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There once was a beautiful Kitten,
Who was absolutely cute as a mitten.
She infiltrated my heart
I know we'll never part,
Because we are Kitty & Kitten.

It ain't perfect, the meter is slightly off and the last line doesn't rhyme with the first, but I might be improving.

I think it's pretty good. I don't see kitten and kitten not rhyming and the repetition doesn't disturb me at all. You can always play a little with the meter. It doesn't take much effort to get the rythm on this one right.

There once was a beautiful Kitten,
Who was abs'lutely cute as a mitten.
Sh'infiltrated my heart
I know we'll never part,
Because we are Kitty & Kitten.

I'm not sure if you're kitty or kitten
I should know, cause I have seen it written
but one feeling shows
it practic'ly glows
and that is that you're really smitten


That one is better. I knocked mine up in a few minutes, not really thinking much of it, more just feeling my way, but had I thought more about it, I'd have come up with something better. Oh, and I'm Kitty, Aria is Kitten.

Aria is Kitten, I am Kitty
I'm sitting here writing this ditty,
though where it goes,
nobody knows
but I do know Kitten is pretty.
There once was a beautiful Kitten,
Who was absolutely cute as a mitten.
She infiltrated my heart
I know we'll never part,
Because we are Kitty & Kitten.

It ain't perfect, the meter is slightly off and the last line doesn't rhyme with the first, but I might be improving.
Something needs saying, but I can't quite express how to say it without sounding like an arsehole.
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Bawbag. A good wee Scottish word, and versatile, too. The most used meaning, is derogatory. Basically, you're calling someone a scrotum. Its original meaning was a bag where you kept footballs (soccer balls). Can also be spelled ba'bag, the apostrophe denoting the lack of "ll", but I prefer the first one. There was even a storm named after it "Hurricane Bawbag". Yes, Scots are a strange and eccentric nation.


And it seems to me that the Scot vocabulary is very much phonetic in the way it changes and takes on new words and meanings. I like it and wish I knew more of the vocabulary.



It is, indeed, very phonetic, and versatile. Taking the word "bawbag", it can also be used as a salutation, or a reference to someone, or no one in particular, very much like we use the c-word. There are also regional variations between dialects, so it results in a sometimes confusing lexicon. Take the word "arse", for example, that could be said "erse" (hearse without the h), elsewhere in Scotland, mostly in the upper reaches, but in the lower reaches, it is more likely to be "arse".

My word shall be another Scottish word: Drookit.

Means wet. I have no idea where or how it originated, but I read it first in The Broons & Oor Wullie, so do know it is likely to be a word used a lot in Dundee. Translated, The Broons & Oor Wullie, would be The Browns and Our Willie... Doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?

I'd quite like the challenge of writing something in broad Scots, but I know I couldn't do it. As much as I love my language, it is difficult to write, especially when you don't speak it all the time.
In a hut in a forest surrounded by wildlife.

Are you superstitious about walking under ladders?
The thing is, you can't just say "thinking or smiling?" because those are such opposing extremes that there's not much comparison. It's like comparing a sonnet to a limerick. Both are valid forms and both make you think, but just in very different ways.

Thinking is fine and dandy, but why does poetry have to make one think? It's just another way of telling a story, really. Why does it even have to adhere to rules? I think rules, though useful sometimes, can stifle creativity, especially in poetry. I'll bet that most poetic forms were stumbled upon, not really designed, but accidentally made.

I'll take laughing at, with or about a poem any day, thanks. I don't like being burdened with other people's heavy thoughts; mine are heavy enough as it is, without having the extra crap of someone else.
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Just a cold beer and a quiet house


That seems unusual.



Ya kidding? That's heaven! There's nothing better than cracking open a cold one, and just enjoying it, being able to savour it without folk running about, making racket and generally being bawbags about it.
Not really. I have goals to do by set times, but that isn't really a resolution. Failure is always an option.

What's the longest you've gone without sleep?
Bawbag. A good wee Scottish word, and versatile, too. The most used meaning, is derogatory. Basically, you're calling someone a scrotum. Its original meaning was a bag where you kept footballs (soccer balls). Can also be spelled ba'bag, the apostrophe denoting the lack of "ll", but I prefer the first one. There was even a storm named after it "Hurricane Bawbag". Yes, Scots are a strange and eccentric nation.
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Probably The Worst Limerick Ever

Andrew, technically speaking you are right. Though adhering to the AABBA scheme, there is a metrum for limericks as well.
It should be something like
taDUMta taDUMta taDUMta for lines 1, 2 and 5 and
taDUMta taDUM for lines 3 and 4
or
tadaDUM tadaDUM tadaDUM for lines 1, 2 and 5 and
(ta)daDUM tadaDUM for 3 and 4

Your limericks still miss that, but they do bring a smile to my face, because they really are funny.

