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El Greco · 1st December 2003, 04:19 AM

Strictly rhyming, strictly 4 words. Like this:

Another day
gone astray

Tricky · 1st December 2003, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by El Greco
Strictly rhyming, strictly 4 words. Like this:

Another day
gone astray

I take it from your example that meter is not important.

so...

Extemporaneous versifying
Is trying

hgc · 1st December 2003, 09:53 AM

Eat your Wheaties,
Sweeties

Cleopatra · 1st December 2003, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tricky
[b]
I take it from your example that meter is not important.

so...

Come-on show some pity to the foreigners. Meter?

Flaming Tricky
looks kinky...

hgc · 1st December 2003, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cleopatra

Come-on show some pity to the foreigners. Meter?

Flaming Tricky
looks kinky...

OK, we can sacrifice meter, but that doesn't even come close to rhyming.

How about ...

Touching Tricky
feels sticky

(not from personal experience)

Cleopatra · 1st December 2003, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by hgc
OK, we can sacrifice meter, but that doesn't even come close to rhyming.

I am a modern poet

Quote:

(not from personal experience)

I find your need to clarify this suspicious.

Pillory's posts
terrify trolls

This is my poetry. Ok???

hgc · 1st December 2003, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cleopatra

...
I find your need to clarify this suspicious.

Pillory's posts
terrify trolls

This is my poetry. Ok???

I'm all for non-rhyming poetry, but the title of this thread...

To rhyme
is sublime

Tricky · 1st December 2003, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by hgc
OK, we can sacrifice meter, but that doesn't even come close to rhyming.

How about ...

Touching Tricky
feels sticky

(not from personal experience)

Not my fault.

Houston's ickyness
Causes stickyness

Chaos · 1st December 2003, 12:30 PM

Okay, I´ll give it a try:

Royal Cleo
is awing me - Oh!

Chaos
(still applying for that court poet job)

DickK · 1st December 2003, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Chaos
Okay, I´ll give it a try:

Royal Cleo
is awing me - Oh!

Chaos
(still applying for that court poet job)

Chaos indeed, 4 words only buddy.

Your verse
ain't terse.

Chaos · 1st December 2003, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DickK

Chaos indeed, 4 words only buddy.

Your verse
ain't terse.

Okay, okay...I got carried away...

but perhaps Cleopatra can, by royal decree, declare that my poem does indeed have four word only? *beg*

Royal Cleo
awing me - O!

"O!" isn´t a word, it´s just a single letter!

Tricky · 1st December 2003, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Chaos

Chaos
(still applying for that court poet job)

As Fool,
You rule!

hgc · 1st December 2003, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DickK

Chaos indeed, 4 words only buddy.

Your verse
ain't terse.

Contractions combine
words jus'fine

DickK · 1st December 2003, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by hgc
Contractions combine
words jus'fine

Grammar's dynamic'n
demotically manic.

uneasy · 1st December 2003, 03:18 PM

Poor prostitute
Whore destitute

(four word crisscross synonym rhyme)

Lord Muck oGentry · 1st December 2003, 03:23 PM

Geography?
Maps!
Biography?
Chaps!

mummymonkey · 1st December 2003, 03:27 PM

Curried ants
are sustenance

El Greco · 2nd December 2003, 01:12 AM

coition:
my sole mission

patoco12 · 2nd December 2003, 01:19 AM

I like my bike

Mr Manifesto · 2nd December 2003, 04:40 AM

How about a four syllable rhyme to answer your challenge?

No go
Bozo

arcticpenguin · 2nd December 2003, 06:33 AM

My toes
is froze!

hgc · 2nd December 2003, 07:47 AM

Is Spam
from ham?

hgc · 2nd December 2003, 07:48 AM

Do dogs
wear clogs?

Halbert · 2nd December 2003, 09:09 AM

Does hgc
fight ennui?

Side note: I pronounce that word ehnn-you-ee, but I'm not positive that's the actual pronunciation.

arcticpenguin · 2nd December 2003, 09:17 AM

Rhyme time
is sublime.

Rosencrantz · 2nd December 2003, 11:48 AM

You stupid fly...
die!

hgc · 2nd December 2003, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Halbert
Does hgc
fight ennui?

