Once there was a disgusting beverage called coffee
So I ignored it and ate my milk chocolate with almonds and toffee
Toffee is great,
and clean off your slate,
to start a new day full of toffee that isn't so sticky.

*is miffed* The milk chocolates with almonds and toffee have very good toffee bits. Tastes better than the almonds, and I speak in defense of the toffee.

I think limericks are fun.

Well, that makes it hard. I thought they were five line poems that worked with AABBA, and the B lines were shorter and kinda ran in a sentence with the final line.

???

I coulda sworn Kli had just posted. Now you've gone and deleted your post, and it looks like I've doubled!

*is swallowed whole by Poot*

Hee hee!! I like your limerick, Gryph!

Another Oath haiku

Hippocratic-like
The first rule is: do no harm
Teach, guard; only heal

Sorry, I made you "slip" Gryph! I realized the formal rules for limerick writing would take all the fun out of it and that I hadn't followed them either. And that you had gotten the rhyme scheme right, so I was wrong. (as I said, I can't rhyme for toffee, and I was thinking two-syllable rhyming, not one-syllable ), so I deleted my post.

Once upon a time on Long Island
A kid called Nita found a book and
Taking the Oath
(Her and her friend both)
Soon became wizards and good friends.

*chokes* yeah, my rhyming is pathetic. Forget toffee, I can’t rhyme to save myself.

Allow me to introduce Nita
She’s running down the street- er,
I suppose I should mention
She’s got no protection
And she’s being chased by a bully or five.

Now into the library she sprints
And, taking the librarian’s hints,
Hides in the basement
(sorry, no casements)
In the hope that she might stay alive.

*g* This is a great way to waste time. Very relaxing.

Also:
Kids who play games about Narnia
Get gradually barmier and barmier

And we're better for it. Thanks for reminding me of that, Peter.

[applause!]

Sure those aren't song lyrics?

Until stars are snuffed
And timeheart's meeting, I will
Guard defend heal

I didn't know what haiku was until Saturday when I was watching Zoe 101 (starring Jamie Lynn Spears, Brittany Spears' little sister). Zoe was helping this really arrogant boy with English, and she explained what a haiku was. He then made one up about how handsome he was. --'

An Oath I shall take
Preserving life with my Art
In the Powers' name

(This is fun to write!)

Power to the young
They know not any limits
Lone Power beware!

And (I just can't resist this)

Garbage In, Garbage Out!
That's my name. Don't wear it out!
I'm a computer designed by the great Dairine!
I'm GIGO, yeah, yeah, I'm GIGO!

Poems are funfun!

quote:

Tui
Forget toffee, I can’t rhyme to save myself.

Hmm..."to save myself"...that's a hard one. "A book on a shelf?" "A mystical elf"?

Help me!
I can't rhyme to save myself!
I'm useless, like a book on a shelf.
I'll never get this poem in!
Unless I'm saved by some sort of mystical elf
Help me!
I can't rhyme to save myself!


That didn't follow any form whatsoever. I just typed whatever came in my mind. (Then again, not many of my poems follow a form.) And I don't mean that you're useless, Tui. I couldn't think of anything else. Ooh! Idea! *revises poem*

Help me!
I can't rhyme to save myself!
I'm useless, like a book on a shelf.
My poems due, I can't think of anything else!
Unless I get help from some mystical elf.
Help me!
I can't rhyme to save myself!

*bursts out laughing*

Ahh....I need to think of something.

Don't kill stuff.
Ease pain.
Don't be bad.
Help other people.

I could go on and on...but it would get boring. When I get a good haiku I'll post it.

Well, first it's gotta be a haiku.

five syllables first
then followed by seven beats
with five more to end

Haiku are like potato chips, though. You can't stop at just one...

I'll try a haiku... sound really hard, to me.

*cuts haiku*

It wasn't depressing (almost), but it wasn't relevant either... *goes to paste in stash*

A wizard really ought to learn
that there's only joy to earn.
Be strong,
think long;
Leave the aided with nothing to yearn.

From the beginning,
you knew it's a sacrifice,
giving and giving

...But there's more to it than that.

