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flem
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response 25 of 178:
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Mar 30 17:11 UTC 2000 |
(As usual, orinoco's offering amazed me. :)
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lumen
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response 26 of 178:
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Apr 6 00:00 UTC 2000 |
I agree with Erinn, Julie; that was cool.
I think your game has done much for you: someone makes a list of odd
imagery, and you are going to excellent creative lengths to make them
part of a cohesive work.
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arianna
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response 27 of 178:
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Apr 18 01:05 UTC 2000 |
I have worn words, calmly. But the ones you
illustrate upon me spread like icy flames, then
flood my ears. Welling up from within,
I fumble with floating blue wishes
that are ebullient suddenly, jettisoned
by the force of your simple frustration.
Clothed in biting consonants, each utterance
can be beared only by the winged kisses of your
pauses for breath.
Please, let's not fight anymore.
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orinoco
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response 28 of 178:
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Apr 18 06:54 UTC 2000 |
Ooh, I like....
(New phrases?)
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arianna
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response 29 of 178:
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Apr 18 14:45 UTC 2000 |
working on it.
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arianna
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response 30 of 178:
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Apr 18 18:27 UTC 2000 |
black bread
noontime sunshine
long task
cold ground
vivid violet
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remmers
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response 31 of 178:
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Apr 18 20:25 UTC 2000 |
(Those are so sensible I can hardly deal with them.)
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arianna
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response 32 of 178:
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Apr 19 22:09 UTC 2000 |
uh...
I'm not sure if he's being sarcastic or serious -- someone please translate
for me so I can eithe rlaugh at him or tell him to sod off? [:
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orinoco
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response 33 of 178:
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Apr 19 22:27 UTC 2000 |
They are pretty straightforward pairs of words. I've probably used all of
them before and not even realized it.
I got half a poem....the other half is coming up in a day or two, unless
someone beats me to it.
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arianna
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response 34 of 178:
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Apr 19 23:28 UTC 2000 |
I didn't set out to pick obnoxiously difficult phrases like "heartfelt
rudabaga." In fact, I just picked random phrases out of a book.
If you don't like my approach to picking the new pairs, just remember:
I don't care. <sunshiny smile>
Since my phrases are so *easy* Dan, I expect nothing less than perfection from
you. d=
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orinoco
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response 35 of 178:
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Apr 19 23:40 UTC 2000 |
(Ooh, I rather like "heartfelt rutabaga")
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remmers
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response 36 of 178:
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Apr 20 10:22 UTC 2000 |
(Right, it's deliciously non-sensible.)
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arianna
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response 37 of 178:
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Apr 20 14:48 UTC 2000 |
bah, humbug.
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brighn
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response 38 of 178:
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Apr 20 15:16 UTC 2000 |
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brighn
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response 39 of 178:
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Apr 20 15:18 UTC 2000 |
Actually, if I may quote from the rules:
"The adjective must imaginatively describe the noun in a completely new way."
So, technically, your method of picking phrases violates the rules, since
you're picking phrases that are already in print.
*sweet smile*
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arianna
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response 40 of 178:
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Apr 20 20:48 UTC 2000 |
"All words
are borrowed,
and in use
are returned."
The english language has been around a long time, I'm sure all the
"imaginative" phrases ahev already been used. So one might argue that this
whole exercise, if bent ont hat purpose alone, would be a lesson in futility.
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brighn
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response 41 of 178:
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Apr 20 21:58 UTC 2000 |
Actually, I can prove mathematically that there exist a large number of
phrases which have never been used. But the portion of those which are
two-word phrases is likely relatively small.
All the same, there are 180,000 entries in my college dictionary. If a quarter
of those are nouns and a quarter of those are adjectives, that leaves roughly
about 2 billion adjective-noun phrases. That's an awful lot.
Furthermore, I'm just tweakin' ya, I broke the rules myself (and I'll break
'em again, dangit ;} )
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remmers
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response 42 of 178:
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Apr 20 21:59 UTC 2000 |
I am certain that "heartfelt rutabaga" has never been used before.
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arianna
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response 43 of 178:
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Apr 21 01:09 UTC 2000 |
then by all means, include it in your next list o' phrases. consider it a
gift from the font of all obnoxious phrases, Erinn. <giggle>
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brighn
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response 44 of 178:
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Apr 21 06:06 UTC 2000 |
"obnoxious font" may also be on the list of never used, although perhaps it's
on the list of seldom used. ;}
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arianna
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response 45 of 178:
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Apr 21 17:21 UTC 2000 |
I like that one, too.
IT could be used in a few ways -- an ode to your word processor, perhaps? (;
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ponder
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response 46 of 178:
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Apr 24 03:11 UTC 2000 |
Jeez louise, you guys, would someone post a poem already.
The stated list (with much thanks to Erinn)is as follows
black bread
noontime sunshine
long task
cold ground
vivid violet
I request (but do not require) that, due to the nature of the list, the
poet use his or her imagination to try to make these phrases seem
(pardon me, Erinn) less cliche.
PS. I don't mind rule breakers. This thing is supposed to be for fun
not argument. The whole point is to have fun. It would be nice if
folks would stick close to the rules, but no one, particularly not me,
cares whether or not it actually happens.
Thanks, guys.
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brighn
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response 47 of 178:
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Apr 24 03:58 UTC 2000 |
The best way to respond to broken rules is with broken rules... >=}
The traffic stopped cold,
ground to a halt at noontime,
sunshine -- too bright, too vivid --
violet shadows and glint of steel and asphalt black:
bread crumbs lost from lines too long,
task-oriented drones jammed up in
the traffic, stopped.
There we go... =}
juvenile serendipity
coarse statue
mindless kettle
red insurgency
happy glass
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remmers
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response 48 of 178:
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Apr 24 17:25 UTC 2000 |
Oh sing me a song of red insurgency,
And I won't be blue no more,
I'll just be a happy guy
Drinking from my happy glass.
Or sing me a song of juvenile serendipity,
From my aged perspective t'would be quite cheery,
Yes then I'll be a happy guy
Drinking from my happy glass.
Modern music, it's such a
Mindless kettle of cacaphony,
Modern sculpture too, with its preference for
Coarse statues over more finely chiseled efforts,
So take me away from all that
And sing me a song about any silly thing,
And I'll just be a happy guy
drinking from my happy glass.
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Next list:
crusty condominium
reviled lozenge
amorous truck
predestined horse
tender toilet
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flem
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response 49 of 178:
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Apr 25 20:30 UTC 2000 |
Aside: I rather like "juvenile serendipity". It appeals to me. :)
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