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by saparris
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 ...
by saparris
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
by saparris
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...
by saparris
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.
by saparris
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."
by saparris
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)!

saparris
by saparris
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...
by saparris
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...
by saparris
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...
by saparris
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...
by saparris
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...
by saparris
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...
by saparris
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...
by saparris
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
by saparris
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...

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