Here's an attempt at the Oath:

to repair the world
and slow down its destruction
as long as I may

I also tried a few YW themed haiku:

Yoda pajamas
and a laptop computer
who needs eye of newt?

Millman eases pain
helps hurting ones to grow strong
not wizard, but close

Nita Callahan,
Your book is months overdue.
What is your excuse?

time to feed the dog
chicken chicken chicken yes!
arroz con pollo

And stealing one of my favorite phrases from the books:

We protect all life
the thousand million homeworlds
and each subway stop

I'll have a go:

In life's name wizards
protect us from entrophy
and the lone power

errrr.... I probally should not try poetry again. A Vogon could do better...

No, see Vogon haiku would be something like:

Thy micturations
are to me as plurdled [stuff]
On a lurgid bee

MUCH MUCH worse.

talkingbeast, love your YW-themed haiku!!! The Ponch one is my favorite, but they're all great fun!!

BTW, DD did an Oath haiku (sorta) in the chat. Check PM's transcript.

Edited the URL since I rearranged my webspace - Peter

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I will use the Art
To preserve growth--make no change
But to prevent harm

Addendum: ---quick break---

O.M.G.

You have to see the "Nigerian Spam" poetry thread over on Making Light. You really do.

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To protect all life
And rid the world of evil
In name of Powers.

I was looking back through my writing notebook from, I don't know, maybe 5th grade? Wow, that's a long time ago, almost what, 5 years? Anyway, I found this. I must have written it when I first read SYWTBAW. Just felt like posting it, and it does fit with the topic, so...yeah

-seabiscuit, a.k.a. hungry

OK this is my shot at haikus:

She sits there...waiting
Dairine gets out her laptop
She is off to Mars

Dair, with her laptop
Quietly whispers Red Five
Mars, she went to Mars

Neets-the Silent Lord
The sacrafice must be done
Ed-the Master Shark

The price was paid, but
Ed with borrowed wizardry
Paid the price for her

Fred blew his quanta
Neets and Kit read from the book
Together, they won

Peach said, I'm needed
She was one of the Powers
Peach died, but came back

I made these up around 11:30last night!!

There once was a drink called coffee,
which is surely much better than toffee.
So I set out one day,
in search of a way,
but returned with a turtle named Moffy.

*gags* Moffy, I ask you.

To save the universe, part at a time,
I sought to comprehend, in the space of a rhyme.
I have awesome powers, with the flick of a dime,
But I still don't enjoy eating a lime.
So here's the last sentence, with stuff and thyme.

XD

Coffee is some sort of poetry mastermind.

Saving the world, now.
With cool wizardly powers
Watch out, L. P. *POW*

I'm going to write a longish poemy thingy that rhymes a little.

*This Space For Rent*

Hahaha...I saw this forum, and I couldn't resist. First, here are the ones for YW:

Give Light to the Dark
To go heal the empty heart
And make the wrong, right.

In Life's name and sake
Must Wizards defend the Light.
Keep the Dark at bay.

And just for kicks...

"I hate the wizards
Especially small ones.
They pack a big punch."

^^ Now, for the ones that came out of nowhere!

High samurai tall
Or samurai not at all.
Giggling female.
(Okay, so this was an inside joke)

Llama, llama, duck.
Inside my brain is now stuck.
Shave me a llama.

WARNING: Caitlin is not a poet. She does not claim to be. In fact, her poetry kinda stinks. Like four day old munster cheese. Proceed with caution.

If you're not careful,
The book will catch you-

Take the Oath;
The Lone One will watch you-

Speak the words
The spell will transport you-

Protect the life
The Powers will reward you

(woah- poetry ala Emily Dickenson (sort of)

For life's name I said
And for life's sake I did swear
To guard growth and heal

Altering only
To bring natural order
Never sacrifice

Unless a greater
Battle against entropy
May be won by loss

This I swear to do
To choose courage over fear
Until it all ends

A few words is all
And the universe opens
I shall take the Oath

Wow these realy are hard. Oh well, here is the poeticly challinged persons atempt.

protecting all life
stopping the spread of all death
to this you abide.