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Collaborative Poem Workshop

Status: 
Program description/goal: 

Description: Join in our collaborative poem workshop. Each member will have a chance to write two stanzas at least four lines each. The stanzas must be relative to the poem.

Leader: Geezer
Moderator(s): Mark, Roseblack, Rosewood Apothecary. Candlewitch

Objectives: To write a complete poem from each member's stanza

Level of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter: TBD

Length: 
100 days
Number of participants (limit): 
10 people
Skill level: 
Date: 
Monday, August 8, 2022 to Thursday, December 8, 2022
Short description: 
Write a collaborative poem

Comments

I haven’t asked anyone yet. It would definitely be interesting to add some more poets.

Hopefully that will drum up some curiosity and get us some more participants.

~RoseBlack~

I am so very excited for this! It is going to be great!

To have you aboard! Welcome!!!!

~RoseBlack~

May I please have entry? Thanks!

I would like to enter

My Natural Blonde Tyrannosaurus Rex

I wish to be back in the day
We slept together on a pile of hay
Milky white skin she could send a hex
Make me a drunken toy for sex

We ran with bow and arrow
Sometimes only to have sparrow
But that damn Rex was always on our heels
Enough meat for hundreds of meals

End mark
Start Rosewood Apothecary

Recurrent dreams of fanciful youth
Forty foot reptile steps on my roof
Precipitates a frightening flourish of screams
That permeate nightly, into my dreams

Giant jaws open with deafening roar
Just when I think I can’t bear anymore
The dream sequence changes, dino and all
Springboards me into my recurrent fall

My Natural Blonde Tyrannosaurus Rex

My Natural Blonde Tyrannosaurus Rex

I wish to be back in the day
We slept together on a pile of hay
Milky white skin she could send a hex
Make me a drunken toy for sex

We ran with bow and arrow
Sometimes only to have sparrow
But that damn Rex was always on our heels
Enough meat for hundreds of meals

End mark
Start Rosewood Apothecary

Recurrent dreams of fanciful youth
Forty foot reptile steps on my roof
Precipitates a frightening flourish of screams
That permeate nightly, into my dreams

Giant jaws open with deafening roar
Just when I think I can’t bear anymore
The dream sequence changes, dino and all
Springboards me into my recurrent fall

end: Rosewood Apothecary
start: Candlewitch

On it goes in the Ever-Fall
I know she can hear my call
I see her broad smile
In this I bask awhile

to me, she never looked better
in her black skirt and sweater
her lipstick does enhance
as we begin a Jitterbug dance

stop: Candlewitch
start: RoseBlack

*
When someone reads your work
And responds, please be courteous
And reply in kind, thanks.

My Natural Blonde Tyrannosaurus Rex

My Natural Blonde Tyrannosaurus Rex

I wish to be back in the day
We slept together on a pile of hay
Milky white skin she could send a hex
Make me a drunken toy for sex

We ran with bow and arrow
Sometimes only to have sparrow
But that damn Rex was always on our heels
Enough meat for hundreds of meals

End mark
Start Rosewood Apothecary

Recurrent dreams of fanciful youth
Forty foot reptile steps on my roof
Precipitates a frightening flourish of screams
That permeate nightly, into my dreams

Giant jaws open with deafening roar
Just when I think I can’t bear anymore
The dream sequence changes, dino and all
Springboards me into my recurrent fall

end: Rosewood Apothecary
start: Candlewitch

On it goes in the Ever-Fall
I know she can hear my call
I see her broad smile
In this I bask awhile

to me, she never looked better
in her black skirt and sweater
her lipstick does enhance
as we begin a Jitterbug dance

stop: Candlewitch
start: RoseBlack

A beast in bed
Her teeth did gnash
And tore my flesh
As we both climaxed

She cleaned me up
With a bucket and mop
Mind blown in every way
What was next for my Rex and me

End RoseBlack
Begin Dystopia

~RoseBlack~

I wish to be back in the day
We slept together on a pile of hay
Milky white skin she could send a hex
Make me a drunken toy for sex

We ran with bow and arrow
Sometimes only to have sparrow
But that damn Rex was always on our heels
Enough meat for hundreds of meals

End mark
Start Rosewood Apothecary

Recurrent dreams of fanciful youth
Forty foot reptile steps on my roof
Precipitates a frightening flourish of screams
That permeate nightly, into my dreams

Giant jaws open with deafening roar
Just when I think I can’t bear anymore
The dream sequence changes, dino and all
Springboards me into my recurrent fall

end: Rosewood Apothecary
start: Candlewitch

On it goes in the Ever-Fall
I know she can hear my call
I see her broad smile
In this I bask awhile

to me, she never looked better
in her black skirt and sweater
her lipstick does enhance
as we begin a Jitterbug dance

stop: Candlewitch
start: RoseBlack

A beast in bed
Her teeth did gnash
And tore my flesh
As we both climaxed

She cleaned me up
With a bucket and mop
Mind blown in every way
What was next for my Rex and me

End RoseBlack
Begin Dystopia

One night she took me by the fire,
Asking if I was a liar,
When I asked her to be mine,
As life with her would be so fine.

I put the ring upon her hand,
Now together, exploring foreign land,
She would be my partner in crime,
For her I would give my last dime.

