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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: The Peepmaster on February 25, 2007, 10:40:02 PM
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I've been away for a couple of days, to Oban - which is a delightful Scottish resort. I went with one of my lovely girlfriends, and I'm now writing a romantic poem for her.
I'm having difficulty with finding rhymes for some words. We all know that "orange" doesn't have a rhyme, but I'm having difficulty at the moment with the words and phrases "Mr Johnson" and "portacabin". (I was going to include "expunge" but effectively managed to rhyme that with "lunge").
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I'd suggest "Charles Bronson" and "grabbin' "
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Funnily enough, I had thought of "spronson", which is a lovely word which doesn't exist according to the dictionary. I have been using the word "spronson" for ages (albeit in my head). It's very sad.
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I have a tool for rhymes... it returned the following:
"Capital of Wisconsin"
Nothing for portacabin or orange though. It's not the best of tools...
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I have a tool for rhymes... it returned the following:
"Capital of Wisconsin"
Nothing for portacabin or orange though. It's not the best of tools...
I don't actually need a rhyme for the word "orange". I just gave that as an example of a word that is generally known not to have a rhyme.
It might be easier if I just dump the girl. She's suddenly getting over-fond of me anyway.
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It might be easier if I just dump the girl. She's suddenly getting over-fond of me anyway.
Ah, a wet weekend in Oban will do that to a bird.
Portacabin......money-grabbin'
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Stick with it, Peepmaster. From my experience it's generally only a short time between burrds being over fond of you and downright hating your stinking guts.
Trick is getting out gracefully before they start putting ground glass in your mashed tatties.
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For portacabin, use "flabbin". It's a cross between "flapping" and "flab", with a missing "g" to make it sound cool.
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flabbin' could be a colloquialism for putting on weight.
"Ooooh, Bert, you're flabbin. We know who's bin eatin' all the pies".
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"There he lay on his deckchair, eating fish and chips, gently flabbin in the cool breeze."
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It's okay - I've rhymed "Portacabin" with "or to Gavin", and it seems to work. (I don't particularly like Gavin, by the way).
I agree that Charles Bronson rhymes with Mr Johnson, but it isn't paticularly romantic sounding. Seeing as Oban is a port with boats and a harbour, I might rhyme it with "coxswain", especially as it's a bit of a suggestive word. I think you can be suggestive while keeping a romantic quality.
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Portacabin with Gavin, and Coxwain with Mr Johnson. Just a wild guess - this definitely isn't a limerick, is it?
Is there such a peculiar affliction as poetic amusia?
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Portacabin with Gavin, and Coxwain with Mr Johnson. Just a wild guess - this definitely isn't a limerick, is it?
Is there such a peculiar affliction as poetic amusia?
No - limericks aren't generally romantic. This'll be more of a sonnet or soliloquy. I'm going to leave it for a while and try again with fresh eyes. I can't be arsed to write anything nice to her at the moment as I'm tired after working on a couple of jobs and doing invoicing today. The romantic notion has worn off for a bit.
I found some old poetry I did ages ago. I longer have a link from my current website, but it's still on the server here (Diane will remember): Some of my Poetry (http://www.nigelsutherland.co.uk/poetry.html)
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Sensational, Peepsie. I was literally in tears reading those. I couldn't help myself.
You ought to be the next Poet Lariat.
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Thanks Tarks. Maybe I'll start writing more regliarly again. It'll make a break from drawing and doing artwork and seeing girls.
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If you're "seeing girls" you need to cut down on the booze.
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Thanks Tarks. Maybe I'll start writing more regliarly again. It'll make a break from drawing and doing artwork and seeing girls.
So, you make the distinction between drawing and "doing artwork", huh? And seeing girls.
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Thanks Tarks. Maybe I'll start writing more regliarly again. It'll make a break from drawing and doing artwork and seeing girls.
So, you make the distinction between drawing and "doing artwork", huh? And seeing girls.
The "doing artwork" bit is the graphis stuff. I've got to and see a girl now (actually it's the Stoke Barnsley match (yawn) at the pub, but she'll probably be turning up at some stage for a free drink off me (not that I begrudge it).
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Graphis? I think you started early.