"Minnow's Song" (Poem) >>> Papa-Pepper's Wild & Strange Contest - Round 4 - Poetry
@pappa-pepper is running a multi-part contest and this is the Contest's Part 4 - Poetry. And hence, my entry:
The Contest's Part 1 - Photo, was won by @ecoinstant. Why on Earth Pappa-Pepper chose him is beyond me ... I think he looks like Rasputin. Below is a different picture of @ecoinstant (the poem I wrote for his contest, 'Pander To Me') and below that, one of Rasputin.
You tell me ... that's not the same guy?
Anyway, best of luck to all the other contestants.
Quill
I thought you had gone for good, although dramatic pauses are always good to gather an audience.
I enjoyed the poem, very clever and a little comedy always good to lighten the mood.
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@c0ff33a,
I'm a poet in advertising ... what did you expect? Let's see if it works. :-)
Everybody, @c0ff33a, is running for Witness. He could use your vote. There are not many people on Steemit that do more to build the community than this guy. I once wrote a comment speculating that there must be two of him becausehe's everywhere all the time ... I'm still not certain that there's not.
Go VOTE for the guy! We need some more folks with his kind of commitment.
Love the rhythm of your words, best of luck in the contest!
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That's not bad versifying. A couple of chuckles too.
@blockurator,
"Hope Ye of Nations" was all chuckles to write. We need to inject poetry with a bit of humor from time to time. The world of poetry has become pretty bleak for the most part ... poets, seemingly, have lost their ability to see anything good in the world.
What I didn't count on was that his Mom would read it ... and there was a salty line in the poem. She let me off the hook. There's lots of nice folks on Steemit.
Quill
Yes, agreed. Poets can often take themselves too seriously. And everyone wants to fight the establishment with lines of verse (I must admit, I've done my fair share). While Shelley made a good point when stating that poets were the undeclared legislators of the world, and Edward Bulwer-Lytton quite insightful in quipping "The pen is mightier than the sword," it is unfortunate that both swords and pens grow duller with more use. And, as it turns out, poets aren't any better at legislating than lawyers, which is all the more good that we should remain undeclared.
Laughter is indeed good medicine. I'm glad your friend's Mom let you off the hook. Mom's can be vicious.
@blockurator,
You are an excellent writer. I'm glad to have met you. Let's make a deal right now: So long as it is well articulated, we may both make any argument in each other's posts without sanction. The best of my mind and the best of yours. Steel sharpens steel.
Quill
Absolutely!
I'm all for well-articulated arguments. If it's well stated and backed up with a fair degree of logic, and facts, I can't blame someone for disagreeing with me. I love the back and forth. More back than forth, of course. ;-)
Hi, I know this has passed its voting period - I hope the entry below will result in upvotes on your other posts. Is a good read, anyway!
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Haha this is so great. You successfully wrote down the pain of a minnow with a great sense of comedy in it.
They say steemit is a distributed system but the irony is we must spend time to get discovered by the so called super powers, the reality that there is.
@cave-man,
I'm in the process of writing a series of articles about Steemit that address this issue and others. Stay tuned.
I missed reading your beautiful poems and witty lines, @quillfire! Hope you'll delight us more!
@lymepoet,
Right back at you. You're one of my favorite people on Steemit.
Quill
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