End: Dystopia
Start: Depressed 1

I wish to be back in the day
I wish to be back in the day
We slept together on a pile of hay
Milky white skin she could send a hex
Make me a drunken toy for sex

We ran with bow and arrow
Sometimes only to have sparrow
But that damn Rex was always on our heels
Enough meat for hundreds of meals

End mark
Start Rosewood Apothecary

Recurrent dreams of fanciful youth
Forty foot reptile steps on my roof
Precipitates a frightening flourish of screams
That permeate nightly, into my dreams

Giant jaws open with deafening roar
Just when I think I can’t bear anymore
The dream sequence changes, dino and all
Springboards me into my recurrent fall

end: Rosewood Apothecary
start: Candlewitch

On it goes in the Ever-Fall
I know she can hear my call
I see her broad smile
In this I bask awhile

to me, she never looked better
in her black skirt and sweater
her lipstick does enhance
as we begin a Jitterbug dance

stop: Candlewitch
start: RoseBlack

A beast in bed
Her teeth did gnash
And tore my flesh
As we both climaxed

She cleaned me up
With a bucket and mop
Mind blown in every way
What was next for my Rex and me

End RoseBlack
Begin Dystopia

One night she took me by the fire,
Asking if I was a liar,
When I asked her to be mine,
As life with her would be so fine.

I put the ring upon her hand,
Now together, exploring foreign land,
She would be my partner in crime,
For her I would give my last dime.

Start Depressed 1

Rex had sharp fangs dripping with blood
Looked of fresh battle but smelled of old mud
I was as scared as scared could ever be
Knew one day Rex would catch up with me

I had to be brave to protect my maiden fair
Grabbed my sword and put on armor to wear
I knew that kill or be killed time had arrived
I must die so my only true love can survive

End Depressed 1

I don't know if I can swim that fast;)

it is my turn to start one...do I start it under this post, or do I start a new thread?

*
When someone reads your work
And responds, please be courteous
And reply in kind, thanks.

with changing the pool to Shark pool! I think everybody here swims fast enough. [It's only the last one in line that has to worry about getting eaten!] LoL
~ Geez.
.

There is value to commenting and critique, tell us how you feel about our work.
This must be the place, 'cause there ain't no place like this place anywhere near this place.

I’m a mosasaurus. Maybe T. Rex is a little to close to our pool here…I’ve seen that movie!

I wish to be back in the day
We slept together on a pile of hay
Milky white skin she could send a hex
Make me a drunken toy for sex

We ran with bow and arrow
Sometimes only to have sparrow
But that damn Rex was always on our heels
Enough meat for hundreds of meals

Recurrent dreams of fanciful youth
Forty foot reptile steps on my roof
Precipitates a frightening flourish of screams
That permeate nightly, into my dreams

Giant jaws open with deafening roar
Just when I think I can’t bear anymore
The dream sequence changes, dino and all
Springboards me into my recurrent fall

Recurrent dreams of fanciful youth
Forty foot reptile steps on my roof
Precipitates a frightening flourish of screams
That permeate nightly, into my dreams

Giant jaws open with deafening roar
Just when I think I can’t bear anymore
The dream sequence changes, dino and all
Springboards me into my recurrent fall

On it goes in the Ever-Fall
I know she can hear my call
I see her broad smile
In this I bask awhile

to me, she never looked better
in her black skirt and sweater
her lipstick does enhance
as we begin a Jitterbug dance

On it goes in the Ever-Fall
I know she can hear my call
I see her broad smile
In this I bask awhile

A beast in bed
Her teeth did gnash
And tore my flesh
As we both climaxed

She cleaned me up
With a bucket and mop
Mind blown in every way
What was next for my Rex and me

One night she took me by the fire,
Asking if I was a liar,
When I asked her to be mine,
As life with her would be so fine.

I put the ring upon her hand,
Now together, exploring foreign land,
She would be my partner in crime,
For her I would give my last dime.

Rex had sharp fangs dripping with blood
Looked of fresh battle but smelled of old mud
I was as scared as scared could ever be
Knew one day Rex would catch up with me

I had to be brave to protect my maiden fair
Grabbed my sword and put on armor to wear
I knew that kill or be killed time had arrived
I must die so my only true love can survive

Thus girded, I stepped out to meet my foe.
When the beast roared, and its teeth did show;
I shuddered like a child, chilled to my bones, so
I thought of David; his three smooth stones–but

even so, my heart sank, my courage crumbled;
with the latches of my helm I fumbled, then,
as I shrieked and threw my sword away–
I glimpsed M’Lady’s face go ashy gray...

Now, I thought about running away
But I knew just what they would say
So I turned back around, grabbed the gun I found
And let loose with lead bullet spray

AR-15's are really quite mean
They spit out bullets in a big stream
So I finally got big old Dinosaur Rex
Went back to M'Lady and finished our sex!.
.

There is value to commenting and critique, tell us how you feel about our work.
This must be the place, 'cause there ain't no place like this place anywhere near this place.

What a strange tale. Reads like something from Mad magazine. Are they hiring I wonder?

Great job by everyone! This is really quite fun.

~RoseBlack~

I also wonder if there will be any stranger ones, or will we get some straight-up stuff? I guess we will wait and see.

There is value to commenting and critique, tell us how you feel about our work.
This must be the place, 'cause there ain't no place like this place anywhere near this place.

If not then count me in. Nothing I like more than messing up a good poem lol. BTW is the poem on this thread the poem and if so Do we post on this thread?

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