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Re: Amanda
« Reply #45 on: January 26, 2011, 01:56:10 am »
Wow great stuff people! I especially like the first two and I think the 2nd one would fit easily for an RPG intro.

Also lol Ztrumpet, nice ;D

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Re: Amanda
« Reply #46 on: February 21, 2011, 10:25:54 am »
My precalculus class got canceled today, so I decided to take advantage of my unexpected free time to do exactly what I would have been doing had class not been canceled--take notes (I like to stay ahead of the teacher by a couple sections when it comes to my notes)--, when I came across an example entitled 'Solving a Trigonometric Equation Quadratic in Form'. My inner poet couldn't leave that alone and I ended up writing a short little poem about solving trig equations that are in quadratic form.

Solving a Trigonometric Equation Quadratic in Form
Solving a trigonometric equation quadratic in form
Is easier to solve than it is to say.
Just use the Quadratic Formula--
But only if
The equation is
A second-degree polynomial--,
Or factoring.

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Re: Amanda
« Reply #47 on: February 21, 2011, 10:42:33 am »
poetry is fun
but the only poem I wrote
is not worth our time
haiku. :P
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Re: Amanda
« Reply #48 on: February 21, 2011, 11:22:21 am »
This is one I wrote because I like patterns >_>

Say,
"Hi."
Hello.
I know you.
You are familiar.
You are that person I once was.
Why is it like you are a reflection of my pains?
Is there some way I can help you?
I cannot say bye.
I need help.
Some advice:
Laugh.
Love.

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Re: Amanda
« Reply #49 on: February 21, 2011, 11:25:43 am »
wow, these are great!

btw, should this be merged with the poetry topic?

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Re: Amanda
« Reply #50 on: February 21, 2011, 11:29:57 am »
Cool, there is a poetry topic?

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Re: Amanda
« Reply #51 on: February 21, 2011, 11:36:34 am »

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Re: Poetry
« Reply #52 on: February 21, 2011, 11:41:13 am »
I wrote this a few months ago when I wasn't feeling so great :(
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There is no I in happy,
There is no me in content,
We just don't mix.

There is an I in solitude,
A me in time,
It's all the same.
 
I have nobody,
I have nothing,
Nothing to hold onto.
 
I know pain,
I know misery,
I can feel the sadness.
 
I know it is there,
There is no reason,
It is just a part of me.
 
I can try to fix it,
But what is the point,
Do you see mine?
 
Yes, this is a vent,
I know what I am doing,
I need to get it out.
 
But it isn't going to help,
It is still going to be there,
It hasn't left in 13 years.
 
Why should it go?
It is all I know,
It is a comfort.
 
I have been happy,
I have felt joy,
I think I know love.
 
I don't want a body,
I don't want a voice,
I want a person.
 
Or maybe just an end,
Of the thoughts,
But that is pointless.
 
I can live,
And I will,
But that doesn't stop the want.
 
I have wants,
It is true,
So what do I want?
 
I am not sure,
Right now I think,
I think I want to be happi.

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Re: Poetry
« Reply #53 on: February 21, 2011, 11:45:00 am »
Nice!
I like the happi at the end.  ;)

and just to find loopholes, there's an "I" in Happiness.  ;)

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Re: Poetry
« Reply #54 on: February 21, 2011, 11:50:40 am »
:P
I realised that at the very end, but this was an instance where I came up with the title before I actually wrote the poem, so I stuck with happi. Plus, I think it says more than "happiness" because I wanted to get across that I wanted to change and if that meant I had to find a way to put an "I in happy," I would.

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Re: Poetry
« Reply #55 on: February 21, 2011, 11:52:08 am »
nonetheless, sounds good

also, I think I'm going to merge this topic with Amanda, but keep it titled poetry.

EDIT: since these topics we active at part of the same time, some of the posts are kinda interlaced, sorry for the confusion.  ;)
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Re: Poetry
« Reply #56 on: February 21, 2011, 12:00:14 pm »
here's one that I wrote in the RPG thread. It's not so great, but oh well.
some context included...

as you are trying to run away, a sinister figure detaches itself from the shadows of a building. He looks like a stereotypical villain, complete with waxed black mustache, black cape, and a white cat trailing behind.
* turiqwalrus snatches the TI-81 from yeong and runs.

So, now we have a villain: me!
I shall be in my icy fortress, building a global mind-control device with the TI-81 as the core.

And now for a short cutscene poem:

Despite this unfortunate turn of events,
yeong and co. set up their camp.
As they were putting up their tents
they knew turiq's power would be amped              (yes, I know. bad rhyme)

Amongst the blue lobsters in the night,
yeongjincool prepares to fight
as turiq watches on with glee,
he wonders that yeong didn't flee...

and so the hero embarks on his quest
by the blue lobsters he has been blest.
but what will happen to our hero?
will he vanquish the evil, or be left dead in the snow?


hmm..., maybe an edited version of this for an RPG project?

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Re: Poetry
« Reply #57 on: February 21, 2011, 12:02:46 pm »
Wow, Xeda, those are both great!  Excellent poems. :)

Holmes, yours made me lol. :P

Edit: After being ninja'd, I must say turiqwalrus, your poem is pretty tight. :D
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Re: Poetry
« Reply #58 on: February 21, 2011, 12:09:12 pm »
My poetry always happens when I am smitten, saddened, or distressed, it seems :D
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It is true,
I am who I am,
Though I still don't know who that is,

I'll get there,
We all make it,
But that doesn't stop the hurt,

I just want it,
The answer,
Without the end,

I don't want it gone,
The struggle,
The purpose,

But purpose is painful,
Agonizing,
Slow,

And the answer is,
Seductive,
Desired,

But the end,
It isn't,
It is,

The end.

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Re: Poetry
« Reply #59 on: March 21, 2011, 07:36:45 pm »
Limerick of the week: 

This calc geek did not like much drama
and so he came to Omnimaga
but then he got trolled
and he got rick rolled
and also you lost the game