ENTER Misc Av Contest: Poetry

[od0_ital]

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Cool.

My very reserved, quiet, old-fashioned mother made up a shorter version for her 77th birthday last year:

"When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple,
But if you put me in a big red hat,
I'll f***king hurt you."

Ya should put that in avatar form!

 

[K'Ehleyr]

My very reserved, quiet, old-fashioned mother made up a shorter version for her 77th birthday last year:

"When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple,
But if you put me in a big red hat,
I'll f***king hurt you."

Love it!

 

[JiNX-01]

My very reserved, quiet, old-fashioned mother made up a shorter version for her 77th birthday last year:

"When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple,
But if you put me in a big red hat,
I'll f***king hurt you."

Was that the first time she said ****ing in front of you?

 

[auntiehill]

The first time where she hadn't slammed her hand in the car door before saying it, yeah.

 

[JiNX-01]

The first time where she hadn't slammed her hand in the car door before saying it, yeah.

My mother never dropped the F-bomb.

 

[Kira's Mom]

^^ Oh, I see. I assumed you meant the opening line.

Okay, here's mine:

Pluck thy beak from out my heart!

Dammit! *goes back to drawing board*

 

[auntiehill]

The first time where she hadn't slammed her hand in the car door before saying it, yeah.

My mother never dropped the F-bomb.

I can count the number of times she swore on one hand...that's kind of what made Mom's version of the poem so funny.

 

[Kira's Mom]

Here's mine, but it needs some work. I suck at making avatars with text:

The poem, of course, is Casey at the Bat.

The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville Nine that day;The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play,And then when Cooney died at first, and Barrows did the same,A sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game.

(last stanza)

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;But there is no joy in Mudville — mighty Casey has struck out.

My favorite parody of the last line (from a Washington Post contest): There is no joy in Mudville. The team has given up. Casey's writhing on the ground- the dork forgot his cup.

 

[Goliath]

Look on my work, ye Mighty, and despair.

Or something.

 

[Jetfire]

You might need to squint to make the words out...but I can read it fine.

 

[RJDiogenes]

This may be the hardest contest yet.

^^ Oh, I see. I assumed you meant the opening line.

I was going minimalist with the line so it wouldn't over take the image.

You're right. It looks good that way.

BTW: Your entry is AWESOME. Vote!

Thank you very much.

^and another vote from me.

Thank you, too.

My very reserved, quiet, old-fashioned mother made up a shorter version for her 77th birthday last year:

"When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple,
But if you put me in a big red hat,
I'll f***king hurt you."

That's awesome.

Was that the first time she said ****ing in front of you?

Though my Mother used to swear up a storm when she was young, I've only heard her say "fuck" once, when she told this joke: Mickey Mouse is in divorce court and the judge, after looking over the documents, looks at him and says, "I'm sorry, Mister Mouse, but I can't grant you a divorce just because you think your wife Minnie is crazy." And Mickey says, "I didn't say she was crazy, judge-- I said she was fucking Goofy."

Dammit! *goes back to drawing board*

Sorry. Yours is great, though. It's been ages since I've read about Mighty Casey.

 

[LitmusDragon]

I revised my previous entry and updated my first post in the thread.

 

[captcalhoun]

 

[JiNX-01]

Mickey Mouse is in divorce court and the judge, after looking over the documents, looks at him and says, "I'm sorry, Mister Mouse, but I can't grant you a divorce just because you think your wife Minnie is crazy." And Mickey says, "I didn't say she was crazy, judge-- I said she was fucking Goofy."

This is the best avatar contest thread ever!!

 

[M'Sharak]

"Instead of the cross, the albatross... "

Good one.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Poem: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas
Painting: The Sick Child by Edvard Munch

 

[Kira's Mom]

Mickey Mouse is in divorce court and the judge, after looking over the documents, looks at him and says, "I'm sorry, Mister Mouse, but I can't grant you a divorce just because you think your wife Minnie is crazy." And Mickey says, "I didn't say she was crazy, judge-- I said she was fucking Goofy."

This is the best avatar contest thread ever!!

The first time I ever cursed in front of my parents was telling the Mickey joke. They almost died- from laughing, not from shock.

 

[RJDiogenes]

^^ Heh. It may have been a different story, if I had told it to her.

Poem: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas
Painting: The Sick Child by Edvard Munch

Sweet. Those may be the lines I've quoted most often.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

 

[auntiehill]

Closing date Friday 15th April 6:00 GMT (or sometime then - that's midday my time and I'm getting root canal work done that morning )

Hope I haven't forgotten anything.

We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.​

Hmm. I think Friday might be a wee bit too long a time. Why not bump it up to a day or two before? We're already sliding to the second page here.