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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: One #139363 02/13/05 08:50 PM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 P plutarch veteran plutarch veteran P Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 I sensei bin tanka'd into this. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One #139364 02/13/05 08:51 PM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... T themilum veteran themilum veteran T Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... Blast! This Howz-bouta is getting out of hand. Ok, I'll drop my rock so everyone can continue with our ill-started Tanka with Musick's 5/7/5 needing sevens... Pebble in the stream Lava flowing on the hill Our words change slowly Frothing surf atop the waves The tide comes and the tide goes Words are given thoughts which may melt old rocks and clog streams which feed the seas Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One #139365 02/13/05 09:15 PM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 P plutarch veteran plutarch veteran P Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 Pebble in the stream Lava flowing on the hill Our words change slowly Frothing surf atop the waves The tide comes and the tide goes Words are given thoughts which may melt old rocks and clog streams which feed the seas Seven seas brim too slowly Attentuate too swiftly Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One #139366 02/13/05 10:56 PM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... T themilum veteran themilum veteran T Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... Pebble in the stream Lava flowing on the hill Our words change slowly Frothing surf atop the waves The tide comes and the tide goes Words are given thoughts which may melt old rocks and clog streams which feed the seas Seven seas brim too slowly Attentuate too swiftly Sea eels verb each noun seven So what if fish tell lies, Yang? swiftly Seals live on white lies, Yen. slowly Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One #139367 02/15/05 12:01 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick OP Carpal Tunnel OP maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Come on then Milo, help us benighted mortals out, here ~ what does this mean?! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One #139368 02/15/05 01:26 AM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... T themilum veteran themilum veteran T Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... What does it mean? What does it mean? You tell me what Plutarch's joining sevens meant, then I'll gladly tell you exactly to the ninth nuance, what my tanka meant. I told you more than once that we needed a woman to supply the connecting sevens; when men write it their egos get in the way and it doesn't make any sense. Listen, I made those three loosely related anagrams using three of Plutrachs words just to move the game along. So shoot me. Why don't you go out and find an extension of "Attentuate too swiftly. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One #139369 02/15/05 02:45 PM Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 176 Texas D Dgeigh member Dgeigh member D Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 176 Texas Pebble in the stream Lava flowing on the hill Our words change slowly Frothing surf atop the waves The tide comes and the tide goes Words are given thoughts which may melt old rocks and clog streams which feed the seas Seven seas brim too slowly Attentuate too swiftly Sea eels verb each noun seven So what if fish tell lies, Yang? swiftly Seals live on white lies, Yen. slowly Slippery tongues obfuscate The truth and lie in all hues Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One #139370 02/15/05 05:08 PM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 P plutarch veteran plutarch veteran P Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 Pebble in the stream Lava flowing on the hill Our words change slowly Frothing surf atop the waves The tide comes and the tide goes Words are given thoughts which may melt old rocks and clog streams which feed the seas Seven seas brim too slowly Attentuate too swiftly Sea eels verb each noun seven So what if fish tell lies, Yang? swiftly Seals live on white lies, Yen. slowly Slippery tongues obfuscate The truth and lie in all hues Pure truth absent hue Lie enfolds germ - tainted truth Waves pound shore, cleanse truth. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One #139371 02/15/05 11:35 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Pebble in the stream Lava flowing on the hill Our words change slowly Frothing surf atop the waves The tide comes and the tide goes Words are given thoughts which may melt old rocks and clog streams which feed the seas Seven seas brim too slowly Attentuate too swiftly Sea eels verb each noun seven So what if fish tell lies, Yang? swiftly Seals live on white lies, Yen. slowly Slippery tongues obfuscate The truth and lie in all hues Pure truth absent hue Lie enfolds germ - tainted truth Waves pound shore, cleanse truth. Truth's diamond never corrodes But refracts to each their hue. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: One #139372 02/17/05 03:42 PM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 P plutarch veteran plutarch veteran P Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 Pebble in the stream Lava flowing on the hill Our words change slowly Frothing surf atop the waves The tide comes and the tide goes Words are given thoughts which may melt old rocks and clog streams which feed the seas Seven seas brim too slowly Attentuate too swiftly Sea eels verb each noun seven So what if fish tell lies, Yang? swiftly Seals live on white lies, Yen. slowly Slippery tongues obfuscate The truth and lie in all hues Pure truth absent hue Lie enfolds germ - tainted truth Waves pound shore, cleanse truth. Truth's diamond never corrodes But refracts to each their hue. Flood cedes, growth anew Diamond of truth commands view Wisdom pores, like dew. 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