplenty,
But they were not prepared for the storm.

A hurricane hit off Barbados,
The tiny ship, tattered and tossed,
And before the tempest subsided,
The crew of Ophelia was lost.

Ophelia, she drifted for hours,
But nary a man could she see
She followed her course out of honor
And love for her lost family.

From Atlantic to Pacific Ocean,
Up the west coast to Mulholland Bay,
The Ophelia sailed into the harbor
After seven long months and a day.

Oh, the men of Mullholland, they feared her,
They could not understand what she'd done,
And they chased her back out to the ocean,
With the Bible, the torch and the gun.

There's a lonely ship out on the ocean,
And she does not know which way to steer,
She will wander the seas 'till forever,
When she cries -- no one will hear...

[This message has been edited by First of Two (edited December 28, 2000).]

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

*ahem*...

Man writes a poem--
Uncaring geography.
Silliness abounds.

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

...and we thank you for your support.

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

That needs music, first o two.

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All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.

Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl,
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.
Bob Dylan

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

You know, I haven't written any poetry in quite sometime. Bravo to First for being brave enough to share.

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

First is very brave
to share is creative urge
poetry abounds

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All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.

Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl,
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.
Bob Dylan

Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

I have a haiku
It is meant to waste your time
You have just heard it

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Yesterday it worked
Today it is not working
Windows is like that

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

What is a haiku?
I can't tell one from bad verse.
How do you make them?

The only problem
with Haiku is that you just
get started and then...

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-Thomas Jefferson

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Along with following the five-seven-five syllable structure, a proper haiku needs to have each line be a complete thought or phrase. You can't just break up a normal sentence into the right form and call it a haiku.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Well, isn't that great? A whole thread full of haikus. What's the point, again?

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Philistines.

Kosh: actually, when I wrote that poem, I had a tune in mind: Loreena McKennit singing "Kellswater."

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Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :

Ode to Jack:

Jack be nimble...
Jack be quick...
Jack jumped over the candlestick
and burnt his butt.

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

I thought it was:
Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick,
Jack jump over the candle stick

Jack not so nimble,
Jack not so quick,
Jack's in the hospital with a burnt d*ck.

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Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

Well, if he hadn't been carrying his duck when he tried the jump, he might have made it OK.

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