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- Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:55 am
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Group Poem XVIII
- Replies: 26
- Views: 33679
Re: Group Poem XVIII
Sweet Dreams I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose "The Vicar and the Deacon gave me rose seeds", he explained And I scattered them in silence all alongside Penny Lane I dreamed I saw Osiris with a monkey on his ...
- Mon Jan 06, 2014 12:18 am
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Group Poem XVIII
- Replies: 26
- Views: 33679
Re: Group Poem XVIII
Sweet Dreams
I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose
Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose
I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose
Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose
- Sun Dec 22, 2013 12:37 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Sigogglin
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11861
Sigogglin
Sigogglin is used in parts of Appalachia to mean skewed or off balance. I encountered the word while watching a PBS documentary on Appalachian speech, although I had never heard it used in the SC Piedmont, where I live. Recently, though, I came across a lady from West Virginia who knew it well. It's...
- Wed Sep 25, 2013 11:38 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Pulchritude
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8771
Re: Pulchritude
Oops!
Missed the 2012 entry. In 2007, I was too young to read.
Missed the 2012 entry. In 2007, I was too young to read.
- Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:57 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Pulchritude
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8771
Pulchritude
I'd like to know how such an ugly word ended up meaning "beauty."
- Tue Sep 24, 2013 9:45 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Group Poem XVII
- Replies: 23
- Views: 33697
Re: Group Poem XVII
A good (respectable) effort (attempt) by all (everyone)!
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- Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:14 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Group Poem XVII
- Replies: 23
- Views: 33697
Re: Group Poem XVII
Doppelgänger: A Poem of Sin and Synonyms I want to be forever good—until I want what’s bad I try to banish sinful thoughts, till virtue drives me mad It’s like an evil twin emerges with no decency A fiend that issues from the depths of my psychology I’ve tried to vanquish this dark side with therap...
- Mon Sep 23, 2013 10:12 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Group Poem XVII
- Replies: 23
- Views: 33697
Re: Group Poem XVII
Doppelgänger: A Poem of Sin and Synonyms I want to be forever good—until I want what’s bad I try to banish sinful thoughts, till virtue drives me mad It’s like an evil twin emerges with no decency A fiend that issues from the depths of my psychology I’ve tried to vanquish this dark side with therap...
- Mon Sep 23, 2013 10:46 am
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Group Poem XVII
- Replies: 23
- Views: 33697
Re: Group Poem XVII
Doppelgänger: A Poem of Sin and Synonyms I want to be forever good—until I want what’s bad I try to banish sinful thoughts, till virtue drives me mad It’s like an evil twin emerges with no decency A fiend that issues from the depths of my psychology I’ve tried to vanquish this dark side with therap...
- Sun Sep 22, 2013 5:41 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Group Poem XVII
- Replies: 23
- Views: 33697
Re: Group Poem XVII
Doppelgänger: A Poem of Sin and Synonyms I want to be forever good—until I want what’s bad I try to banish sinful thoughts, till virtue drives me mad It’s like an evil twin emerges with no decency A fiend that issues from the depths of my psychology I’ve tried to vanquish this dark side with therap...
- Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:06 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Group Poem XVII
- Replies: 23
- Views: 33697
Re: Group Poem XVII
Doppelgänger: A Poem of Sin and Synonyms I want to be forever good—until I want what’s bad I try to banish sinful thoughts, till virtue drives me mad It’s like an evil twin emerges with no decency A fiend that issues from the depths of my psychology I’ve tried to vanquish this dark side with therap...
- Fri Sep 20, 2013 2:49 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Group Poem XVII
- Replies: 23
- Views: 33697
Re: Group Poem XVII
Doppelgänger: A Poem of Sin and Synonyms I want to be forever good—until I want what’s bad I try to banish sinful thoughts, till virtue drives me mad It’s like an evil twin emerges with no decency A fiend that issues from the depths of my psychology I’ve tried to vanquish this dark side with therap...
- Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:04 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Group Poem XVII
- Replies: 23
- Views: 33697
Re: Group Poem XVII
Doppelgänger: A Poem of Sin and Synonyms I want to be forever good—until I want what’s bad I try to banish sinful thoughts, till virtue drives me mad It’s like an evil twin emerges with no decency A fiend that issues from the depths of my psychology . I’ve tried to vanquish this dark side with ther...
- Thu Sep 19, 2013 12:20 pm
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Group Poem XVII
- Replies: 23
- Views: 33697
Re: Group Poem XVII
Doppelgänger: A Poem of Sin and Synonyms
I want to be forever good—until I want what’s bad
I try to banish sinful thoughts, till virtue drives me mad
It’s like an evil twin emerges with no decency
I want to be forever good—until I want what’s bad
I try to banish sinful thoughts, till virtue drives me mad
It’s like an evil twin emerges with no decency
- Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:47 am
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: Group Poem XVII
- Replies: 23
- Views: 33697
Group Poem XVII
Group Poem XVII: Doppelgänger Group Poem XVII is called “Doppelgänger” and will be about the battle between good and evil within the narrator’s psyche. The poem will consist of 5 stanzas of four lines each—all written in iambic heptameter (seven stressed syllables, each preceded by an unstressed one...