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Lol! Hmm, an interesting fish and movie :))
Wouldn’t it be interesting to have one? They’re strange-looking fish. I’d probably cut myself on it and turn into a werewolf.
Haha why do I feel that turning into a werewolf was once your dream? or maybe I'm just sleepy that's why I thought of that XD
Ajay has the honor. He’s the pirate ship’s shy werewolf, called Moonay (from moon and Ajay). Moonay is introduced in #1627 in the “Get to Know Your Character” thread.
and I found it, yey! Lol! it's so funny. I'm trying to figure out how to follow the coelecanth :)
With a Lungfish and then a tetrapod I'd imagine, Leslie ;o)
Lol! No! I'm steering away from amphibians :P
The dead fish hang mute.Listening to the Smithereens
Practicing their scales.
I'm crashing into bed. So tired. How are you? I'll be asleep before you can answer. Good night.
hehe anyway, I hope you have a restful sleep :)
'Excuse me, waiter,there's a tetrapod in my
Primordial Soup...'
The waiter, cordial,smiling, said, “Would you rather
the gastropod plate?”
“This primordial
soup du jour,” someone coughed, “is
epochs out of date.”
French food! O! Delight!Mellow blends of Pinot Noir
Make my day complete
#5699 & #5700 are hilarious, I had to cover my eyes after reading lol
Very nice, Lilian and Ellis :)
Very nice, Lilian and Ellis :)
The waiter gasped, norcould unclench his jaws, but--eyes
squeezed shut--hopped in pain.
The red wine murmured
French yesteryears of café
windows streaked with rain.
These are excellent! Well done, M, Lillian and Ellis!
The Tower un-EiffeledShe thinks he's stricken
with Napoleon complex
-his baguette had loafed
Short on dough, prospectsdim, in Norfolk they called him
the Virginia Slim.
show me your juiceAbandon all hope,
the jug is up and the shine
has been all gulped down.
The fiddler was soon strung high,
hung on Ginnie's every note.
Ellis wrote: “This thread has got to be one of the best ways to avoid studying.”One of the best ways to avoid a lot of other chores, too!
The bottle in frontLife is behind me right now
And I won't turn 'round
Because I have got reasons
Like the year has her season
Raindrops of colors
waltzed through the tiny pieces
of a wine bottle;
Her eyes glazed with tears, she saw
life in a different light.
waltzed through the tiny pieces
of a wine bottle;
Her eyes glazed with tears, she saw
life in a different light.
Good evening (I think) Leslie! Very nice. And Lilian, excellent. A great start to my work day.Let's see. What to write?
in the eye of the beholder
The broken moon light
glinted on the wine's glass shards
with a sharp beauty
her dull imagination
was unable to dismiss.
((Absolutley gorgeous poems, Guy and Ellis!))Night stars blink at me
Winking mockingly at me
No regard for me
Or my miserable life
And the people care
The lamp’s flame gutters,her eyes the moon’s reflection
in old, wavy glass.
((Sounds like Memory by T.S Eliot to me, M! Beautiful work.))
(What a compliment! Thank you, Lilian. I was trying to follow yours, but got lost somewhere.)
Excellent haiku Guy, Lilian, Ellis and M.
her eyes, the color
of the night, hide the haunting
image of her past.
her eyes, the color
of the night, hide the haunting
image of her past.
glittered masks veil their
hollow faces; ballgowns and
suits wrap rotten forms
hollow faces; ballgowns and
suits wrap rotten forms
A hero's welcome
causes hearts to break - cries for
empty promises
Thanks, Zack :) I followed yours but it's missing now harhar
causes hearts to break - cries for
empty promises
Thanks, Zack :) I followed yours but it's missing now harhar
Yeah, Ellis posted his before I got mine up. And since the Phantom of the Opera had nothing to do with burritos, I took it down.
hmm, how to follow the gremlins? lol
When gremlins play hide
and seek, an aircraft goes
through emergency.
Sorry..
When gremlins play hide
and seek, an aircraft goes
through emergency.
Sorry..
LOL! No apology necessary Leslie, very funny.And excellent and fascinating continuation, everyone! I find this thread to be inspiring and engaging and a pure delight to read.
ghost in the propellorThe haunted aircraft
felt itself become heavy
with staying aloft,
an error of perception
in a thinly depressed air.
And excellent and fascinating continuation, everyone! I find this thread to be inspiring and engaging and a pure delight to read."
I agree :) it's also an excuse to avoid doing other things (like what M and Ellis mentioned).
nice continuation, Guy :)
I agree :) it's also an excuse to avoid doing other things (like what M and Ellis mentioned).
nice continuation, Guy :)
An extension of AlexanderTo err is human
To procrastinate, haiku
To forgive, divine
Humans do go wrong,but never as badly as
computers like to.
I drove my Chevyover the levee, the day
my internet died
Ellis wrote: "These are great, Zack, Leslie, and Guy! Leslie, I think that was a Stephen King reference, right? Lol"
I wasn't aware, Ellis, lol!
Ryan, very nice, you made me sing it :P
I wasn't aware, Ellis, lol!
Ryan, very nice, you made me sing it :P
Hi, Leslie! Thanks, but mine is a pale shadow of the wonderful haiku leading up to it. Such good writing!
Noon’s chased silver bendswhere beyond barges’ long lines
a vast tank farm stands;
in honeysuckle’s
vined deeps, the carved acanthus,
the broken brick, sleeps.
Ryan, that’s very nice of you to say. I was trying to get an image of a broad river (“chased silver”) and ruined brick columns to come across, but I couldn’t seem to hit the mark.
That's lovely, M. I like it even though I can't think of something to follow it :)
Thank you, Leslie! The one that really should be followed is Ryan’s #5737. I tried to follow it but wound up in vine-covered ruins.
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When I was a kid, I’d come home from school and watch B movies. One of them was about a scientist who turns into a werewolf after cutting himself accidentally on a coelecanth..."
M, they are found around the seas in Durban, South Africa, I think. :) want one?