Inspired Poetry

[kb83]

Just encountered this one of mine again. The thread was fun, so I included it. I added line breaks on my limerick. Kb83

"Releasing the pressure, it's good for the teapot and the water. Try it sometime."
— Jeb Dickerson
bansaisequoia
March 31, 2012, 6:04 pm
GO SUCK AN EGG, YOU DUMB MOTIVATIONAL BLOGGER!!! (Sorry, just releasing the pressure.)
montyb
May 20, 2012, 12:27 am
Was that good for you, bansai?
fishbum
June 10, 2012, 6:24 pm
What's a blog?
bvwRedux
July 14, 2012, 11:10 am
Stupid without careful instruction on HOW.
geeko321
February 10, 2014, 8:14 am
What about a pressure cooker? Releasing the pressure is bad, because it lowers the boiling temperature and makes your food take longer to cook! I guess though you gotta release the pressure when it's finished...
echo
June 30, 2014, 11:21 am
The "teapot theory" exists in Traditional Chinese Medicine. It has to do with the relationship between the lungs and large intestine. I know y'all were dying to know that! :-)
darkyr
June 22, 2017, 4:54 am
I think I got scalded by Bansai's comment. That will teach me to stand to close to the monitor when I'm done solving a quote.
susanith
February 4, 2018, 8:14 am
I also have a problem with a lot of motivational speakers, writers, bloggers, etc. But there is truth in this quote.
Earthwalker
May 5, 2018, 3:12 am
Like my buddy used to say about motivational quotes, "That almost means something."
No2son
July 22, 2019, 6:44 pm
The only motivation I get is to ignore motivational bloggers.
TimmyTee
February 7, 2021, 10:56 pm
Isn't motivational speaking a lot like "mansplaining?"
imsoeasy
April 9, 2021, 9:13 pm
I've never had a teapot although I've had tea or pot whatever you call it.
Cys Bacon
January 21, 2023, 12:45 pm
Nonsense. Releasing the pressure, say, by thrashing an offending inanimate object, ultimately raises not only my blood pressure, but that of my wife.
Ian123
June 19, 2023, 5:00 am
I'm a teapot.
hrossa
September 3, 2023, 1:25 am
Here is my handle; here is my spout. I wanted to hear more of what echo was talking about!
kb83
September 4, 2023, 6:37 pm
An unctuous blogger named Dickerson, / Exhibitionist he, with his knickers on. / Though they begged him to cease, / He said, "Let's increase, / My light of hypocrisy flickers on."

[kb83]

This is one I was inspired to write today. (But I would change the last line-- Kb83)

"To eat is to appropriate by destruction. "
— Jean-Paul Sartre

A philosopher named Jean-Paul Sartre,
Took the act of ingestion apart,
"All alimentation is
Appropriation,
So choose whether or not to take part."

(Better last line-- So choose whether you will take part.")

[kb83]

Found this one today from a few years ago. I think I must get a cheap thrill from turning something that Pope wrote into iambic pentameter. I added line breaks

"A man should never be ashamed to own he has been wrong, which is but saying that he is wiser today than he was yesterday."
— Alexander Pope

kb83
February 21, 2022, 10:35 pm
I will try to pope-ify it:

A man should never be ashamed to own
He has been wrong, for thereby he has shown
Himself a learner who can say today,
That he is wiser now than yesterday.

[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.

[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.

[hrossa]

kb83, this one is awesome!

[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.

[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.

[kb83]

I often find myself in the position of defending Alexander Pope, which is not always a comfortable place to be. This quote of his, iambic pentameter, and as usual, got some complaints about the syntax, and I responded with another pair of iambic pentameter couplets (I added the line breaks):

"In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, alike fantastic if too new or old. Be not the first by whom the new are tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside."
— Alexander Pope

kb83
September 28, 2021, 5:24 pm

To criticize a cryptoquote, take care
Of its own time and place to be aware.
The syntax may annoy your modern ears,
But let your mind reflect on what it hears.

[LLapp]

Thanks, LLapp! In reading it, I think I would change line 2 to "was, in spite of himself, quite annoyed, ". ( I can't seem to keep myself from trying to perfect the meter.)

That's perfect! I could feel the small trip in the rhythm but posted it anyway. Glad I did.

[kb83]

Thanks, LLapp! In reading it, I think I would change line 2 to "was, in spite of himself, quite annoyed, ". ( I can't seem to keep myself from trying to perfect the meter.)

[LLapp]

"Everywhere I go I find a poet has been there before me." — Sigmund Freud

montyb
December 27, 2012, 11:02 pm
I think he was speaking of public restrooms.

Quizzical
December 23, 2014, 10:40 am
Fear of being predisposed.

Nautilus
March 9, 2019, 1:46 pm
I think this is quite lovely!

LLapp
July 25, 2021, 5:07 am
Okay, I get it. He's saying his psychoanalytical theory is ground already staked out in poetry.

kb83
May 6, 2023, 1:15 pm
A psychiatrist named Sigmund Freud,
Was, despite himself, quite annoyed,
That wherever he went,
Poets' time had been spent
Doing what he had tried to avoid.

