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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Started conversation Nov 10, 2005
Ho ho!
Some say that skill and originality of rime is the true test of a poet and I have to admire your abilities! You have ears!
Whatever the poetic-appreciation equivalent of LOL or ROFL might be (jaw dropping perhaps ) I have to admit that your rime of 'warn us' with 'corners' went off my usual scale for measuring creative genius. Very acoustic, very poetic.
~jwf~
Note: I always spell rime the way Chaucer did. He was after all the first great poet, even if he never had a rime for vinyl.
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Pinniped Posted Nov 10, 2005
Hi ~jwf~
Those splendid-Post chaps seem to have excised the explanation of the poems origins, which can be seen here :
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So in fact there were three substantial contributors, and (I think) three more minor ones.
I can't claim any credit for either 'warn us/corners' or 'vaginal/vinyl'. My only personal tortured rhyme here is 'because it's/deposits'
I bet Chaucer was good at pub poetry.
Pin
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Post Team Posted Nov 11, 2005
My apologies, Pin! I didn't realise that had been cut out. I will add it all back in now for completeness's sake.
EMR
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~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Nov 15, 2005
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