O.K. MarianNYC, here it is. Whoever comes up with the best title will have this poem, freshly written and all, named after them/with their title. (re necessary?)
The first time it happened, I was amazed.
I couldn't believe it was possible, and I was right.
It was just a game.
Always just a game.
And now I can't get you out of my mind.
You're everything I see,
Everything I do,
All that I want.
Come back?
Regards
Boomerang Baby?
Just a game
Les
Post Edited (06-24-04 14:32)
"Someone gave Corn to the Dog"
Just kidding !
Here's my real one:
Ubiquitous
I like "Someone Gave Corn to the Dog"
How about, "Come Back"
Corn to the Dog is so wildly inappropriate that it matches EVERYTHING
The effect is one of incongruity.
"Delay of Game"
Emer-
This IS a challenge.
This piece can be broken into four distinct segments.
L1 & L2 are about revelation.
L3 & L4 are pondering the revelation, with a dose of denial.
L5, L6, L7, L8 all about obsession.
L9 takes a sharp turn into neediness.
It flows well enough from thought to thought, but a title that suits the first set of lines has nothing to do with the others. If it is appropriate for the ending it has little in common with the middle.
My half-baked suggestion would be 'Beguiled'.
Jack
My suggestion is: "You"
Unexpected
'Surely I deserve a rematch?'
though this might go better as an added last line, or as a replacement for the present last line ('Come back?'), with the title (in either case) being 'Double or Quits'
If this wins, my intention is to donate the prize to charity.
Post Edited (06-25-04 19:21)
"Erection"
Appeal to ball accidentily thrown over gate while playing tennis
I like that, Desi! Though 'hit over high fence' might be better than 'thrown over gate'
You're right:
so appeal to ball accidentily hit over high fence while playing tennis
(I'm still not a native speaker, and couldn't remember what you did with a tennis ball ;-)
I liked the deliberate release of frustration by "thrown over gate"
with the subsequent regret of the action.
Accidents just happen.
You have a point. So I choose to put in two entries. Is that allowed?
You can put in as many entries as you like!
The more I look at the title of this thread, the more I like it as the title of the poem:
"Little Contest"
Emer says it's okay to put in more than one entry, so I have two:
"You"
"Me"
Desi wrote:
(I'm still not a native speaker, and couldn't remember what you
did with a tennis ball ;-)
Usually, I miss!
pam
I give them to the dogs
I thought that was corn?
JustJack, "someone", not I, gave corn to them !
Actually, Lacrosse balls are better for them, they destroy tennis balls
Anyone who wishes to enter this contest may do so until friday. Winner to be announced on saturday. Not too impressed thus far.
Regards
Not too impressed thus far.
Tempting, tempting.
What people seem to have missed about this poem is that the narrator is a gay trucker who has just blasted past a handsome cop at a speed trap. See? It's simply a matter of careful reading--truckers always say 'come back' on their CB radios.
My entry: Trucker's Lament
All proceeds from my winnings will be donated to charity. Well, after expenses, of course.
"Hackney, Believe One Iota"
"Obsessed"?
"I "Love Summer more than I hate Winter"
Perhaps my first submission was a bit "saucy," as one of my British friends is fond of saying. Consequently, I am re-submitting it as:
"On Grandfather's First Experience With Viagra"
joet
Hmmmm, I would like to put fourth "Mind Game"
or perhaps it's "Mind-less Game"
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. (Aristotle)
"Get out of my Mind, Man"
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. (Aristotle)
"DAMN!! This is some Good-ass Cheese !"