Side note: I pronounce that word ehnn-you-ee, but I'm not positive that's the actual pronunciation.

hgc thrilled;
ennui killed

Lord Muck oGentry · 2nd December 2003, 03:23 PM

Le style,
C'est Ryle.

(Yes, yes, I know-it's easier to get a new audience than new material!)

mummymonkey · 3rd December 2003, 01:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Halbert
Side note: I pronounce that word ehnn-you-ee, but I'm not positive that's the actual pronunciation.

[a. Fr. ennui, OF. enui:---L. in odio: see annoy, ennoy, which are older adoptions of the same Fr. word.
So far as frequency of use is concerned, the word might be regarded as fully naturalized; but the pronunciation has not been anglicized, there being in fact no Eng. analogy which could serve as a guide.]

Ennui
O E D

uneasy · 3rd December 2003, 11:18 AM

Drunk punk skunk stunk.

Halbert · 3rd December 2003, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by hgc
hgc thrilled;
ennui killed

hgc bored
nature abhors

Not nearly as satisfying as my first one. Even if I *do* pronounce onwee wrong.

epepke · 4th December 2003, 03:23 PM

Praise "Bob":
Quit job.

pupdog · 15th December 2003, 03:43 PM

Gosh, these are much too long for me. I like the 2-worders, like "Lines on the antiquity of Fleas," recited by the lady:

Quoth Madam,
"Adam had'em".

Or notifying the bosses of "The Maid's Day Off",

Dear Sirs,
"Thurs.
Hers."

Marc · 15th December 2003, 04:08 PM

Four word?

How absurd!

Rosencrantz · 15th December 2003, 04:40 PM

Here are my entries for the "Shakespeare summarized in a four word couplet" category.

Surrender? Endure?
Not sure.

Romeo, trim
your patronym?

Out, clot!
Damned spot!

Gods, direct:
bastards protect!

Physic, fie!
Not I.

Not lame,
our game!

Dawn? No:
Juliet's glow!

DrMatt · 5th January 2004, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cleopatra

I am a modern poet

I find your need to clarify this suspicious.

Pillory's posts
terrify trolls

This is my poetry. Ok???

Cleo... oy...
Look. Post yours b`Ivrit and let us scramble to translate 'em.

DrMatt · 5th January 2004, 08:13 AM

Folklore leaves us with this questionable quatrain:

Candy:
Dandy;
Liquor:
Quicker.

Matabiri · 8th January 2004, 08:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by uneasy
Drunk punk skunk stunk.

Plough through tough dough.

Matabiri · 8th January 2004, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DrMatt
Folklore leaves us with this questionable quatrain:

Candy:
Dandy;
Liquor:
Quicker.

Ogden Nash, I believe.

DrMatt · 9th January 2004, 09:56 AM

bart's fart's
part arts.

1st December 2003, 04:19 AM	#1
El Greco Summer worshipper Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Παρά θιν'αλός Posts: 14,427	Four word rhyming poems Strictly rhyming, strictly 4 words. Like this: Another day gone astray
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1st December 2003, 09:51 AM	#2
Tricky Briefly immortal Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Group W bench Posts: 42,406	Re: Four word rhyming poems Quote: Originally posted by El Greco Strictly rhyming, strictly 4 words. Like this: Another day gone astray I take it from your example that meter is not important. so... Extemporaneous versifying Is trying

1st December 2003, 10:20 AM	#4
Cleopatra Diva Caissa Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Athens-Greece Posts: 9,272	Re: Re: Four word rhyming poems Quote: Originally posted by Tricky [b] I take it from your example that meter is not important. so... Come-on show some pity to the foreigners. Meter? Flaming Tricky looks kinky...
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1st December 2003, 10:23 AM	#5
hgc Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 13,143	Re: Re: Re: Four word rhyming poems Quote: Originally posted by Cleopatra Come-on show some pity to the foreigners. Meter? Flaming Tricky looks kinky... OK, we can sacrifice meter, but that doesn't even come close to rhyming. How about ... Touching Tricky feels sticky (not from personal experience)

