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By:  buzz-of-the-orient  •  5 years ago  •  43 comments

Write a poem for this photo.

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Buzz of the Orient
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1  author  Buzz of the Orient    5 years ago

Anyone - please write a poem that tells the story of this photo.

 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
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2  Hal A. Lujah    5 years ago

I’m not much of a poet, or a romantic ...

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Buzz of the Orient
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2.1  author  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Hal A. Lujah @2    5 years ago

That's really funny. Thanks Hal.  (In case anyone's confused by the typo, it should be "Get IT on Craigslist...")

 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
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2.1.1  Hal A. Lujah  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @2.1    5 years ago

Lol.  Crap.  Funny how I can look at a misspelled two letter word over and over without seeing it.

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Buzz of the Orient
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2.1.2  author  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Hal A. Lujah @2.1.1    5 years ago

That happens to me as well, especially when I don't bother to read over what I wrote before I post it.

 
 
 
dave-2693993
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2.1.3  dave-2693993  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @2.1.2    5 years ago

LOL, I can read it over a couple times and still get it wrong.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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3  JohnRussell    5 years ago

I gave my love a cherry that has no stone,
I gave my love a chicken that has no bone,
I gave my love a ring that has no end,
I gave my love a baby with no cryen.

How can there be a cherry that has no stone?
How can there be a chicken that has no bone?
How can there be a ring that has no end?
How can there be a baby with no cryen?

A cherry, when it's blooming, it has no stone,
A chicken when it's pipping, it has no bone,
A ring when it's rolling, it has no end,
A baby when it's sleeping, has no cryen.

A.H. 

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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3.1  author  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  JohnRussell @3    5 years ago

Okay John, if you're not going to write it yourself, here's another one, sung by Frank Sinatra:

"Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing"

Love is a many-splendored thing,
It's the April rose that only grows in the early spring,
Love is nature's way of giving a reason to be living,
The golden crown that makes a man a king.
Lost on a high and windy hill,
In the morning mist two lovers kissed and the world stood still,
When our fingers touch my silent heart has taught us how to sing,
Yes, true love's a many-splendored thing.
 
 
 
charger 383
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4  charger 383    5 years ago

On the sand

without a band

with a preacher on a cell phone

they got married alone

 
 
 
pat wilson
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4.1  pat wilson  replied to  charger 383 @4    5 years ago

Well done.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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4.2  author  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  charger 383 @4    5 years ago

I like that!!!

 
 
 
pat wilson
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4.2.1  pat wilson  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @4.2    5 years ago

I was going to try but I can't match that.

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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4.2.2  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  pat wilson @4.2.1    5 years ago

Yes you can, Pat!

 
 
 
Perrie Halpern R.A.
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5  Perrie Halpern R.A.    5 years ago

The party is done and over,

We walk together hand in hand.

Today we tripped the light fantastic, 

And landed in the sand.

Tomorrow will be another day,

One we forge alone together.

In the hope that love can truly conquer all,

And that our marriage is forever. 

 
 
 
pat wilson
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5.1  pat wilson  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @5    5 years ago

Nice, Perrie.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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5.2  author  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Perrie Halpern R.A. @5    5 years ago

Very sweet.  Thanks.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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7  JohnRussell    5 years ago

We are standing here waiting for the bus

what in the world will become of us

if we didnt have that trunk

our hopes would be sunk

what the reader doesnt know

is the trunk is filled with dough

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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7.1  author  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  JohnRussell @7    5 years ago

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Buzz of the Orient
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10  author  Buzz of the Orient    5 years ago

LOL.  Good one.

 
 
 
Jasper2529
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11  Jasper2529    5 years ago

On this day I pledge to thee

My love throughout eternity.

Hold my hand, stay by my side

You'll always be my beautiful bride. 

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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11.1  author  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Jasper2529 @11    5 years ago

The most romantic one so far.

 
 
 
It Is ME
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12  It Is ME    5 years ago

What's yours is mine

What's mine is yours

We'll soon have something that we'll call Ours !

 
 
 
dave-2693993
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14  dave-2693993    5 years ago

Wait, what?

You don't take American Express?

Oh, no, I'm depressed.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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14.1  author  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  dave-2693993 @14    5 years ago

LOL

 
 
 
It Is ME
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15  It Is ME    5 years ago

Suddenly....Nothing will be the same !

Linda Eder {In Concert, 1999}- someone like you !

 
 
 
dave-2693993
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17  dave-2693993    5 years ago

I will use a Julia quote at 4:33 PM, DST. GMT-5.

"You make me the happiest girl of world".

I love her English. She is even getting more comfortable using the superfluous word "the".

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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17.1  author  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  dave-2693993 @17    5 years ago

My wife hasn't yet learned the word "the". LOL

Thankfully her daughter is tri-lingual - Mandarin, German, English.

 
 
 
dave-2693993
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17.1.1  dave-2693993  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @17.1    5 years ago

Her daughter is in a different league than most. That is know of like in early 20th century and beyond, when many spoke a half a dozen or so languages.

I really don't play the language nazi, especially when we are having a good conversation as opposed to just goofing around. She struggles with certain things and I really don't care about the errors because I know exactly what she is saying. Things like when to put an s at the end of a sentence. The order of  the words, not only in the construct of the sentence, also in descriptions. Simple example, we say Levi's Jeans, she says Jeans, Levis. Larger category to smaller category. Yet she picks up things over time without me ramming it down her throat.

Then she and the girls have patented English phrases, especially when it comes to fashion, such as Paris wasn't built in a day.

 
 
 
katrix
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17.1.2  katrix  replied to  dave-2693993 @17.1.1    5 years ago

The idioms are the cutest.  Such as "it's not rocket surgery" ... I can't even imagine trying to come up with things like that in a foreign language. 

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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17.1.3  author  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  katrix @17.1.2    5 years ago

I thought it was "rocket science", or are you kidding?

 
 
 
dave-2693993
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17.1.4  dave-2693993  replied to  katrix @17.1.2    5 years ago
The idioms are the cutest.  Such as "it's not rocket surgery" ... I can't even imagine trying to come up with things like that in a foreign language. 

LOL. You are right about that.

 
 
 
dave-2693993
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17.1.5  dave-2693993  replied to  dave-2693993 @17.1.1    5 years ago
The order of  the words, not only in the construct of the sentence,

Looks like I am having the same problem.

Make that "end of a word".

Then:

That is know of like in early 20th century and beyond, when many spoke a half a dozen or so languages.

Know of = Kind of.

No idea how that happened.

 
 
 
katrix
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17.1.6  katrix  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @17.1.3    5 years ago
I thought it was "rocket science", or are you kidding?

It is "rocket science" to me, but to a speaker of another language, it might get mixed up with another idiom such as "it's not brain surgery."  And then it's cute.  I still say "close the lights" sometimes from hanging out with first generation Greeks as a teenager, who said that instead of "shut off the lights."  And that was years ago!

 
 
 
katrix
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18  katrix    5 years ago

A haiku:

Your dress sweeps the sand

A metal husk in our view

We still have our love

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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18.1  author  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  katrix @18    5 years ago

FANTASTIC!!!  I was thinking about haiku, and was going to do one myself.  Thank you for posting that.

 
 
 
pat wilson
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19  pat wilson    5 years ago

A twist of the fates,

and now we're mates,

Here we stand

Upon the sand

and a new life now awaits.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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19.1  author  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  pat wilson @19    5 years ago

Very good!

 
 

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