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Group Poem XIII

Postby saparris » Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:57 am

With Group Poem XIII, we will honor the 2012 Olympic Games, held with much pomp in the City of Audiendus (aka London). Here are the rules:

The poem will consist of 5 stanzas, one for each of the rings in the Olympic logo, of four lines each—all written in iambic heptameter. Iambic heptameter has seven stressed syllables, each preceded by an unstressed one. (e.g., u s u s u s u s u s u s u s). The rhyme scheme will be ABAB CDCD, EFEF, GHGH, IJIJ for the twenty lines in the poem.

Half rhymes (like rest and east) are acceptable if you get stuck or if it makes the line make sense, and a little fudging on the iambic rule will be OK, but the lines should still contain five stressed syllables.

The poem is ostensibly a love poem, written as a conversation between two lovers, with the first four stanzas alternating voices (he, she, he, she, he), and the last one spoken by the two (they). In addition, each line must contain at least one word relating to the Olympics (e.g. hurdle, marathon, etc.). I envision the result to be similar a passage from to the Song of Solomon, except humorous--and perhaps a bit sweatier.

Copy and paste the full poem into your post before adding a line. Then bold the word(s) in each line referring to the games. For clarity, put [He], [She], or [They] in brackets before each new stanza,

The title and first line are as follows.

Love, Olympic Style

[He]
Your eyes are like the stars, my love, or an Olympic flame
Ars longa, vita brevis

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Re: Group Poem XIII

Postby Audiendus » Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:37 pm

Love, Olympic Style

[He]
Your eyes are like the stars, my love, or an Olympic flame
Your hair is like the nations' flags that stream atop the stands

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Re: Group Poem XIII

Postby saparris » Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:22 pm

Love, Olympic Style

[He]
Your eyes are like the stars, my love, or an Olympic flame
Your hair is like the nations' flags that stream atop the stands
But where on earth did you acquire a male weightlifter's frame?
Ars longa, vita brevis

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Re: Group Poem XIII

Postby Audiendus » Thu Aug 16, 2012 12:08 pm

Love, Olympic Style

[He]
Your eyes are like the stars, my love, or an Olympic flame
Your hair is like the nations' flags that stream atop the stands
But where on earth did you acquire a male weightlifter's frame?
A chest that billows like a yachtsman's sail when it expands?

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Re: Group Poem XIII

Postby saparris » Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:47 pm

Love, Olympic Style

[He]
Your eyes are like the stars, my love, or an Olympic flame
Your hair is like the nations' flags that stream atop the stands
But where on earth did you acquire a male weightlifter's frame?
A chest that billows like a yachtsman's sail when it expands?

[She]
Yes, I, my sweet, was dainty—as a gymnast tends to be
Ars longa, vita brevis

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Re: Group Poem XIII

Postby Audiendus » Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:49 pm

Love, Olympic Style

[He]
Your eyes are like the stars, my love, or an Olympic flame
Your hair is like the nations' flags that stream atop the stands
But where on earth did you acquire a male weightlifter's frame?
A chest that billows like a yachtsman's sail when it expands?

[She]
Yes, I, my sweet, was dainty—as a gymnast tends to be,
Slender and agile, reminiscent of a vaulter's pole

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Re: Group Poem XIII

Postby saparris » Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:16 pm

Love, Olympic Style

[He]
Your eyes are like the stars, my love, or an Olympic flame
Your hair is like the nations' flags that stream atop the stands
But where on earth did you acquire a male weightlifter's frame?
A chest that billows like a yachtsman's sail when it expands?

[She]
Yes, I, my sweet, was dainty—as a gymnast tends to be,
Slender and agile, reminiscent of a vaulter's pole
Until some wretched coxswain "made a woman" out of me
Ars longa, vita brevis

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Re: Group Poem XIII

Postby Audiendus » Fri Aug 17, 2012 3:20 pm

Love, Olympic Style

[He]
Your eyes are like the stars, my love, or an Olympic flame
Your hair is like the nations' flags that stream atop the stands
But where on earth did you acquire a male weightlifter's frame?
A chest that billows like a yachtsman's sail when it expands?

[She]
Yes, I, my sweet, was dainty—as a gymnast tends to be,
Slender and agile, reminiscent of a vaulter's pole
Until some wretched coxswain "made a woman" out of me
While high on drugs that no athletic body can control.

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Re: Group Poem XIII

Postby saparris » Fri Aug 17, 2012 9:52 pm

Love, Olympic Style

[He]
Your eyes are like the stars, my love, or an Olympic flame
Your hair is like the nations' flags that stream atop the stands
But where on earth did you acquire a male weightlifter's frame?
A chest that billows like a yachtsman's sail when it expands?

[She]
Yes, I, my sweet, was dainty—as a gymnast tends to be,
Slender and agile, reminiscent of a vaulter's pole
Until some wretched coxswain "made a woman" out of me
While high on drugs that no athletic body can control.

[He]
What hurdles, dear, you must have jumped while "in the family way"!

