Inspired Poetry

[LLapp]

"Poets were intended to live to the full the life of the senses." — Gore Vidal

rasbury
July 7, 2024, 8:58 pm
Your written words should flow, it
Should rhyme, and mind your tenses;
Then you are a poet:
Live a full life of the senses.

That doesn't mean ignore
The heart, the soul, or the spirit.
Just act like good old Gore:
Taste it, smell it, touch it, see it, and hear it.

[Eureka]

"Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union." — Joseph Stalin

kb83
August 12, 2022, 12:29 pm
In the Soviet Union no deity
Graced homes of the clergy or laity
But thanks to Joe Stalin And KGB callin',
The people were rockin' with gaiety.

[hrossa]

kb83, this one is awesome!

[Eureka]

"You have to accept the fact that part of the sizzle of sex comes from the danger of sex. You can be overpowered. " — Camille Paglia

kb83
September 25, 2025, 6:37 pm
Ms. Paglia went out with Howard,
And wanted to be overpowered,
She thought that he sizzled,
But in romance he fizzled,
Leaving her evening soured.

[kb83]

I had written this limerick for this specific quote (I thought) of Herodotus, but didn't see it there when I got the quote again, so I added it, and here it is. KB83

"This is the bitterest pain among men, to have much knowledge but no power."
— Herodotus

An historian known as Herodotus
Knew quite well what circumstance gnawed at us,
Great knowledge is ours,
But we have no powers,
The cosmos seems to have defrauded us.