# Poem

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poem/685085>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 1, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poem/685085 "2014-04-01T15:05:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 17\
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**Author:** ![PlainLost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@PlainLost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainLost)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poem/685085/1 "2014-04-01T15:05:25Z")

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Be cool.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poem/685085/2 "2014-04-01T15:41:39Z")

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Novel and movie as well.

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**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poem/685085/3 "2014-04-01T16:54:45Z")

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It don’t rhyme.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poem/685085/4 "2014-04-01T17:04:04Z")

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> [@Esox\_Lucius](#):
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> It don’t rhyme.

'Twasn’t nuff thyme.

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poem/685085/5 "2014-04-01T19:30:25Z")

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Be thee.

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poem/685085/6 "2014-04-01T19:35:42Z")

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\<snap\>…\<snap\>…\<snap\>…\<snap\>…

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**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poem/685085/7 "2014-04-01T19:41:32Z")

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I wakened from a gentle nap,  
To read your poem, it was…

Now, Dammit, I need a word that rhymes…

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poem/685085/8 "2014-04-01T19:42:43Z")

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Innocence

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**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poem/685085/9 "2014-04-01T20:16:12Z")

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> [@Leaffan](#):
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> Innocence

**Playing a random array of open notes on a cello**

And life

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poem/685085/10 "2014-04-01T21:16:23Z")

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Forum choice  
eludes me

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poem/685085/11 "2014-04-01T21:36:01Z")

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> [@PlainLost](#):
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> Be cool.

My rule.

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**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poem/685085/12 "2014-04-01T23:26:00Z")

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> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#):
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> Be thee.

Now that there’s a genu-wine pome.

(Ain’t got no idea why ah’m talkin’ like a hick. Per’aps ah’m jus’ bein’ cool.)

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**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poem/685085/13 "2014-04-01T23:38:55Z")

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The universe

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**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poem/685085/14 "2014-04-02T02:44:54Z")

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The unique verse

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poem/685085/15 "2014-04-02T03:21:32Z")

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Well rehearsed.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poem/685085/16 "2014-04-02T08:00:22Z")

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Commentary By Julius Caesar Upon  
The Unfortunate Incident Of His Assassination  
By Brutus At Their Encounter At The Forum

U  
2  
?

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**Author:** ![PlainLost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@PlainLost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainLost)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poem/685085/17 "2014-04-02T11:19:38Z")

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A Gift of a Thistle  
I have no idea what’s goin’ on here!
