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Last edited by cousinsoren 10-18-2009 at 08:51:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Stardrift

I've a somewhat strange question:

Who here, in general, began writing poetry around 2002 or after?

A handful may see where I'm going here, but I'll leave that alone for now. For the more solid yeses, I suspect that the stories why may be of a particular interest - and hopefully a good thread topic. I began in 2002.


Acascholastically,
Estario De Driftio
and then

I have actually been writing since I was 14 so maybe what 1993...
Long time... why 2002?

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Originally Posted by cousinsoren

Originally Posted by WordSlinger

lol, maybe, yes my friend yes,

John, you mystfy me! I'm thinking of several menings of "to bawg the dogs?

" To bag the dogs." This used to be a method ,in old Jamaica, to take pigs and dogs from rural country to a town market. The animals were put in crocus bags and taken on trucks or train ,along with rural farmers and higglers to town. ............lol In fact, you could not transport your dog nor pig on the train or bus or truck, unless you put the animal in a bag.........lol.

I had an uncle, a RAF ex-serviceman, who delighted in silencing or subduing barking dogs,by barking and rushing at them/! ................lol. He once bit a dog that attacked him!............lol. Of course, the dog also bit him, and ran! ..........lol. No, he wasn't crazy. Just mischievous and drunk , most of the time..................lol.

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Hey, cousin is it really 4 AM there in Kingston...how do you do it ? I'm still wondering if Word will define his use of the phrase...Bawg the Dawg. Maybe he means...Ball the doll, or walk the dog, or maybe, put a bag over the gal who looks like a dog. I think I'll ice the puck on that, and just slide away before I begin to melt again.

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Oh, ok, That makes sense.
I think a show of that kind would be interesting.
And you are right Faith, poetry does seem to be a dying art.
Which is very sad.

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Last edited by WordSlinger 10-18-2009 at 06:02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by gogant

Hey, cousin is it really 4 AM there in Kingston...how do you do it ? I'm still wondering if Word will define his use of the phrase...Bawg the Dawg. Maybe he means...Ball the doll, or walk the dog, or maybe, put a bag over the gal who looks like a dog. I think I'll ice the puck on that, and just slide away before I begin to melt again.

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Was is what is was.

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That is why time spirals.

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and today becomes tomorrow.

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You threw me for a loop, Grito.
Please explain?

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Actually grits, today was yesterday the day before....

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LOL! Thanks Words!! My bday is the 19th., tomorrow! This was will become is, as today becomes tomorrow.

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It is simple Irish, I wrote a poem so everyone can understand, I have it handy, lets seee...it is titled:


IS


Was is
what is was,
because time walks.

That is why
earth time spirals,
and as time moves it talks.

Heed what was does
and was with is do say
and avoid hours of sorrow.

Walk with me today,
lets' see why yesterday
after each day must become tomorrow.

Heel with me now,
as time moves geared clocks,
let us listen to time's sound and let us pray.

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Exactly Gogant, was is what is was, see?

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I think I see what you meant to say, but you didn't say it was what you didn't say, and now I'm thinking that you didn't...................WHAT THE HECK

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Well, I'll give you this Grito, I'm totally stumped.
It twisted my mind up, and I'm having a hard time figuring out what it means.
I wish I understood it so I could tell you how much I like it.

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LOL! Hugs Irish!! And Gogant, now you have me confused!!

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So you gonna clue me in?
Because I wanna understand.

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Ok Irish.
Time is relative. We can say that today is, because it is today. Yesterday was, because it was. However, we are always in today (is), but we can see that yesterday (was) used to be is, when yestyerday was today. Therefore, was (yesterday) was is (today). But where did it go, that is that is now was? It went to yesterday (became yesterday) because times walks, it does not wait. The present tense is a perspective we have been taught to accept as fixed but it always moving, changing. What once was is (today) is now was (yesterday). The Bible states that there is a time for everything under the sun, a time to laugh, a time to cry, a time to scatter stones, a time to gather stones together. Time moves inexoribly, just as time, each moment, has a place for us, a meaning, if we can decipher that meaning, that time table. God is our guide for us to know the appropriate time for all things, when to laugh, when to marry, when to die and live forever. We just have to listen, carefully.
Let us pray we listen.

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Hey Grits, the first half of that had me laughing out loud...that was truly fuuuuunnnny. Thanks, I needed that 'cause I've been waiting for yesterday to get here so I can say it was.

...........................................g

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LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ok. I think I get it now.
Was was and is is.
And was used to be is.
Past and present tense are relative and fluid.
I think I have a headache...