[Fictionary] Poem results!

Sun Dec 3 12:16:25 EST 2017

Remember that childhood chant:  Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Some Poems Rhyme, an Others Don't....  Linda  

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From: Jim Moskowitz <jim at jimmosk.com>
To: fictionary at swarpa.net
Subject: [Fictionary] Poem results!
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2017 23:58:45 -0500

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First, allow me to introduce you to  Frederick Douglass, a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar which begins:
 A hush is over all the teeming lists,And there is pause, a breath-space in the strife;
 A spirit brave has passed beyond the mists
 And vapors that obscure the sun of life.

 And Ethiopia, with bosom torn,
 Laments the passing of her noblest born. https://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/frederick_douglass_20694  (Was the reason there were so few votes, because people recognized it? I'd never heard of it before.) Now let's put it in context -- that is, surrounded by impostors! 
 A hush is over all the teeming lists,
 And there is pause, a breath-space in the strife;
 Until a shriek rings out, for through the mists
 Emerges Mordagraunt, the dragon-wife.  -- by David Randall    1 point from Pierre

 A hush is over all the teeming lists,
 And there is pause, a breath-space in the strife;
 But ever does the squall resume, unbound,
 To scatter us like myriad dry leaves.
   -- by Jean-Joseph Cote    1 point from Ranjit ("for daring not to rhyme")    2 points from David    1 point from Hutch ("The only un-rhymed entry. Makes it more believable. But a "squall"? While a squall might be fierce ("unbound"), it is short-lived (not "ever ... resume"ing).")
 A hush is over all the teeming lists,
 And there is pause, a breath-space in the strife;
 Methinks this War will go from swords to fists,
 But evenso, where there is Hope there's Life.
   -- by Linda Owens    2 points from Pierre   Hutch: "Unless I'm wildly mistooken, the phrase is the other way: "where there's life, there's hope". And this rephrasing of Einstein's (?) quote about World Wars III and IV doesn't make it for me."
 A hush is over all the teeming lists,
 And there is pause, a breath-space in the strife;
 >From up the mount descend the acrid mists,
 The lake o'erturns, the gases threaten life.
   -- by Pierre Abbat    2 points from Ranjit ("for rare limnic eruption poetry! (Actually, I'm no expert - perhaps lake overturning is a common sonnet topic...)")   1 point from Linda ("I have smelt one in my faire towne, or I mean the town I used to live in. Very small yet deep lake, very stinky smell.")
 A hush is over all the teeming lists,
 And there is pause, a breath-space in the strife;
 A spirit brave has passed beyond the mists
 And vapors that obscure the sun of life.
   -- by by Paul Laurence Dunbar    1 point from David    2 points from Hutch ("This one, being directly before mine and using the same rhymes ("lists/mists" and "strife/life") as mine was subconsciously eliminated as soon as I saw it. However, 8 of the 14 rhyme completions (57%) match one or another of mine, so that's not a valid elimination ... and I've eliminated everything else for better reasons. So ...")    1 point from Jean-Joseph    Pierre: "Rhyme scheme ABCD? Unlikely." 
 A hush is over all the teeming lists,
 And there is pause, a breath-space in the strife;
 As o'er the battlefield the wafting mists
 Obscure the pain of wounds and loss of life.
   -- by Hutch
     2 points from Linda    2 points from Jean-Joseph 
 A hush is over all the teeming lists,
 And there is pause, a breath-space in the strife;
 I'm really thankful Dramamine exists:
 My future husband has an awesome wife.  -- by (via?) Ranjit Bhatnagar. It was generated by pentametron; the full explanation is included at the bottom of this message.    Hutch: "*LOL* But shouldn't the final line be "My future husband WILL have an awesome wife"??? Or is the current wife he is cheating on with you really that awesome? :-)"   General comments:Linda:  I loved this exercise and all answers were fabulous. Must look up MordagrauntHutch: This is going to be tough. Very "mist"y place this "breath-space in the strife".Jean-Joseph: Hmm, everybody opted for either "life" or "wife" as the rhyme (except for my gambit of no rhyme at all).  No "knife", or "rife", or...?  Quite a few outlandish ones, daring anyone to vote for them.   THE WINNER:  Hutch! Not only did he bullseye the original poem's "obscure", he even threw in that poetic "o'er". (His score is 4+2 -- 4 points given to him by other voters, plus 2 points from his correct guess).  Jean-Joseph's daring unrhyming stanza is close behind, with 4+1 points.  Have at it, Hutch.  -Jim   At 9:44 PM -0500 11/20/17, Ranjit Bhatnagar wrote:In honor of nanogenmo <https://github.com/NaNoGenMo/2017> I had pentametron <https://twitter.com/pentametron> generate the poem for me. It also generated all these, which I didn't bother to edit out of COMPUTER-TEXT:I'M REALLY THANKFUL DRAMAMINE EXISTSSHE AIN'T A STRANGER TO THE CITY LIFEFOND OF APPRECIATING WHAT EXISTSAPPRECIATE THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFEBILL COSBY IS A PERSON THAT EXISTSSONS ARE THE ANCHORS OF A MOTHERS LIFEI JUST REMEMBERED ASHLEY MOORE EXISTSBE THANKFUL FOR THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFEI NEVER KNEW CHINCHILLA CATS EXISTSDON'T MAKE A DONKEY OF YOURSELF IN LIFEI KEEP FORGETTING THIS ACCOUNT EXISTSSHE AIN'T A STRANGER TO THE CITY LIFEGREEK YOGURT IS THE REASON HELL EXISTSSHOULD REALLY TRY AND FIND A SOCIAL LIFETHE ONLY DISNEY MOVIE THAT EXISTSANOTHER EMPTY BOTTLE TAKES A LIFEREMINDER SUNNY AFTERNOON EXISTSANOTHER BOY WITHOUT A SHARPER KNIFEGOOD MORNING EVERYONE DESPAIR PERSISTSSCHOOL RUINED MY ALREADY RUINED LIFESO HAPPY CHEESY GARLIC BREAD EXISTSI'M JUST A WEIGHT IN EVERYBODY'S LIFEAPPRECIATE THE DARKNESS THAT EXISTSAPPRECIATE THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFETHEN I REMEMBERED ALCOHOL EXISTSANOTHER EMPTY BOTTLE TAKES A LIFEDON'T WORRY INNER BEAUTY STILL EXISTSSONS ARE THE ANCHORS OF A MOTHERS LIFEI DON'T BELIEVE THE HUMAN RACE EXISTSTOO DOWN AND FEELING SHITTY WHAT A LIFEI KEEP FORGETTING HALLOWEEN EXISTSNAPS ARE IMPORTANT FOR A HEALTHY LIFEI'M REALLY HAPPY DRY SHAMPOO EXISTSCUTE PEOPLE RUIN MY ENTIRE LIFEBOYS ARE THE REASON ALCOHOL EXISTSPLAYS WITH HER FINGERS WAITING FOR HER WIFE
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