Sunday, February 1, 2009

Flying Caribou and Yellow Zebras

I haven’t had time to make a decent post here in a while, but just thought I’d pass on this from another local blogger. The point is to create a poem with twenty six words. Each word must start with a different letter of the alphabet and they must be used in alphabetical order. I think with such strict requirements, it’s okay if a lot of it really doesn’t make sense. It’s just a fun exercise in word usage. I left one Poem on that site, and here’s a second one I came up with. - Note the exception to the rule for the use of the X word.

My a-to-z poem: “Flying Caribou and Yellow Zebras”
Atheist Believe Caribou Don’t Ever Fly.
God Hears Indians Jubilantly Kayaking.
Locals Mostly Nod Off.
Painting Quietly, Red Stained Totem-poles,
Unusually Vexed Wiccans eXclaim - Yellow Zebras!

15 comments:

  1. Phil:
    With such a disciplined mind, you didn't run for MAYOR of FORT WAYNE...WHY???

    ;)

    Nice one, buddy!

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  2. yeah, no kidding. that's mayor material.

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  3. yeah, no kidding. that's mayor material.

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  4. I'm pretty sure Bob was joking about me being qualified to hold public office. But if he was serious, it should probably not be taken as an indication of my qualifications, but rather an indication that the leaders we do have are not very good.

    I can think of several offices which I think I (or just about any random person pulled off the street) am as qualified to hold as the current occupant. And I say this while publicly admitting that I am in no way qualified to hold any of these offices.

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  5. MY tongue was a bit in my cheek, Phil...

    Amd yet, maybe someone with YOUR experiences in knowing the worst aspects of this city could, in fact find a way to extol the BEST...
    It has the novelty of never having been tried (politically-speaking).

    "ANY city or town is only AS GOOD as it's WORST area or resident".
    (you may quote me)

    B.G.

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  6. ok phil here goes.....

    angels bringing caresses
    dutifully engaging facing God.

    hoping i justly kindly lovingly make natasha open pupils

    questions remain secret talks

    unfounded visions warning xeniality yelling zoot!!!

    lol i had a good time with this kept putting it off and then finished the assignment within 15 min. this was a blast. thanks.

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  7. That's pretty good...
    (xeniality? - cool word)

    ;)

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  8. Ida;

    That first part of yours (a-g) was really good. Honestly, I think it would be virtually impossible to do this and expect the entire thing to be coherent. As long as you follow the rules and have at least a couple actual sentences or at least sentence fragments, then I think a passing grade is in order.

    Bob;

    Yeah, the best part about writing/reading the a-z poems is getting to learn so many words that start with x.

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  9. well phil the second sentence was a personal thing. natasha is my daughter and she needed to open her eyes.
    the 3rd sentence was about my work.

    and the fourth sentence is if i ever saw that part of the x word i would need some zoot. lol and i dont even do over the counter drugs. let alone anything else.

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  10. This one was sent to me by a relative.

    Aardvarks Become Cantankerous During Excess Fun, Games.
    Hippos Imply Jackals Kick Llamas, More Notable Options or opossums Pressure Quail Run South To Utilize Various Wisdom Xylem, Yes, Zoo!

    Congatulations, Amy, You've been published.

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  11. OK, Phil...so when are we going to see a new post?
    LOL
    ...c'mon, I've checked the blotters, stuff is still happenin' up there.

    ;)

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  12. I'll get back to you soon on that Bob.

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  13. i've missed you too phil. though i havent checked one thing. take care.

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  14. Are you under threat from FWPD to stop blogging? Have they gotten to you?

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  15. No, I am not under threat from FWPD. I have just been too busy to blog lately.

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