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The Apple-Picker

20:01 / 10.04.02

Okay, so I discovered that in my own private mockery of Billy Corgan, I have found a new love:

Intentionally Bad Verse!!!

So, what do you say? It's incredible therapy, I'm telling you. Go on. Give it a try. A really good one. No scrawny haiku or catchy limerick! We want big hunks of rancid meat.

Flavored Meats

i think i am what i eat
i eat what i am i think
i am what i think i eat
i am what i am
(Popeye to Sam i am)
so let me at those green eggs and ham
because
i
am
meat
most particularly: SPAM

w1rebaby

22:14 / 10.04.02

but that's not bad, though... do you want bad intentionally bad verse, or good intentionally bad verse?

my soul is the epitome of woe
the world is bereft of its shining star
my friend, my mentor, my guiding light
my goldfish

deja_vroom

00:12 / 11.04.02

fridgemagnet? Er... fridgemagnet?

Stop it.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

01:22 / 11.04.02

Mary had a litte lamb,
'Twas full of fun and frolics.
It jumped over the garden fence
And landed on its-

Now I know what you are thinking,
But you must have been mislead,
'Coz it did a triple somersault
And landed it's head.

-Trad., Arr. M. Carnival.

The Apple-Picker

18:45 / 12.04.02

I was counseled not to post fluff for awhile, but I just can't help it. I have been enjoying myself, laughing today. And I, Mistress Poetaster must express.

beneath one

feline fury loosed, read undone
disdain
o elite contempt will you shun

Fade to....
web-cervix DiLates
for intellectual rebirth.

Ganesh will Chuckle,
head
into the
Black.

(Come on folks. This one's got it all. Horrible line breaks! Arbitrary punctuation and capitalization! Rhythm issues! Expectation of rhyme scheme abandoned! Beat that.)

w1rebaby

18:58 / 12.04.02

your headbound heart
my heartbound head
they live together in the blackness of being
i am nothing without you

i am yours
but i have no mouth, and I must scream
your wandrings bring me to
my
grave

(You forgot: cliche, misquoting, misspelling.)

The Apple-Picker

19:17 / 12.04.02

I think "intellectual rebirth" counts as cliché. Be fair now.

w1rebaby

19:26 / 12.04.02

Hmm... okay. I'll let you off with that one.

I'm trying to get some I'm-trying-to-make-it-scan-but-I-don't-really-understand-the-concept in, but it might take some time.

Strange Machine Vs The Virus with Shoes

21:58 / 12.04.02

can I sleep
no,
what will I reap,
just been followed home,
by a crazy freeeek,
stole my sunshine,
I'm drunk on cheap wine,
Is that a crime,
How I pine for my lost love,
oh the hate it burns inside,
yea, I'm a little bit wide but can I confide?
I dream of celebrity genocide!

w1rebaby

22:03 / 12.04.02

a point
a fleeting glance
you strike my keyboard like a hammer
please, eat my intentions for dessert

w1rebaby

22:26 / 12.04.02

This is the ideal forum to post my "serious" poetry on, I've decided. My light verse seems to be okay, but the serious stuff is all wank. Maybe the best I can hope for is to become a sort of stubbly Dorothy Parker.

The Apple-Picker

23:27 / 12.04.02

pandemic rise... that piece was absolutely, unquestionably... aweful.

Well done!

Gypsy Christ

00:27 / 17.04.02

Afro-Zebra
My Chrysler
My chevy heavy burbon Bon-bon
Like Rain.
Only Zen.
In my Sushi
Fish taco.

Randoum nonsence is fun XD

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