tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post1538724197650840003..comments2024-03-07T11:39:09.758+11:00Comments on Will Type For Food: Speaking of collandersTimThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-61447941480584319482007-10-14T16:57:00.000+10:002007-10-14T16:57:00.000+10:00The romantic poem is very Mervyn Peake-ish.The romantic poem is very Mervyn Peake-ish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-61866999790537704532007-10-11T11:50:00.000+10:002007-10-11T11:50:00.000+10:00Roses are redAnd violets aren't blue. Violets are ...Roses are red<BR/>And violets aren't blue. <BR/>Violets are violet, <BR/>And a good thing too. <BR/><BR/>It's also good<BR/>It isn't spelled Voilet<BR/>Because then poems would end with<BR/>The smelly word 'Toilet'.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-21686969466742489372007-10-11T11:48:00.000+10:002007-10-11T11:48:00.000+10:00Roses are redViolets are violetThese poems, I admi...Roses are red<BR/>Violets are violet<BR/>These poems, I admit<BR/>Are something I smile at.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-26998000227945092272007-10-11T11:26:00.000+10:002007-10-11T11:26:00.000+10:00Roses are redViolets are Vi-o-let,I don't like vio...Roses are red<BR/>Violets are Vi-o-let,<BR/>I don't like violet flowers much,<BR/>That's why I don't buy a lot.<BR/><BR/>Roses are red,<BR/>Violets are vi-o-let<BR/>If you bring me cheap daisies though,<BR/>You'll be hearing goodbye a lot.<BR/><BR/>etcMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371925558254933645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-56681442728749246182007-10-11T11:20:00.000+10:002007-10-11T11:20:00.000+10:00Roses are red,Violets are violet,Without the tradi...Roses are red,<BR/>Violets are violet,<BR/>Without the traditional "blue" rhyme,<BR/>This poem gets left on auto-pilot.<BR/><BR/>'course there's rhymes.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371925558254933645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-78964995274912690872007-10-10T16:45:00.000+10:002007-10-10T16:45:00.000+10:00Great stuff Timmy. The "Dangling modifier" had me ...Great stuff Timmy. The "Dangling modifier" had me swooning!<BR/> Perhaps they could swoon,<BR/> by the light of the moon,<BR/> to a tune again soon?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-40241991412512016272007-10-10T14:13:00.000+10:002007-10-10T14:13:00.000+10:00*Phew* I was beginning to think my Understatement ...*Phew* <BR/><BR/>I was beginning to think my Understatement had been misunderestimated. <BR/><BR/>Maybe my next round of efforts should include a misunderestimation poem.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-14177758429604489822007-10-10T11:46:00.000+10:002007-10-10T11:46:00.000+10:00The understatement poem is my favourite poem of th...The understatement poem is my favourite poem of the day, maybe tomorrow as well.DShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15287933905370786159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-41609362103835454112007-10-10T10:19:00.000+10:002007-10-10T10:19:00.000+10:00Ye Gads, I fear you have had an encounter with the...Ye Gads, I fear you have had an encounter with the fumes of 'Outcomes Education', Mitzi! Time for the epsom salts!<BR/><BR/>Pleased to be of service, Colonel Eggroll. :)TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-44076999366024285902007-10-10T10:10:00.000+10:002007-10-10T10:10:00.000+10:00Lovely new works for the Year 7 Poetry Textbook I ...Lovely new works for the Year 7 Poetry Textbook I am gradually compiling. Dangle those modifiers in front of the eager noses of the syllabus writers and they will sniff the grammar "outcomes" of the future. Bravo.M L Jassyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13918911547104202603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-91515074222606912282007-10-10T01:32:00.000+10:002007-10-10T01:32:00.000+10:00I'm a big fan of the non-sequitur poem myself. I s...I'm a big fan of the non-sequitur poem myself. I shared it with my coworkers and they thoroughly enjoyed it. Good work! :)colonel eggrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03918269735941050594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-76816384126846856602007-10-09T22:37:00.000+10:002007-10-09T22:37:00.000+10:00I originally wrote the dangling modifier one witho...I originally wrote the dangling modifier one without verses two and four, and if you take them out (which you can, they're only in there to make things clearer) you have a sonnet, of sorts.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-81505591127479546892007-10-09T22:32:00.000+10:002007-10-09T22:32:00.000+10:00I have a few more in the works...I have a few more in the works...TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-46247377187317712962007-10-09T22:17:00.000+10:002007-10-09T22:17:00.000+10:00Bloody 'ell. You are clever.Bloody 'ell. You are clever.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-50302369352593725192007-10-09T21:40:00.000+10:002007-10-09T21:40:00.000+10:00the dangling modifier one was especially gratifyin...the dangling modifier one was especially gratifying for a student of editing. it belongs in a dahl-esque book of children's poems...for smart kids.Gemnasticshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075566722677003309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-11185848327569671892007-10-09T21:24:00.000+10:002007-10-09T21:24:00.000+10:00Technically, I'm sure you could argue that violets...Technically, I'm sure you could argue that violets are violet rather than blue, but violet doesn't make a good rhyme.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.com