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JakobVirgil  ·  4325 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I'm a crummy poet, but I'm writing a poem a day for 2013

Okay but be sensitive to littlebirdie underlying poem.

understanding and reinforcement is more interesting than parody. To me at least.





hiss  ·  4325 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I was kidding and immediately regretted my comment. If I were to actually participate (I see you already have, and possess myself nowhere near that degree of sticktoitude), however, I'd absolutely work within those paramaters.

JakobVirgil  ·  4325 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I on the other hand am ripe for parody

thenewgreen  ·  4325 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Truer words...

hiss  ·  4325 days ago  ·  link  ·  

In that case...

littlebirdie  ·  4325 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh, hiss , I hope you write poetry for this thread! I would love to see it! Parody is okay with me! I am a funny bird! I swear!

hiss  ·  4325 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Having seen the amount of effort you both have put into this already, I doubt I'd be able to keep up. Perhaps I'll drop in once in a while to do some bizarre meta-commentary in the form of a prose-poem. To keep it light I'll set up some Dogma 95 style constraints in addition to @JakobVirgil's parameters, such as:

- Bizarre, meta-analytical prose-poems must only be written from the perspective of a god/God/gods, who is not altogether familiar with computers and has managed to somehow set your thread as her/his browser homepage. - Bizarre, meta-analytical prose-poems must only be written using the letters available on the keyboard's home row - Bizarre, meta-analytical prose-poems must only be written after having consulted six crystals. - Bizarre, meta-analytical prose-poems must serve as a semi-relevant response to both yours and Jakob's poems but also must fit comfortably as a lyrical substitute to the song "How Bizarre" by OMC - Bizarre, meta-analytical prose-poems must only be wearing a blindfold made of bees

littlebirdie  ·  4325 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I just learned something new! Had to look up your Dogma 95 thing, and how cool is that?! Now I shall be lost in a wiki haze until I must report to work in an hour (at the coffee shop). Maybe I will serve a customer who will inspire my next poem. Or, the poem may be a latte rant. We shall see what the morning brings!

hiss  ·  4325 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ha! Glad to share. It's been a long-running joke with friends who've studied / made films, and it's been top of mind lately as I formulated New Years Resolutions, one of which would be to make my first film of some kind, solo. By limiting the scope of possibilities and applying insane (by contemporary standards) parameters to the production, I might actually come up with something I'd be capable of shooting (as opposed to, say, a period piece, or anything relying upon equipment beyond my practical reach).

Good luck with the project / this thread. Jokes aside, I'll be following, and I hope you stick with it.

thenewgreen  ·  4325 days ago  ·  link  ·  

FYI, the "shout-out" didn't work because of the "s" at the end of littlebirdie.

littlebirdie  ·  4325 days ago  ·  link  ·  

a bird in the hand is worth two in the comment?

JakobVirgil  ·  4325 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanx fixed