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weirdelf
weirdelf
Jul 08, 2007 ⭐ See this poem's read count — a supporter feature

Favourite aphorisms

In a dog eat dog world, it is better not to be a dog.

When freedom is outlawed only the outlaw is free.

I am forever unwrapping the eternal present.

Rhyme, like garlic, is a wonderful servant but a terrible master.

— weirdelf, Jul 08, 2007

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Region, Country: Sydney, Australia, AUS

Favorite Poets: The Romantics, The Mersey Sound, The Beats and, of course, The Bard

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dbaker

dbaker

19 years ago

Is it enough to say I liked

Is it enough to say I liked this? Because I did. Oh by the way I left my signature block intact for your viewing pleasure...hahahahaha All the best! Work, stretch, take risks, visualize your future. Become the poet you have always longed to be. All that is needed is honest effort.-DSB
weirdelf

weirdelf

19 years ago

It's enough

and though it took 5 weeks, yes I accept your signature block. By the way, I profess a desire to dress in armour. I can't justify it by historical interest or anything but it just seems to be at the same time so cool and so daggy. I happen to have a new friend who does medieval recreations. If I get a chance to put armour on I will send pic. cheers, Jess
Rottiestyl

Rottiestyl

19 years ago

Wow. . you have me swaying front to back

On this one. This is a wonderful write. I find myself arguing with it...lol! And that is what makes it so great. If it's a dog eat dog and there are no dogs then who is eating who? And where would garlic potatoes be without the loudness of the garlic? If freedom were outlawed there would be no outlaws because there would be no freedom for an outlaw to free. . .see? I hope your smiling cause I am in just one of those fiesty moods! K. Mulroney
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Quillsvein1

19 years ago

Dead On

Better not to be a dog, indeed--if only that were possible. I suppose the trick is to not be a full time dog. A sadly precise meditation on our society's darwinian nature.
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Quillsvein1

19 years ago

Dead On

Better not to be a dog, indeed--if only that were possible. I suppose the trick is to not be a full time dog. A sadly precise meditation on our society's darwinian nature.
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Conect11

19 years ago

ah, you knew

I would say something both about garlic and rhyme, eh? And while rhyme indeed IS a terrible master (I have come to the realization that the writers who are the very best with rhyme are precisely those who do not need it. ie., Chuck, lol!)garlic, especially roasted, can make a sage teacher. Or sage a teacher, as it were. Mark

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