1st December 2003, 10:30 AM	#6
Cleopatra Diva Caissa Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Athens-Greece Posts: 9,272	Re: Re: Re: Re: Four word rhyming poems Quote: Originally posted by hgc OK, we can sacrifice meter, but that doesn't even come close to rhyming. I am a modern poet Quote: (not from personal experience) I find your need to clarify this suspicious. Pillory's posts terrify trolls This is my poetry. Ok???
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1st December 2003, 09:53 AM	#3
hgc Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 13,143	Eat your Wheaties, Sweeties

1st December 2003, 10:45 AM	#7
hgc Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 13,143	Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Four word rhyming poems Quote: Originally posted by Cleopatra ... I find your need to clarify this suspicious. Pillory's posts terrify trolls This is my poetry. Ok??? I'm all for non-rhyming poetry, but the title of this thread... To rhyme is sublime

1st December 2003, 11:32 AM	#8
Tricky Briefly immortal Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Group W bench Posts: 42,406	Quote: Originally posted by hgc OK, we can sacrifice meter, but that doesn't even come close to rhyming. How about ... Touching Tricky feels sticky (not from personal experience) Not my fault. Houston's ickyness Causes stickyness

1st December 2003, 12:30 PM	#9
Chaos TAM Chocolate Dispenser Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Heart of Old Europe Posts: 9,810	Okay, I´ll give it a try: Royal Cleo is awing me - Oh! Chaos (still applying for that court poet job)
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1st December 2003, 12:56 PM	#10
DickK Graduate Poster Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,053	Quote: Originally posted by Chaos Okay, I´ll give it a try: Royal Cleo is awing me - Oh! Chaos (still applying for that court poet job) Chaos indeed, 4 words only buddy. Your verse ain't terse.

1st December 2003, 01:12 PM	#11
Chaos TAM Chocolate Dispenser Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Heart of Old Europe Posts: 9,810	Quote: Originally posted by DickK Chaos indeed, 4 words only buddy. Your verse ain't terse. Okay, okay...I got carried away... but perhaps Cleopatra can, by royal decree, declare that my poem does indeed have four word only? beg Royal Cleo awing me - O! "O!" isn´t a word, it´s just a single letter!
	__________________ Grand Master, Knights of the Question Mark Illusion: too good to be true - Reality: too true to be good Authors build castles in the sky, readers live in them and publishers collect the rent. - Maxim Gorki Folks enjoy a witch-hunt as long as they are on the blunt end of the pitchfork. - Suezoled You can't use logic to talk a man out of a position that he didn't use logic to get himself into - passed down by Nyarlathotep Kids these days are better than their parents since they constitute the newest edition, the beta version of our societies - Cleopatra YouÂ´ll have to accept the fact that some people are just plain nuts. - Paul C. Anagnostopolous

1st December 2003, 02:28 PM	#12
Tricky Briefly immortal Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Group W bench Posts: 42,406	Quote: Originally posted by Chaos Chaos (still applying for that court poet job) As Fool, You rule!

1st December 2003, 02:30 PM	#13
hgc Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 13,143	Quote: Originally posted by DickK Chaos indeed, 4 words only buddy. Your verse ain't terse. Contractions combine words jus'fine

1st December 2003, 02:57 PM	#14
DickK Graduate Poster Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,053	Quote: Originally posted by hgc Contractions combine words jus'fine Grammar's dynamic'n demotically manic.

1st December 2003, 03:18 PM	#15
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2nd December 2003, 11:55 AM	#27
hgc Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 13,143	Quote: Originally posted by Halbert Does hgc fight ennui? Side note: I pronounce that word ehnn-you-ee, but I'm not positive that's the actual pronunciation. hgc thrilled; ennui killed

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3rd December 2003, 01:03 AM	#29
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Halbert Scholar Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 90	Quote: Originally posted by hgc hgc thrilled; ennui killed hgc bored nature abhors Not nearly as satisfying as my first one. Even if I do pronounce onwee wrong.
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15th December 2003, 03:43 PM	#33
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15th December 2003, 04:40 PM	#35
Rosencrantz Is Dead Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 325	Here are my entries for the "Shakespeare summarized in a four word couplet" category. Surrender? Endure? Not sure. Romeo, trim your patronym? Out, clot! Damned spot! Gods, direct: bastards protect! Physic, fie! Not I. Not lame, our game! Dawn? No: Juliet's glow!
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