Snacko
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I hate tar.
I hate tar.
I hate tar.
I hate tar.
I hate tar.
I hate tar.
I hate tar.
I hate tar.
I hate tar.
I hate tar.
I hate tar.
I hate tar.
I hate tar.
I hate tar.
I hate tar.
I hate tar.
I hate tar.
I hate tar.
I hate tar.
I hate tar.

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larrymurk
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And how do you feel about mud and gel?

Blondbeard
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Good poem

Snacko
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I hate gel and to a lesser extent mud, but it is not overused as tar is.

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Tahnan
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Well, it...rhymes, at least...

zex20913
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It also maintains a constant rhythm.

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calamarain
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And I response with a limerick written about Mud.


Fear the awakening mud...
In thirty, it's going to bud.
When it has congealed
It covers the field
And the babies are out for your blood.

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bomber50
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calamarain wrote:
And I response with a limerick written about Mud.


Fear the awakening mud...
In thirty, it's going to bud.
When it has congealed
It covers the field
And the babies are out for your blood.

Unfortuantely, this isn't a limerick as they don't have the correct amount of syllables.

voyager
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it has the correct amount of stressed syllables, which is what counts in a limerick. or my name's not Patty O'Furniture.

(edit: okay, i guess that's oversimplifying, but i'm pretty sure you're allowed to have anywhere from zero to two unstressed syllables before the first stress in each line. correct me if i'm wrong.)

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Yellow_Mage
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I love tar.
I like mud.
I find that I quite enjoy on most infrequent occasions gel.

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NiroZ
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Blasphemy!

Banjooie
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Madness!

vittro
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THIS IS DUGANDY!

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I like tarstuff blobs
I like tarstuff blobs
I like tarstuff blobs
No matter where they've been.

I like tarstuff blobs
I like tarstuff blobs
I like tarstuff blobs
I like tarstuff blobs
But not when they are green.

He likes tarstuff blobs
He likes tarstuff blobs
He likes tarstuff blobs
No matter where they've been.

He likes tarstuff blobs
He likes tarstuff blobs
He likes tarstuff blobs
But not when they are green.

I like tarstuff blobs
I like tarstuff blobs
I like tarstuff blobs
That is what I said

I like tarstuff blobs
I like tarstuff blobs
I like tarstuff blobs
I like tarstuff blobs
I like tarstuff blobs
But only when they're red.

He likes tarstuff blobs
He likes tarstuff blobs
He likes tarstuff blobs
That is what he said

He likes tarstuff blobs
He likes tarstuff blobs
He likes tarstuff blobs
But only when they're red.

I like tarstuff blobs
I like tarstuff blobs
I like tarstuff blobs
Although my name's not Stu.

I like tarstuff blobs
I like tarstuff blobs
I like tarstuff blobs
I -oh gob.

calamarain
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voyager wrote:
it has the correct amount of stressed syllables, which is what counts in a limerick. or my name's not Patty O'Furniture.

(edit: okay, i guess that's oversimplifying, but i'm pretty sure you're allowed to have anywhere from zero to two unstressed syllables before the first stress in each line. correct me if i'm wrong.)

You're both right. The first requirement of a limerick is the rhyme scheme - AABBA. That one's unbreakable, except for comedy reasons.

The second requirement is the syllable count, but this one is not quite as strictly enforced when limericks are spoken aloud, as you can adjust the meter that way.

Technically, the syllable count should follow the same as the rhyme scheme - AABBA. With A being anywhere from 7-9 and B being 4-6 (guidelines), but A and B remaining consistent. However, this rule tends to be bent on occasion. It's usually excused if you're making up limericks in a hurry...

...and this one was written in forty three seconds total So I claim that as my excuse. The mud one was written in fifty two seconds.

I posted my lines to the forum
They were not met with decorum
It made them all bored
The syllables - flawed!
But still, you've gotta adore'em

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. . and going in a completely different direction . .
I thought I would write a poem about tar but, as is often the case with my poetry, my intentions and my muse's don't necessarily coincide, so this appeared:

Between the scurrying of feet and
the marching onwards,
there is the cutting edge of
a well-used weapon.

Between the sizzling beam and
the stride of victory,
there is the parry and thrust of
deadly steel.

Between the slithering of intent and
the silence of success,
there is the hack and chop of
stone-ground metal.

Between the blink of a blue eye and
the spreading of hate,
there is the quick-silver slash of
a time-honed blade.

Between the echo of life and
the chanting of death,
there is the cut and slice of
a razor-sharp edge.

Between the passing of days and
the ending of all things,
there is the bright flash of
a nameless sword.

© Elfstone 3/6/07

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silver
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love it or hate it
tarstuff is the most unique
element in drod


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calamarain
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silver wrote:
love it or hate it
tarstuff is the most unique
element in drod

There's DROD haikus now?
Elegant and descriptive.
They would be welcome.

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Rheb
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Well, as long as it's in rooms I have made myself, I love all kinds of tarstuff!

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bwross
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Snacko wrote:
I hate tar.
I hate tar.
I hate tar.

I'll have your tar. I love it. I'm having tar, tar, tar, tar, tar, tar, tar, tar, eye pudding, and tar.

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My general rule for limericks is that they should roughly have the same feel as Hickory Dickory Dock.

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calamarain wrote:

silver wrote:
love it or hate it
tarstuff is the most unique
element in drod

There's DROD haikus now?
Elegant and descriptive.
They would be welcome.

DROD Haiku's date all the way back to the very earliest days of the forum...

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Bobpie
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Oh how I love tar and it's friends.
And how I can't cut tar's ends.
If I had a pet tar, I would call it squishy.
But it would probably have to go down the toilet with a flushy.
So next time you see tar, and you can't finish it off.
Give it to me, and the two of us will be off.

Neather2
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I hate Tar,
But not more than Gel,
and the best is The Mud.

I want stay far,
or i will are sad.




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Conspiracy, my new hold, has just been released.

calamarain
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eytanz wrote:

calamarain wrote:

silver wrote:
love it or hate it
tarstuff is the most unique
element in drod

There's DROD haikus now?
Elegant and descriptive.
They would be welcome.

DROD Haiku's date all the way back to the very earliest days of the forum...

So they're not new then.
Perhaps now is a good time
For resurrection.

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zex20913
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All that you will need
to achieve resurrection
is to hit key "R".

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calamarain
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Most useful of things!
Well praised by all smitemasters
The Backspace button.

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UrAvgAzn
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I hate goblinses.
Me wants 'em dead, I sezzit!
Dey iz green as grass.

Keep posting,

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Tahnan
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The spring sun rises;
Briars grow along pits.
Beethro dies. Again.