[Bards] Poetry Exercise #10 - The Poet's Revenge

[Darius of the Bells]

How would I describe my breakfast in four sentances.
It is really quite difficult to expand it into that many statements.
all I had for breakfast is coffee.
I can not describe the bliss that is coffee without poetry

Darius
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From: "Gerald Norris" <jerryn at houston.rr.com>
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Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 11:42 PM
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> I had, for breakfast, migas with chorizo and corn tortillas.
> The eggs were a bit runny, and there wasn't as much chorizo as usual.
> There were more jalapeno bits, but it wasn't really spicy.
> The tortillas were soft and not too hot.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bards-bounces at ansteorra.org [mailto:bards-bounces at ansteorra.org]On
> > Behalf Of Ulf Gunnarsson
> > Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 10:58 PM
> > To: Ansteorran Bardic list
> > Subject: [Bards] Poetry Exercise #10 - The Poet's Revenge
> >
> >
> > In the course of these exercises you have learned or reviewed several
> > topics and formats of poetry.  We have examined metric forms like iambic
> > and trochaic, verse forms like the ballad and verse techniques like
> > chain verse, and rhyming techniques like end-rhyme and alliteration. We
> > talked some of poetic imagery and kennings, and we looked at courtly
> > love and the role of innuendo in poetry.  Quite a lot of ground, eh?
> >
> > The final exercise in this section is:
> >
> > Describe what you had for breakfast and how it tasted.  Use four
> > complete sentences. Each sentence should have at least eight words
> > minimum.
> >
> > Use absolutely no poetic format.  Write this without any poetry
> > whatsoever. Remember that repeating rhythms count as poetry (the A was B
> > but the C was D...)
> >
> > If you are viewing this email and wondering why this is an "exercise", I
> > suggest you try it at home.
> >
> > My contribution (I daz ya to find poetry in it):
> > I started breakfast with scrambled eggs, bacon, and sausage.
> > With this came pancakes as well as biscuits and gravy.
> > The gravy was a touch watery, but the syrup was good.
> > The strips of bacon were greasy but the dry sausage made up for that.
> >
> > Ulf Gunnarsson
> >
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