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No poet ever

Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
edited December 2005 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
My old boss gave me a framed paragraph of prose by Mary Oliver from "Rule of the Dance." It starts, "No poet ever

How would you finish

No poet ever



?

No poet ever truthfully told a lie.
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
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  • trappedinmyradiotrappedinmyradio Posts: 1,189
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    My old boss gave me a framed paragraph of prose by Mary Oliver from "Rule of the Dance." It starts, "No poet ever

    How would you finish

    No poet ever



    ?

    No poet ever truthfully told a lie.

    no poet ever...lived the images in his head
    I'll dig a tunnel
    from my window to yours
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    No poet ever spent as much time writing as we'd imagine.
  • EvilToasterElfEvilToasterElf Posts: 1,119
    No poet ever lived, that didn't wrestle fate from failure
  • BlancheBlanche Posts: 247
    No poet ever would start a poem with "No poet ever".
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Blanche wrote:
    No poet ever would start a poem with "No poet ever".

    Haha, I nearly wrote that but I thought I'd get in trouble.

    Fakk it, get in trouble... :D
  • velvet I sitevelvet I site Posts: 192
    EvilToasterElf wrote:
    No poet ever lived, that didn't wrestle fate from failure

    nice.

    "No 'poet' ever" worried about others' judgements.
    change begins with discontent.
  • BlancheBlanche Posts: 247
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Haha, I nearly wrote that but I thought I'd get in trouble.

    Fakk it, get in trouble... :D
    It's been chilly these past few days. I could stand some heat. :D
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    no poet ever died happy
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    No poet ever realised the potential of an orange zygosporange.
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    No poet ever realised the potential of an orange zygosporange.

    or a purple murple
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    No poet ever found an exact rhyme for discombobulate, though.
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    No poet ever found an exact rhyme for discombobulate, though.

    Piss! Come, Bob, ya late! Does that come close? even if it does, I'm no poet, so it still holds true :)
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
    No poet ever walked backwards without finding a reason for a poem.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    No poet ever grew an oak tree out of his left armpit.
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    No poet ever "falls" in love. They may glide, float, run, dive, or even enter love riding side-saddle on horseback, but only the unwordly fall!

    PS that oak tree thing is not for lack of trying!
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    No poet ever grew an oak tree out of his left armpit.
    Well, I don't know about that. I believe there was a time when we communed more with nature, and I could see how we could morph into a tree, and then grow another tree out of any nook and cranny available. You silly man, Fins.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    Well, I don't know about that. I believe there was a time when we communed more with nature, and I could see how we could morph into a tree, and then grow another tree out of any nook and cranny available. You silly man, Fins.


    That wouldn't make him a poet. That would make him a looney. :D

    No poet ever doubted those wise words. ;)
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    That wouldn't make him a poet. That would make him a looney. :D

    No poet ever doubted those wise words. ;)
    They most certainly do, Mr. Fins. All a poet does is doubt - doubt this doubt that, why why why? They are the word scientists.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    They most certainly do, Mr. Fins. All a poet does is doubt - doubt this doubt that, why why why? They are the word scientists.

    No poet ever doubted anything but the stupidity of non-poets. Poets are transcendental magi, bringing word gifts to the musechild of the Infinite.
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Poets are transcendental magi, bringing word gifts to the musechild of the Infinite.
    You got that right!

    I'm putting that on a bumper sticker.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    You got that right!

    I'm putting that on a bumper sticker.

    You must have a big car.
  • Boom The CatBoom The Cat Posts: 482
    I guess Im not a true poet, I havent exacly stuck to all these rules, it doesn't bother me though, I tend to do things the way I like, not in a rebelish way, but just in the way of "My life, I'll get on with things my way"
    no matter where you go,
    there you are.

    - brain of c
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    You must have a big car.
    The only car I have is in my imagination, and that's very big :)
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Boom The Cat wrote:
    I guess Im not a true poet, I havent exacly stuck to all these rules, it doesn't bother me though, I tend to do things the way I like, not in a rebelish way, but just in the way of "My life, I'll get on with things my way"


    The only rule is, there are no rules. A poet who sticks too closely to rules is like a paper cup salesman in the desert.
  • Boom The CatBoom The Cat Posts: 482
    Im not a rule breaker, unless I have to break rules to fit something that I need to do, if I wanted to kill someone, nothing could really stop me from wanting to, luckily, I hate othing and couldn't take a life, I'd rather take my own.
    no matter where you go,
    there you are.

    - brain of c
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
    Boom The Cat wrote:
    I guess Im not a true poet, I havent exacly stuck to all these rules, it doesn't bother me though, I tend to do things the way I like, not in a rebelish way, but just in the way of "My life, I'll get on with things my way"
    Oh, come on now. Rules schmules this is poetry we're writing about. Ok, instead of No poet ever, how about

    A poet would
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    A poet who sticks too closely to rules is like a paper cup salesman in the desert.
    You got me laughing again, there Fins :p
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    A poet would eat a frog's socks for a bon mot.
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    A poet would eat a frog's socks for a bon mot.
    A poet would eat bonbon and be happy happy happy . . in fact too happy to write poetry.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    A poet would jailbreak with Bon Scott.
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