2010 Team Poetry Contest

[UnderYourSpell]

what's that in English time?

 

[bflagsst]

what's that in English time?

Pretty much whatever your clock says right now plus or minus an hour should be when the contest starts tomorrow. For me it's half past seven, so I'd take away an hour to an hour and a half off your current time and you should have the time the contest begins tomorrow and ends on friday.

 

[Epmd607]

I looked it up, the contest will start between 11am -12pm tomorrow for the Englische.

 

[bflagsst]

I looked it up, the contest will start between 11am -12pm tomorrow for the Englische.

Okay, yeah just assume the rules will be up at 11am if you're in British Land, if you're in the East of America that's 6am, and the folks out west should be able to figure it out, super early for them. Which doesn't mean you have to be sitting at your computer then, you've got two full days. I think someone from out west actually asked to start it before the sun comes up.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

my head aches already

 

[butters]

I looked it up, the contest will start between 11am -12pm tomorrow for the Englische.

great. i should have time for a coffee after getting back from no.3 son's school at the ungodly hour of 8 am to see his teacher.

my head aches already

ha don't forget to breathe.

 

[annaswirls]

ancient eastern saying:
give pretty boy mirror - be prepared for long wait

Ah one of my favorite poems:

Intimates
by D.H. Lawrence

Don't you care for my love? she said bitterly.

I handed her the mirror, and said:
Please address these questions to the proper person!
Please make all requests to headquarters!
In all matters of emotional importance
please approach the supreme authority direct!-
So I handed her the mirror.

And she would have broken it over my head,
but she caught a sight of her own reflection
and that held her spellbound for two seconds
while I fled.

 

[annaswirls]

My wife's preg, she won't deal with a bunch of these ingredients. Thanks for the thought though.

Wow! Congratulations! I had no idea!

Hmm now that ups the challenge: dinner for the pregnant woman.

I liked white pizza when I was preggers-- red sauce gave me heartburn

veggie pizza.

there you go

 

[butters]

Ah one of my favorite poems:

Intimates
by D.H. Lawrence

Don't you care for my love? she said bitterly.

I handed her the mirror, and said:
Please address these questions to the proper person!
Please make all requests to headquarters!
In all matters of emotional importance
please approach the supreme authority direct!-
So I handed her the mirror.

And she would have broken it over my head,
but she caught a sight of her own reflection
and that held her spellbound for two seconds
while I fled.

I've not read that before thanks !

 

[CharleyH]

Ah one of my favorite poems:

Intimates
by D.H. Lawrence

Don't you care for my love? she said bitterly.

I handed her the mirror, and said:
Please address these questions to the proper person!
Please make all requests to headquarters!
In all matters of emotional importance
please approach the supreme authority direct!-
So I handed her the mirror.

And she would have broken it over my head,
but she caught a sight of her own reflection
and that held her spellbound for two seconds
while I fled.

LOL - funny, and appropriate! Love it, Anna.

On another note: Thanks for asking the question that had sort of been alluding me, UnderYourSpell (from now on I christen you UYS because it's quicker to write, yes, even in caps). I did recall Bflag suggesting 6am at some point in this thread, but lately I've been having so many dreams about writing poetry that I wasn't sure if it was a nightmare.

Intrigued, excited and looking forward to the challenge at hand.

 

[Epmd607]

Wow! Congratulations! I had no idea!

Hmm now that ups the challenge: dinner for the pregnant woman.

I liked white pizza when I was preggers-- red sauce gave me heartburn

veggie pizza.

there you go

Thanks. I succeeded in all of my missions yesterday too.

 

[EroticOrogeny]

Thanks. I succeeded in all of my missions yesterday too.

Glad to hear that!
So what did you end up making her?

 

[Epmd607]

Glad to hear that!
So what did you end up making her?

Greek food, the chicken souvlaki. I paid close attention.

 

[Epmd607]

Yo, Bill Dada was spotted on the General Board about a minute ago. I'm gonna ask him to be one of the judges for tomorrow so Team Awesome can get that extra Dadaian edge.

 

[Tzara]

methinks your contest is for the sake of thinking up things to make the contestants squirm!

Anticipation makes me squeamish
(The worst is what I always dread),
But with such teammates, I'm left beamish,
Anticipating what's ahead.
For Anna's poems are clever, curly,
True and honest (though quite swirly),
And EO's geological,
Rock solid and methodical.
Our Chipbutty has flair—she's honest
In pòems she's compòsed here.
Empd's from New York, where
All awesomeness comes from, doggone it.
We will defeat you, Charley's team!
(I hope this boast does not sound mean.)

 

[champagne1982]

My wife's preg, she won't deal with a bunch of these ingredients. Thanks for the thought though.

Goodness. Congrats. Why can't your wife deal with the ingredients? She's pregnant, not allergic is she? I never said you needed a hot curry... eliminate the hot sauce and enjoy the mild and sweet flavour of the garam masala.

I'm certain that Thai and Indian women eat curry the entire time they're carrying. (in fact, I'm pretty sure they eat it while they're not pregnant, too.)

 

[butters]

logging in, me lickle chucklebunnies - having a coffee, some grapes, and a read-through here. looking forward to this like about to be shot out of a cannon

 

[CharleyH]

Just a'waitin.

 

[bflagsst]

I meant to post right at 6 but for some reason I couldn't find the right file. It's in the new thread.

 

[Epmd607]

Goodness. Congrats. Why can't your wife deal with the ingredients? She's pregnant, not allergic is she? I never said you needed a hot curry... eliminate the hot sauce and enjoy the mild and sweet flavour of the garam masala.

I'm certain that Thai and Indian women eat curry the entire time they're carrying. (in fact, I'm pretty sure they eat it while they're not pregnant, too.)

She won't deal with the shrimp and wine for preg reasons. She won't deal with the curry because she's Irish-American. She's allergic to coconut products. Your meal sounds good to me, but I'd get crucified if I tried to serve her shrimp and curry. Shrimp may or may not be bad, mercury, I don't know. I'm not going to argue with her about her diet choices.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Congratulations by the way and may all your problems be 'little ones' !

 

[champagne1982]

She won't deal with the shrimp and wine for preg reasons. She won't deal with the curry because she's Irish-American. She's allergic to coconut products. Your meal sounds good to me, but I'd get crucified if I tried to serve her shrimp and curry. Shrimp may or may not be bad, mercury, I don't know. I'm not going to argue with her about her diet choices.

LOL. Arguing with any woman, much less one who is "enciente" would be a very silly thing to do. You are a very wise man.

Thanks for the explanation about the ingredient problems. You can treat yourself to the dish sometime when you're not cooking for the family.

May you share a healthy happy and very uneventful pregnancy with your lady.

 

[annaswirls]

She won't deal with the shrimp and wine for preg reasons. She won't deal with the curry because she's Irish-American. She's allergic to coconut products. Your meal sounds good to me, but I'd get crucified if I tried to serve her shrimp and curry. Shrimp may or may not be bad, mercury, I don't know. I'm not going to argue with her about her diet choices.

I want a poem, or at least a piece of flash fiction from this passage.

 

[Epmd607]

I want a poem, or at least a piece of flash fiction from this passage.

I'll write a porno story based on that passage. Curry hand jobs.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I'll write a porno story based on that passage. Curry hand jobs.

that's enough to make every man on this board cringe and cross his legs