[hrossa]

Great to see this one again

[kb83]

"Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."
— Gilbert Chesterton

maradnu
April 25, 2009, 12:52 am
I might like cheese, but I ain't writing a poem about it.
bansaisequoia
January 15, 2010, 2:17 am
I think that I shall never see, a poem lovely as a Brie.
LiveLoveLaugh
February 22, 2010, 11:14 pm
Cheddar Mozarella Provalone Feta Brie Cambenbert Roqfort Gorgonzola Cambazola Carcacivallo Parmesan Cottage Ricotta Swiss Romano Gouda Fontina cheese cheese glorious cheese
bansaisequoia
January 3, 2011, 5:11 am
Camembert is round, not square, when I'm if France, I'll eat it there. Mozzarella from the land of Tarantella. Feta from the land of Greece, gee, I'd love to munch a piece. Some might think England far better, to let us munch a hunk of cheddar. Holey cheese is really bliss, thank you for that all you Swiss. Gouda's yummy in my hands, thank you for that Netherlands. At my next wine & cheese party, I'll serve Danish Cream Havarti.
beerfan95
May 14, 2011, 4:17 am
I should right a poem about Stilton and barley wine.
matarisa
July 5, 2011, 5:50 pm
Mascarpone 's not baloney.
Lobelia
November 11, 2011, 12:15 pm
great poem bansaisequoia
universalmom
February 24, 2012, 10:51 am
Hahaha...I knew that would bring out the creativity in all of you!
locodad
February 4, 2013, 3:41 am
what rhymes with roses are red ,violets are blue and something about cheese?
pajarito7
February 23, 2013, 1:44 am
Roses are red, violets are blue, Do you want chocolate or cheese in your fondue?
chopstix
April 17, 2013, 3:03 pm
excellent!
Allen
August 22, 2014, 12:07 pm
BS: bueno!
montyb
March 5, 2015, 9:16 am
Bansai took all the easy cheeses. I'm stuck with Stinking Bishop.
abra
March 15, 2015, 1:25 pm
I would wax poetic about cheese, but I haven't a poetic bone in my body.
LLapp
April 6, 2015, 6:47 am
Sweet dreams are made of cheese, who am I to dis a brie?
abra
April 21, 2015, 9:05 am
Great job, all of you.
killdozer
June 7, 2015, 5:44 pm
Cheddar is yellow, Roquefort is blue. Swiss is holey and smells like a shoe.
hasselblad
April 10, 2016, 7:35 am
Oh, dear, I camembert it!
oddcouple
February 24, 2017, 9:59 pm
I don't give edam about cheesy poets.
kb83
September 28, 2017, 2:47 am
Munster and Cheddar and soft mozzarella, Feta and Gouda, and old gorgonzola, Camembert, brie, and some Pepper Jack please, This is just some of my favorite cheese. (to the tune of...)
Persephone59
October 25, 2017, 2:38 pm
And don't forget the old Monty Python cheese shop sketch! Are you feeling a bit puckish?
Barnabas
January 23, 2018, 9:26 am
On my tacos I like a good cheddar Mozzarella in lasagna, even better But when I'm alone I reach for provolone And adorn thick on my pizza like a sweater
SippyGurl
May 4, 2018, 4:26 pm
bunch o' head quesos
NotTooOld
August 8, 2018, 12:43 am
Ha ha, I knew these comments were coming and was laughing almost too hard to solve the puzzle.
pickleball
April 8, 2019, 9:57 am
you all are poets and didn t even know it
glassguy
April 27, 2019, 9:22 am
Comments on all of the quotations should be this entertaining.
Descifrador
February 10, 2020, 4:03 am
No, they haven't. Unless you don't believe Spanish speaking poets count as poets. Here are a couple of lines from a poem entitled: "Es verdad que el ámbar contiene", by Pablo Neruda: "¿Y por qué el queso se dispuso a ejercer proezas en Francia? (Which translates to something along the lines of: "And why did cheese get down:to carrying out feats in France?)
jbb33054
May 25, 2020, 6:37 am
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abra
June 28, 2020, 8:55 pm
As soon as I recognized this quote I was looking forward to the comments. I remembered they were good, but I didn't remember them. This time I particularly like Matarista's for brevity, and kb83's he gave us words and music. The rest were good too.
Wordigo
August 16, 2020, 9:55 pm
Knock Knock! Who's There? Cheese Cheese Who? Cheese a jolly good fellow!
hrossa
June 24, 2021, 10:01 am
I’ll have Havarti, rock Ricotta, munch Manchego, grab Gruyere - ‘Most any cheese from here or there. But one I won’t touch; I find it embarrassin' - It’s the “cheese product” known as American.
maradnu
October 24, 2023, 10:34 pm
Sweet dreams are made of cheese Who am I to dis a Brie I cheddar the world and a Feta cheese Everybody's looking for Stilton
Randy1961
August 24, 2025, 9:58 pm
Cheese!

[kb83]

Amazing thread of comments, certainly has the most poetic volume!