[mercurygirl]

From time to time, I've seen some great poetry quoted on the forums and always appreciate reading examples of what other posters admire.

Thought I'd start this topic with a piece I just came across. Hope that others will enjoy it and will perhaps contribute more.


$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]That Sure Is My Little Dog

Yes, indeed, that is my house that I am carrying around
on my back like a bullet-proof shell and yes, that sure is
my little dog walking a hard road in hard boots. And
just wait until you see my girl, chomping on the chains
of fate with her mouth full of jagged steel. She's damn
ready and so am I. What else did you expect from the
brainiacs of my generation? The survivors, the nonbelievers,
the oddball-outs with the Cuban Missile Crisis still
sizzling in our blood? Don't tell me that you bought
our act, just because our worried parents (and believe me,
we're nothing like them) taught us how to dress for work
and to speak as if we cared about our education. And
I guess the music fooled you: you thought we'd keep
the party going even to the edge of the abyss. Well,
too bad. It's all yours now. Good luck on the ramparts.
What you want to watch for is when the sky shakes
itself free of kites and flies away. Have a nice day.

[TheTurtle]

The first part certainly meets with my approval.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'Y')es, indeed, that is my house that I am carrying around
on my back like a bullet-proof shell

[Doly]

OK, a little one by me:

What do you want?
What do you need?
How do you do
to tell them apart?

When is the time
when there's no time left?
When is the time
when you gotta go?

When is the time
to switch off the lights and go?
The party's over.
The party's over...
The party's over.

[Madpaddy]

They'llbe singing this on the 100th anniversary of Buddy Holly's death.

The sun is out,
The sky is blue,
There's not a cloud to spoil the view,
But hasn't rained
Rained for 40 years.

The weather man,
Says clear today,
He doesn't know,
You've passed away,
And it hasn't rained,
Rained for 40 years,

Oh miser, misery,
What's going to come of me,
I tell my kids we have no bread,
And to eat my corpse when I am dead,
An it hasn't rained,
Rained for 40 years.

[oowolf]

http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/d&g/astro/music ... _Song.html

pretty much sums it up...