This is for Piper.

[futurebardock]

An Ode to Clogged Journals

When it comes to writing bad poetry
Piper and I were bad you see
For in other journals we did goAnd put on our very own poetry show

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[piper_g]

Aha! So this is why you had that thought.
Well, here I go, ready or not --
Did you really think when I came around
And saw this challenge, I might back down?
The skeptics are in the wrong today
'Cause Piper is here and she's here to stay
To the end of this battle, long as it may be
Even to the brink of eternity
You know that a lesser poet might quit
Give up one day and be through with it
But I rather like to finish what I start
And I love an opportunity to refine my art
Kev, first, an apology
I hope you're not too mad at me.
I know those comments were quite wordy
(And towards the end a little flirty)
And now there is a big long thread
Of all the things that we have said
It must have gotten quite annoying,
While the game we were both busy enjoying
Cluttered your inbox constantly
With things you didn't want to see.
But now, all thanks to Beej, we've moved
And hopefully, our wit's improved
Now the poetry battle, part II, begins
and only time will tell who wins...

[futurebardock]

I was counting that you would do what's right
How can you resist a poetry fight?
Am I considered the winner before?
Well, that was one battle, it's not the war
For this can go on as long as we chose.
It's hard to tell who will win or lose
For both of us are quite good at this
When finding rhymes we rarely miss
As for Kev, I don't think he's hurt
He's got to see that of course we'll flirt.
We're both in love and youthful too
(Bet when he was our age, he flirted too!)
I'll have to sharpen my wits and clear my mind
And find those words that we can rhyme
And never use orange at the end of a verse,
For that is a poets biggest curse
But when we get going we do quite well
But maybe it's up to the others to tell
Are we really true poets or is this just an excuse?
Are we trying to be Longfellow, but sounding like Seuse?

[piper_g]

Something tells me, fifty years from now, every day
We might still run to LiveJournal so we can play
At besting each other with snippets of verse.
(Will we be any better? Well, we can't get *worse*!)
Professional sounding we might not be.
You don't really need rhyme to have poetry
But if this worked that way, it would be a cinch
You could always just fake your way out of a pinch
Instead of finding a metrical fit
And at least a slant rhyme to go with it
So what if these poems belong in kids' books
And people like Kai are giving us strange looks?
A great rhyme from you is music to my ears
Some of your verse last time moved me to tears
And the more we both practice, the better we are.
If we keep at this, hey, we could go far!
It's like playing DDR up at the mall --
The first couple dances are hardest of all.

[futurebardock]

I really don't care what others may be thinking
As long as they don't accuse us of underage drinking
We're not causing trouble, we're just having fun
And we've something to show for our efforts when done
Thread after thread of verses to read
Moments we fail and those we succeed
And it's true our poetry isn't top rate
But it's fun and amusing and that makes it great
While others might roll eyes or kick up a fuss
They wish they had a tenth of the talent of us!

[supreme_kai]

Humorous....

[piper_g]

I'm glad we're entertaining you, Kai.
But have *you* ever given poetry a try?
It's a whole lot harder than it prob'ly appears
To come up with rhymes that tickle the ears
And yet still fit what you're trying to say.
Competition intensifies every day
And you have to get better than you were before.
I use the dictionary more and more
To make sure I've just the right word to use
'Cause since there are a ton, it's quite hard to choose
If you have advice, I'd love to know
Because as a poet I aspire to grow
And someday aquire a decent command
Of the language at which I now set my hand.

[tapion]

... Poetry is very hard, you see,
SO I wouldn't be surprized if you turned out better than me.
Although I don't see why you'd want to rhyme,
Because thinking of them takes up time.
But I'll leave you kids about your games,
Because compared to my talent, it's not lame.
So have your fun, and ryhme to all lanes,
Just try not to drive Kia and Raditz insane.

[supreme_kai]

I will try to rhyme a verse
though it is quite a curse
to find words that will fit
so in front a dictionary I do sit
now that I am getting Kibito's glare
I better get back to work over there

[turunkusu]

I admit at first I found this confusing
Now I will say that it's really amusing
Coming up with all these rhymes can't be easy
I think if I do it too much I'll get queasy
But I want you to know that I'm reading your wit
And saying to myself, How do they do it?

[dragoncelestial]

I really must say this poetry game's cool
But now that I think about it, it seems like a tool
Not only to have fun, but to trip foes as well
Though on that thought I wish not to dwell
Tell me, must every verse rhyme?
Because if that's so then I don't have the time
To think of words that sound just the same
I must admit though that it is very nice
To think of these things, I might do it twice
The game is so simple, though it might be a curse
To be honest, I much prefer speaking free-verse.

(But this is good too!)

[dragoncelestial]

Apologies, I forgot a line
I should throw myself in to the River Rhine
I'm such a fool
To think poetry a tool...

Anyways, the line missed
Should be between 7 and 8, get my gist?
It was supposed to say this, though it must sound rather lame,
"Poetery seems fun, but it's a beast you can't tame"
I must admit though that it has been enlightening
I haven't put much thought to poetry before, it's frightening
This method is simple, I like it that way
(The way I wrote poetry before was difficult to say)
It's easy and takes no more than a thought
To word things the way just like you want.
I think I must do this poetry thing more
Typing in normally now seems such a bore

... to me, anyways. ^_^