Inspired Poetry

[Eureka]

"To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all. " — Walt Whitman


blueladyblue
January 30, 2020, 5:07 pm
There once was an artist in humanity when bad manners were conflated with vanity But let's interject With the most picturesque and significant of all: it's insanity.

[LLapp]

Kb83 ends it with a pun on being and nothingness...


"Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is." — Jean-Paul Sartre

kb83
January 9, 2020, 4:50 pm
A philosopher much existential.
Has boiled it down to the essential.
Being is what it is,
and not what it's not
And nothing is more consequential.

[Fudi]

"Reach for the stars, even if you have to stand on a cactus."
— Susan Longacre


kb83
October 7, 2015, 4:24 am
I tried to jump over a cactus/ My quadruceps needed the practus./ I'd no cause to fear it/ But soon lost my spirit / With my corpus no longer intactus.
LLapp
April 20, 2016, 7:44 am
kb83, what an amazing limerick!! I googled each line and found nothing, so I'm guessing that you wrote it. Wonderful!
marnita
October 27, 2016, 2:36 pm
That has got to be one of the best limericks ever!
BoggyBoots
December 26, 2016, 2:56 pm
Great KB
kat
August 2, 2017, 4:08 am
Way to go kb83! So well done!
kb83
November 10, 2017, 9:30 am
Guilty as charged.
echo
March 2, 2019, 7:42 pm
Love it, kb!!
Eureka
July 13, 2020, 3:12 pm
Nice, kb83! You are our unofficial poet laureate.

[LLapp]

"A man of business may talk of philosophy; a man who has none may practice it." — Alexander Pope

killdozer
October 23, 2018, 1:30 pm
Pope was saying that people who have nothing are free to actually put philosophical ideas into practice rather than just talk about it.

kb83
November 12, 2021, 1:51 pm
Thanks, killdozer. While businessmen use ethics in their speech, The one with naught doth practice what they preach.

[Eureka]

(Okay, this isn't actually a poem, but it does describe montyb's poetry writing method. And it made me laugh.)

"How does the poet transform his banal thoughts into such stunning forms, into beauty?" — Joyce Carol Oates

montyb
November 13, 2018, 1:51 am
I do so in my poetic writings by meditating on the myriad rhyming combinations for "Nantucket".

[Deanna48]

"Nobody ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have while trying to write one."
— Robert Byrne

darkyr
May 8, 2018, 10:47 am
Here lies the next great author. With themes and plots he would not bother. He drew his pen in one bold stroke, His blood like ink, the page will soak.

[n-j-b]

"If you want poets in space, you'll have to wait."
— Buzz Aldrin
kb83
November 5, 2020, 1:18 pm
If any wish the poet's touch in space, They should know this-- it will not come apace.

kb83
September 22, 2022, 5:08 pm
If any wish the poet's touch in space, They should know this-- it will not come apace. For now, the sky and moon of bards of yore, We vest in math and science to explore.

[n-j-b]

"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books."
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

pj48
July 9, 2015, 7:12 am
He's a poet and doesn't know it, but his feet show it; they're long fellows.

[hrossa]

"Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves. " — Zig Ziglar

DrCryptell
July 31, 2022, 11:59 pm
Money makes me happy; sickness makes me sad. Riches - they ain't crappy; but illness turns life bad.

[Eureka]

"Hollywood is not suited for me, and I am not suited for it." — Dr. Seuss


LLapp
September 18, 2019, 5:48 pm
I will not write for Hollywood, I would not live there if I could. I do not care for movie backlots, dog-eat-dog, or mega-jackpots.

[Eureka]

"What call thou solitude? Is not the earth with various living creatures, and the air replenished, and all these at thy command to come and play before thee? " — John Milton


DrCryptell
December 22, 2020, 3:59 am
I only wish that "thy dost fly" and "thee must flee," Each makes me cry to a huge degree. They make it hard to solve the quote. Since both those words get caught in my throat.

[Deanna48]

Always love kb83's limericks!!

[Eureka]

(This one needs to be read out loud with a French accent.)


"Accent is the soul of language - it gives to it both feeling and truth." — Jean Jacques Rousseau


kb83
April 1, 2022, 9:38 am
A philosopher named Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Never just guessed, he just knew so, That with his accent They knew what he meant, And so he urged others to do so.

[Eureka]

I like LLapp's idea of having a forum thread for some of the original poetry written by our members, often inspired by the quotes, but sometimes inspired by the comments of others. So, without further ado...