A lim'rick is easy to write
but make sure that the meter is right
when the rYthm is wrong
it won't fit to the song
so nobody will sing it tonight


It's pretty disgraceful for a bassist to not be able to even get such a simple rhythm down. Though, weirdly, I could do it on my bass. Hmm, maybe I should try writing limericks with bass tracks.
Washington! Hell, if I had unlimited teleports, I'd make a few round trips, bringing my stuff with me each time, ready for the big relocation.

What do you want?
Probably The Worst Limerick Ever

There was a young man called Nick,
who had a really big brick,
he built a house,
just for a mouse,
who named himself Mick.

So, Mick was a mouse,
who lived in a house,
built by Nick
who had a brick,
but where was the grouse?

Well, the grouse
had his own house,
made from feathers
and leathers
of a certain wee mouse.

So, Nick
with his brick,
built a house for a mouse,
who was eaten by a grouse,
who. for the mouse was too quick.
There was a young lady,
who slayed me.
A Slayer she was
and she kicked my baws,
but at least I wasn't flayed-ed.

[If you've seen Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you'll know that all the language in this limerick has been used at least once on the show. Just trying to be in-keeping with Joss Whedon's style... Difficult because it really is inimitable.]
A guy from Glasgow, prefers limerick to haiku,
but what is he to do?
His haiku are often crap,
but his limericks are also pap.
Here's hoping people don't sue.
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Heptagon : a polygon having seven angles and seven sides.

Word of the day because I like the sound of it. And it would be a great name for a character in a story.


That's a good one smile

Mine would be happy because that's what I am. I've had a good couple of days, and my family are all happy, so that makes me happy.
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I'd like to contribute, but I suck at limericks. Can't quite get them around my head, but they are fun to read.


Ah, Andrew, you'd be so good at them if you caught on!

They're so absurd, and the AABBA rhyme scheme is great for stretching the vocabulary and imagination. Give it a try, please? Pretty please?

Or not, I don't want to come across as bullying you, but encouraging instead.


I'll give it a bash. You know how much I love a challenge, especially with writing. Maybe this'll kickstart my brain again.
I'd like to contribute, but I suck at limericks. Can't quite get them around my head, but they are fun to read.
Could be a bunch of reasons. If it's the internet that's slow, the problem is that people are a global epidemic. If it's the phone in general, then it might be that you've got shiteload of apps installed, something is eating loadsa memory, you have a virus, you have a bug, it might need restarted... The list just goes on and on. In short, I dunno, but there's always a bunch of different things you can do to try and figure it out. Jut make up a list, try and learn what works. Holy cow, I don't half ramble!

Can you hunk a hunk? And if you can hunk a hunk, will you hunkadola with me?
These are the crosses I must bear.
There's a bear with a cross,
I think he's Christian.
I'm tipsy.
Nothing's truly dark, apart from the park, especially when you're naked and having a lark.

Did you have a good Christmas? (Or are you having a good Christmas?)
Merry Christmas, bawbagz,
I hope you can read your Christmas tagz,
My handwriting's atrocious,
so don't be ferocious,
if your tags are illegible,
just be a vegetable!

Note for those who don't know me: This is supposed to be humorous. Laugh or don't laugh, just laugh!
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Why does everything on Craigslist boil down to one thing, and one thing only??



Because sex sells.


I'm not selling anything or giving it away.










You drive a hard bargain, don't ya?
Simple, really: Just state your word of the day. Pick a word, any word, obscure or not. Modern or archaic. Just remember to explain why it's the word of the day, and what it means.

My word is immolation. The reason for this is because it is a word that makes me laugh, though killing something with fire ain't funny, the word itself is.
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Why does everything on Craigslist boil down to one thing, and one thing only??



Because sex sells.
I'm saying a poem,
As I sit here at the end,
Dunno what it says,
But I'm gonna send
Y'all to Coventry.
I hear that place ain't nice.
This poem sucks,
As do I.
TMI?
Oh well.
None that are crippling. I mean, I'm afraid of wasps, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna scream and run out of the room like a wee jessie, every time I see a wasp. I'm strong enough to be able to go and deal with it. I suppose, though, the worst one, is that I'll end up loveless. I know it ain't gonna happen, 'cause I have Aria forever, but it's still a phobia.

When I go to think of a question, the first thing on my mind is always something perverted. I wonder why that is?