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Grex Poetry Item 330: Eat Your Heart Out, Emily Dickinson! [linked]
Entered by remmers on Tue May 27 02:55:30 UTC 2003:

Lieutenant Woman
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        Lieutenant Woman, you who set my soul on fire,
        Give me the punishment that is my sweet desire.
        Whenever I spy a cabbage head lying loose upon the floor,
        I think of my Lieutenant Woman standing near the door.

18 responses total.

#1 of 18 by remmers on Tue May 27 02:56:35 2003:

Bunny Business
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        Bunny business is funny business,
        Nobody's business but theirs,
        You cannot hope to fathom
        The society of hares.

#2 of 18 by remmers on Tue May 27 02:57:38 2003:

Out in the Hall
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        Out in the hall the young men sang,
        Hoping to lure mates,
        Yet I cannot muster interest
        In learning of their fates.

#3 of 18 by remmers on Tue May 27 02:58:49 2003:

I Just Read in the Paper
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        I just read in the paper
        How the teams had fared,
        That new films had just opened,
        And war had been declared.

#4 of 18 by remmers on Tue May 27 02:59:43 2003:

Insects
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        Insects do nothing for me,
        They simply leave me cold,
        Give me instead a fruity pumpkin
        Or a tasty bit of mold.

#5 of 18 by remmers on Tue May 27 03:00:23 2003:

Taffy in the Trunk
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        I put the taffy in the trunk.
        The day was hot.
        The taffy melted.
        Hallelujah!

#6 of 18 by remmers on Tue May 27 03:01:18 2003:

I Voted Twice
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        I voted twice,
        Once for the candidate of my head,
        Once for the candidate of my heart.
        But an independent won.

#7 of 18 by remmers on Tue May 27 03:02:14 2003:

Counting the Hours
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        I count the hours to the next event
        That marries logic to love,
        An elite taxi driver
        Will figure in this.

#8 of 18 by remmers on Tue May 27 03:03:24 2003:

Police Moved Through the Meadow
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        Police moved through the meadow
        Arresting mice and weeds.
        Who could tell the reason,
        The motive for these deeds?

#9 of 18 by remmers on Tue May 27 03:04:42 2003:

Out of Nights and Mornings
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        Out of nights and mornings
        The creatures came, applauding
        The stars and the sun,
        The twinklers and Mr. Hot.

#10 of 18 by flem on Tue May 27 19:33:42 2003:

This stuff reminds me of Piet Hein's Grooks.  That's a good thing.  :)

#11 of 18 by jazz on Wed May 28 13:07:10 2003:

        Is there a name for this style of poetry?

        Cynical couplets?

#12 of 18 by flem on Wed May 28 16:13:49 2003:

Epigrams, perhaps?  Is that the word that I think it is?

#13 of 18 by other on Thu Sep 25 02:50:19 2003:

Election:

        Chads are back in voting style
        While e-vote sellers chant Sieg Heil.
        Election results are guaranteed
        To allow the successful to really succeed.

#14 of 18 by cyberpnk on Mon Sep 29 15:30:01 2003:

All I have to say is go to mwo.t35.com

#15 of 18 by other on Mon Sep 29 20:27:53 2003:

14:  Oh MY!  <chuckle>

#16 of 18 by jaklumen on Tue Sep 30 00:29:00 2003:

Sometimes being a Cammie ain't so bad.

#17 of 18 by remmers on Tue Sep 30 01:28:57 2003:

Unknown host mwo.t35.com

#18 of 18 by slynne on Tue Sep 30 16:52:48 2003:

I just hope that someday when I have another party, people dont 
get "unknown host" messages

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