# The Curse of the Verse. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 2, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-the-verse/288011 "2005-02-02T17:44:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-the-verse/288011/41 "2005-02-17T13:18:18Z")
“I need a cure” thus speak **meek** “A cure to end my rhyming streak.” The cure is simple, oh my sweet lad’ums. Take a photograph of **Cecil Adams**. ---
**Author:** ![Demon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Demon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demon)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-the-verse/288011/42 "2005-02-17T16:17:01Z")
I must confess - I did obsess when I first saw this headline. But a certain cure (around **here** for sure) has always been - **A deadline.** ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-the-verse/288011/43 "2005-02-17T16:38:06Z")
In my demise, to my surprise, I thought this thread was rotting. I’m touched the board has heard my plea ~ and linked it on threadspotting. Indeed I try what you reply, so far I’ve had no luck. As for a Cecil photo-shoot, he responded, “No -You suck!” Through everything, yet still I cling to hopes of lost obsession, Past denial, anger, bargaining ~ and straight to deep depression. My lady fled with all my bread. My pets have run away. I can’t halt this verse assault, and my mind is in decay. But thank you all, I can’t recall ~ when last I felt so loved. Perhaps there is some dark recess this board can have me shoved. Where folks and staff, can point and laugh and poke fun in rhymes verbose. “Look there’s **meek** , the rhyming freak ~ now kids don’t get too close.” . ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-the-verse/288011/44 "2005-02-18T06:10:54Z")
**Meek** , a suggestion to cure your lack of prose Spray yourself with water from a large hose For a complete restoration of your prose of old The water that is released must be amazingly cold This will cause a shock so vicious Your spirit will cease to be with us Actually, you will probably be left comatose But at least we will not suffer from your lack of prose Oh, please don’t be so alarmed Of course, I really don’t want you to be harmed But the only way to regain the prose you seek A lightning bolt must strike you again, **meek** Please don’t be too critical of my verse The time taken to rhyme “prose” and “hose” was terse For the rest of the poem, however I typed for an hour: it seemed like forever limerick: There once was a Doper named **meek** Who lost all prose for more than a week Lightning had struck We are all in luck Now in this thread, it this laughter we seek ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-the-verse/288011/45 "2005-02-18T16:46:58Z")
You need to find some peace of mind, I hope this will suffice Accept your fate and rhyme out loud, the cure is in your vice. Use it wisely, use it well – see it for what it’s worth, Sell books of prose, as profit grows – **Meek** shall inherit earth. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2005, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-the-verse/288011/46 "2005-02-20T09:18:35Z")
[rhyme off] There ya go, meek. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2005, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-the-verse/288011/47 "2005-02-20T09:25:40Z")
That worked. Thanks **Coldfire**. Now why didn’t I try that? Duh @ me! Thanks everybody! ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-the-verse/288011/48 "2005-02-20T13:09:19Z")
:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2005, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-the-verse/288011/49 "2005-02-20T14:50:49Z")
> [@Coldfire](#): > > [rhyme off] > > There ya go, meek. 😉 Now THAT’S funny! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Captain\_Gutgore\_Blooddrink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Gutgore_Blooddrink)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-the-verse/288011/50 "2005-02-20T15:55:41Z")
I think we must put end to this infernal rhyming war Before our brains are reduced to a verbose pile of gore For overdose of rhyming can become a sad demise And 'fore we come to cure what ails, you could be gath’ring flies So let’s rehash the story quick and give **meek** confirmation Before he has destroyed himself with vile versed quotation One night, while sitting quite, scowering SDMB lore A bolt of lighting, un-PC, threw **meek** upon his floor The neighborhood seemed to ignore the shrill, bloodcurdling screams poor **meek** , alas!, the drool ran down betwixt his lips in streams And now a curse afflicts **meek** that’s of biblical proportions His messaging is now possessed of rhymed/metered contortions The only cure that’s known my friend, is torture at its best For after you’ve completed it, you’ll wish that you’d been pressed Sit in a corner, smoke a clove, and as you do proceed To read unrhymed versed college poems until your eyes could bleed [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-the-verse/288011.md?page=2)