For Your In-Consideration, A Fragment

The Poet · 06-10-2009, 03:07 PM

Some thinkers think they're thorough in their thought,
Yet ponder lazily, and thus for nought.
"Simplify, simplify." The sound is nice,
Though, if he meant it, why'd he say it twice?
To prove his point, should not one time suffice?

Between a hard place and the rocks,
I'm walled-in by this paradox.

TanithT · 06-10-2009, 03:18 PM

Haiku for cigar

These dark, oily leaves
Fragrance of cedar and spice
Tight-rolled and tempting.

06-10-2009, 04:06 PM

Nicely Done Mr. T Poet!

and____ Arigato gozimasu Tanith

Sincerely, Dafiddla

The Poet · 06-11-2009, 03:36 PM

What, 70+ hits, and only 2 replies? C'mon, guys - don't want a flame-war, but what about a coupla sparks? I'm not lookin' for kudos or Cubans here - smack me up aside the haid, knee me inna 'nads, whatever. I'm a big boy.

Hey, if you think a poet is some pansy in purple pantaloons sipping jasmine tea and chewing on his calamus, then you don't know what's a poet. That is a poetaster, a poesy poseur, not a poet. Homer and Vergil were poets - they wrote of war and heroes. Dante and Milton were poets - they wrote of Heaven and Hell. Ezra Pound was one too, and the US Army thought he was so dangerous that they threw him into prison camp, then locked him in the loony bin! And damn near all of them wrote about sex. Poets have started more battles, and ended more wars, than did any general - check your history books. That's what poets do, and are.

Gimme love, gimme hate, gimme you don't give a $#!+ - but gimme more than muteness.

poker · 06-11-2009, 03:40 PM

I thought all poets wear purple pantaloons

The Poet · 06-11-2009, 03:42 PM

For you, poker, anything.

06-11-2009, 03:43 PM

Most poetry is like most art to me. I don't get it, and I'm OK with that.

poker · 06-11-2009, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Poet

For you, poker, anything.

kaisersozei · 06-11-2009, 03:58 PM

Ok, I'll write my next cigar review in verse.

TanithT · 06-11-2009, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaisersozei

Ok, I'll write my next cigar review in verse.

Do Gurkhas come from Nantucket?

Ashcan Bill · 06-11-2009, 06:44 PM

So, I should cross jasmine tea off my bucket list?

TanithT · 06-11-2009, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ashcan Bill

So, I should cross jasmine tea off my bucket list?

If somebody hands you a bucket full of something warm and faintly yellow, it might rhyme with "tea".

The Poet · 06-12-2009, 03:36 PM

I smoked a Gurkha in Nantucket,
Or tried to. I sat on a bucket
With toes in the sand,
Colibri in hand,
But wind blew my ash off, so %^@# it.

Emjaysmash · 06-12-2009, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Poet

I smoked a Gurkha in Nantucket,
Or tried to. I sat on a bucket
With toes in the sand,
Colibri in hand,
But wind blew my ash off, so %^@# it.

06-10-2009, 03:07 PM	#1
The Poet Il megglior fabbro Join Date: Jun 2009 First Name: Thomas Location: Hickory, NC Posts: 8,420 Trading: (2)	For Your In-Consideration, A Fragment Some thinkers think they're thorough in their thought, Yet ponder lazily, and thus for nought. "Simplify, simplify." The sound is nice, Though, if he meant it, why'd he say it twice? To prove his point, should not one time suffice? Between a hard place and the rocks, I'm walled-in by this paradox.

06-10-2009, 03:18 PM	#2
TanithT Herfer Grrrrl Join Date: May 2009 First Name: Tanith Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 692 Trading: (26)	Re: For Your In-Consideration, A Fragment Haiku for cigar These dark, oily leaves Fragrance of cedar and spice Tight-rolled and tempting.

06-10-2009, 04:06 PM	#3
Fiddlegrin Guest Posts: n/a	Re: For Your In-Consideration, A Fragment Nicely Done Mr. T Poet! and____ Arigato gozimasu Tanith Sincerely, Dafiddla

06-11-2009, 03:36 PM	#4
The Poet Il megglior fabbro Join Date: Jun 2009 First Name: Thomas Location: Hickory, NC Posts: 8,420 Trading: (2)	Re: For Your In-Consideration, A Fragment What, 70+ hits, and only 2 replies? C'mon, guys - don't want a flame-war, but what about a coupla sparks? I'm not lookin' for kudos or Cubans here - smack me up aside the haid, knee me inna 'nads, whatever. I'm a big boy. Hey, if you think a poet is some pansy in purple pantaloons sipping jasmine tea and chewing on his calamus, then you don't know what's a poet. That is a poetaster, a poesy poseur, not a poet. Homer and Vergil were poets - they wrote of war and heroes. Dante and Milton were poets - they wrote of Heaven and Hell. Ezra Pound was one too, and the US Army thought he was so dangerous that they threw him into prison camp, then locked him in the loony bin! And damn near all of them wrote about sex. Poets have started more battles, and ended more wars, than did any general - check your history books. That's what poets do, and are. Gimme love, gimme hate, gimme you don't give a $#!+ - but gimme more than muteness.

06-11-2009, 03:40 PM	#5
poker 1:11 Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Kelly Location: SoCal Posts: 5,280 Trading: (7)	Re: For Your In-Consideration, A Fragment I thought all poets wear purple pantaloons __________________ Cigar Asylum: A cigar board birthed without agendas, without profiting, and without advertisements. Amor puro Character is what you do when no one is watching

06-11-2009, 03:42 PM	#6
The Poet Il megglior fabbro Join Date: Jun 2009 First Name: Thomas Location: Hickory, NC Posts: 8,420 Trading: (2)	Re: For Your In-Consideration, A Fragment For you, poker, anything.

06-11-2009, 03:43 PM	#7
ahc4353 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: For Your In-Consideration, A Fragment Most poetry is like most art to me. I don't get it, and I'm OK with that.

06-11-2009, 03:58 PM	#9
kaisersozei The Homebrew Hammer Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Gerard Location: Midlothian, VA Posts: 3,183 Trading: (40)	Re: For Your In-Consideration, A Fragment Ok, I'll write my next cigar review in verse. __________________

06-11-2009, 06:44 PM	#11
Ashcan Bill Ol' Dude Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Bill Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 1,899 Trading: (6)	Re: For Your In-Consideration, A Fragment So, I should cross jasmine tea off my bucket list?

06-12-2009, 03:36 PM	#13
The Poet Il megglior fabbro Join Date: Jun 2009 First Name: Thomas Location: Hickory, NC Posts: 8,420 Trading: (2)	Re: For Your In-Consideration, A Fragment I smoked a Gurkha in Nantucket, Or tried to. I sat on a bucket With toes in the sand, Colibri in hand, But wind blew my ash off, so %^@# it.