posted 03-17-2001 00:13            

"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."---Dorothy Parker

posted 03-17-2001 01:32            

I AM A SQUEAKY WHEEL!

posted 03-17-2001 12:45            

Hrm. "Candy Corn".

For some reason that post unsettles the bejesus outta me.

Oh, and if were gonna talk about modern day poets we sure as hell ain't gonna leave out AL SHARPTON. Oh my god is he good. HAW HAW.
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posted 03-17-2001 16:56            

Shit man, by that last post, YOU should be the poet laureate. That shit was just MUSICAL.

I, for one, like Tori. All her shit ain't about rape. That's what shallow people think. She's got a great line that comes to mind now: "Just because you make me come / Doesn't make you Jesus".

*EDIT* Damn, I musta been on crack when I wrote this.

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posted 03-17-2001 17:33           

speed of light by speed
of light, and we are ourselves
frozen energy."

Now that's poetry.

posted 03-17-2001 17:51            

I'm running down a nowhere path
screaming all the way
feeling Fate's familiar wrath
thinking it will end someday

Liberate yourself
from the shackles of life
the burn of the flame
shades the stabs of the knife

I hear you presence
I feel your breath
your knowing hands
are as cold as death

How sweetly sounds the forkéd tongue
to speak with lies in harmony sung
with lots of flowers tainted black
return to sender, bring them back

These gaping wounds
of this loveless ordead
arouse passionate feelings
of hate that is real

So come on girl, lets have some fun
defile your soul with a lesser one
you think you like playing all these games
well, lets play one that has a name"

posted 03-17-2001 19:33           

But you're
Pushing and shoving me.
You still love me and you pushit on me.

Rest your trigger on my finger,
bang my head upon the fault line.
Take care not to make me enter.
'cause if I do we both may disappear.

But you're pushing me,
Shoving me. Pushit on me.

Slipping back into the gap again.
I'm alive when you're touching me,
Alive when you're shoving me down.

But i'd trade it all
For just a little bit of
Piece of mind.

Put me somewhere I don't wanna be.
Seeing someplace I don't wanna see.
Never wanna see that place again.

Saw that gap again today
As you were begging me to stay.
Managed to push myself away,
And you, as well.

If, when I say I may fade like a sigh if I stay,
You minimize my movement anyway,
I must persuade you another way.

There's no love in fear.

Staring down the hole again.
Hands upon my back again.
Survival is my only friend.
Terrified of what may come.

Just remember I will always love you,
Even as I tear your fucking throat away.
But it will end no other way."

-Maynard James Keenan-

posted 03-17-2001 21:31            

Not that the poem had a bad idea, but form...oh man.

posted 03-18-2001 00:27            

part of my favorite poetry... yes I am addicted to eighties music.

posted 03-18-2001 01:43           

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By definition a true Haiku is written in Japanese and refers to one of the seasons.

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Hrm. The Japanese part is correct, but I'm pretty sure there are true Japanese haikus not written about seasons. More likely I believe their true focus is supposed to be Nature. I would break out the ol' Oxford, but I wouldn't want to risk boring the shit outta everybody again...

posted 03-18-2001 02:32            

Tsunami, I meant no discrespect, this above post was supposed to be a reply, not an edit. This is how tired I am. I not only clicked the wrong button, but the WRONG BUTTON in the WRONG PART OF THE SCREEN...

damn I need to go to bed.

Anyway, this was the thrust of Tsunami's post (if not the whole thing):

quote:

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By definition a true Haiku is written in Japanese and refers to one of the seasons.

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Once again Tsunami, my apologies.

posted 03-18-2001 13:47            

quote:

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By definition a true Haiku is written in Japanese and refers to one of the seasons.

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Absolutely less-than-true: one of the most famous haiku ever composed, by the Japanese master Basho, is this one:

quote:

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Furuike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto

(translated
At the ancient pond
a frog plunges into
the sound of water

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Nature, yes... but not necessarily seasons.

Another example:

quote:

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Uki fushi ya
take no ko to naru
hito no hate

(translated
A sad confluence--
everyone in the end becomes
young bamboo shoots

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Again, Nature yes - seasons no.

But the hell with all that Nip shit, let's post some nice Gaijin poetry:

quote:

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My heart just wasn't in it
not for one single minute
and I went through the motions with her
her on top, and me on liquor
but it didn't do no good -
well I didn't think it would
(from Barrier Reef, by the Old 97's)

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quote:

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Now my bad dream is my best friend,
You were here last night but now you're gone again.
I'm getting tired of you getting tired of me.
Is this more than some old summer fling?
And this thing we have, will it mean anything?
When October rolls around will you sober up and let me down?
(from Melt Show, also by the Old 97's)

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The lead singer doesn't have the best voice in the world, but the lyrics are invariably awesome... and in a way, the (male) lead's untutored voice almost adds to the ambience of the band's music, because it really puts you in mind of one of those half-drunken nights at a hole-in-the-wall bar with live (local) talent where even though the acoustics are mediocre and the band isn't what you'd call polished in a record-label sort of way, everything's just fucking perfect anyway and you spend the whole night swilling beer and thinking "jesus, these guys are awesome."

Highly recommended for Napsterization:
Old 97's - Barrier Reef
Old 97's - Timebomb
Old 97's - Melt Show

Edited to note that you'll need Napster v9+ and IE4+ to use those links - Netscrape apparently doesn't allow definition of link classes, from what people tell me.