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Re: Group Poem XIII

Postby Audiendus » Sat Aug 18, 2012 7:13 am

Love, Olympic Style

[He]
Your eyes are like the stars, my love, or an Olympic flame
Your hair is like the nations' flags that stream atop the stands
But where on earth did you acquire a male weightlifter's frame?
A chest that billows like a yachtsman's sail when it expands?

[She]
Yes, I, my sweet, was dainty—as a gymnast tends to be,
Slender and agile, reminiscent of a vaulter's pole
Until some wretched coxswain "made a woman" out of me
While high on drugs that no athletic body can control.

[He]
What hurdles, dear, you must have jumped while "in the family way"
From when the starter fired the shot until you held the gold!

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Re: Group Poem XIII

Postby saparris » Sat Aug 18, 2012 6:45 pm

Love, Olympic Style

[He]
Your eyes are like the stars, my love, or an Olympic flame
Your hair is like the nations' flags that stream atop the stands
But where on earth did you acquire a male weightlifter's frame?
A chest that billows like a yachtsman's sail when it expands?

[She]
Yes, I, my sweet, was dainty—as a gymnast tends to be,
Slender and agile, reminiscent of a vaulter's pole
Until some wretched coxswain "made a woman" out of me
While high on drugs that no athletic body can control.

[He]
What hurdles, dear, you must have jumped while "in the family way"
From when the starter fired the shot until you held the gold!
'Twas upsy baby downsy baby with each leap and splay!
Ars longa, vita brevis

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Re: Group Poem XIII

Postby Audiendus » Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:17 pm

Love, Olympic Style

[He]
Your eyes are like the stars, my love, or an Olympic flame
Your hair is like the nations' flags that stream atop the stands
But where on earth did you acquire a male weightlifter's frame?
A chest that billows like a yachtsman's sail when it expands?

[She]
Yes, I, my sweet, was dainty—as a gymnast tends to be,
Slender and agile, reminiscent of a vaulter's pole
Until some wretched coxswain "made a woman" out of me
While high on drugs that no athletic body can control.

[He]
What hurdles, dear, you must have jumped while "in the family way"
From when the starter fired the shot until you held the gold!
'Twas upsy baby downsy baby with each leap and splay!
Your child could trampoline when he was minus two months old.

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Re: Group Poem XIII

Postby saparris » Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:42 am

Love, Olympic Style

[He]
Your eyes are like the stars, my love, or an Olympic flame
Your hair is like the nations' flags that stream atop the stands
But where on earth did you acquire a male weightlifter's frame?
A chest that billows like a yachtsman's sail when it expands?

[She]
Yes, I, my sweet, was dainty—as a gymnast tends to be,
Slender and agile, reminiscent of a vaulter's pole
Until some wretched coxswain "made a woman" out of me
While high on drugs that no athletic body can control.

[He]
What hurdles, dear, you must have jumped while "in the family way"
From when the starter fired the shot until you held the gold!
'Twas upsy baby downsy baby with each leap and splay!
Your child could trampoline when he was minus two months old.

[She]
The jumps it made were not so bad, but the dismounts were a bitch
Ars longa, vita brevis

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Re: Group Poem XIII

Postby Audiendus » Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:00 am

Love, Olympic Style

[He]
Your eyes are like the stars, my love, or an Olympic flame
Your hair is like the nations' flags that stream atop the stands
But where on earth did you acquire a male weightlifter's frame?
A chest that billows like a yachtsman's sail when it expands?

[She]
Yes, I, my sweet, was dainty—as a gymnast tends to be,
Slender and agile, reminiscent of a vaulter's pole
Until some wretched coxswain "made a woman" out of me
While high on drugs that no athletic body can control.

[He]
What hurdles, dear, you must have jumped while "in the family way"
From when the starter fired the shot until you held the gold!
'Twas upsy baby downsy baby with each leap and splay!
Your child could trampoline when he was minus two months old.

[She]
The jumps it made were not so bad, but the dismounts were a bitch
And when it learned to take free kicks, the shooting pains grew worse

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Re: Group Poem XIII

Postby saparris » Mon Aug 20, 2012 1:44 pm

Love, Olympic Style

[He]
Your eyes are like the stars, my love, or an Olympic flame
Your hair is like the nations' flags that stream atop the stands
But where on earth did you acquire a male weightlifter's frame?
A chest that billows like a yachtsman's sail when it expands?

[She]
Yes, I, my sweet, was dainty—as a gymnast tends to be,
Slender and agile, reminiscent of a vaulter's pole
Until some wretched coxswain "made a woman" out of me
While high on drugs that no athletic body can control.

[He]
What hurdles, dear, you must have jumped while "in the family way"
From when the starter fired the shot until you held the gold!
'Twas upsy baby downsy baby with each leap and splay!
Your child could trampoline when he was minus two months old.

[She]
The jumps it made were not so bad, but the dismounts were a bitch
And when it learned to take free kicks, the shooting pains grew worse
They felt a lot like javelins and made my bladder twitch
Ars longa, vita brevis


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