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Jack's Feeling of Rejection
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posted October 05, 2003 00:58
I think we should have an area where we can share our poetry. I'm a very sentimental guy, edging on gay, and I find poetry is a good way to express my emotions.
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d3m057h3n35
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posted October 05, 2003 13:22
Does being sentimental make you gay? I think that's absurd. Only being sentimental about men (in a sexual way) does the trick there.
A good idea. Perhaps this should become a potry thread (or short poetic prose). Post some if you wish.
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d3m057h3n35
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posted October 05, 2003 13:26
In fact, here're two "poems."
Fleeing Brightly
it is dark where you live
a city of only half-realized dreams
and unnoticed nobility.
will we trudge on
through the technicolor twilight
only to see that victorious
is the sound of the fury-
or perhaps there will be a pause
on the open darkling plain
as a clear sky above us
showers us generously with rain
07h28m15s (ante meridian)
3 September, 2003.
gently startled
Tue Sep 23 2003 9:23:53 pm
12.250.2.197
i sit in an empty room,
devoid of walls, floor
and ceiling, staring out a
window that doesn't exist,
wishing to walk through
a door that never was.
such is the power of
imagination over substance.
plato and aristotle,
arguing unintelligibly
over tea, bickering
without end over a reality
that exists yet does not.
i find myself surrounded
by monochrome globes
of pure darkness and pure
light, perhaps this relates
to that aphorism:
cogito ergo sum
yet what of, i think therefore
am not? a possibility in the
infinite realms of the improbable?
merely a roaming quondam phone.
in a kitchen, a cat laps milk
noisily, and i scarf down a breakfast
of clarified emotions, distilled
carefully over the long night.
"o, to sleep, perchance to dream..."
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Shadow
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posted October 08, 2003 02:45
Will our 31337 poetry and code poetry be allowed as well? ![[crazy]](graemlins/crazy.gif) ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
In any case it would be very nice to have a home for poetry of all sorts. (There are actually some threads here with some poetry if you wish to do a search. ![[Smile]](smile.gif) )
d3m057h3n35: Thank you for sharing those poems. The second one somewhat reminds me of Neuromancer with the technicolor sky. Very cool and descriptive imagery.
May the source be with you,
-Shadow
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d3m057h3n35
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posted October 08, 2003 15:30
thanks, shadow. 1337 poetry, eh? intriguing. here're two more poems.
limbo/acquiescence
Tue Sep 30 2003 10:36:04 pm
rightfully, there are things
in this world that may drive
anyone to madness, but none
so powerful as time.
inescapable, fateful, erratic,
everpresent, absent, abstract,
concrete, endless, finite,
stable, objective, impatient,
indifferent, friendly,
irritating, soothing,
different, same,
envious???
simultaneity, no longer possible,
gives way to that demon
relativity, pervading everything
until reality decomposes.
do we create time, our does it exist
outside our minds? a pretty
conundrum that is. would it really
feel any different if everything
just happened all completely at once?
perhaps it would: a reduction in
the difficulty of life, cancelled
out by its subsequent ease.
it's all just a give and take, after all.
strive into darkness
Fri Sep 19 2003 11:08:33 pm
it's a gentle desolation
that i rest within,
transitory, i think,
perhaps here to stay.
will we ever know?
what a question,
it flashes and flickers
as if it had its own
answer.
your planet spins
in velvety darkness,
occupied by reckless
ambiguity that will
never be solved.
unnoticed, lonely,
points of light shine
brightly with jealousy.
one is interested in their
world solely. a pity.
those mad midnight musings,
dug from the pit of
consciousness, will melt
away as most things do.
they are missed, but the loss
is half gain in any case.
so strive into darkness,
do not go gentle into that good night.
forge ahead. uselessly if need be!
to stop is to see, to see is to fall.
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quantumfluff
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posted October 08, 2003 19:13
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Originally posted by Shadow: Will our 31337 poetry and code poetry be allowed as well?
leet poetry is not allowed. Leet's whole point seems to be to separate people rather than communicate, hence it is antithetical to poetry. Code poetry, however, is fine.
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Orpheus
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posted October 08, 2003 20:53
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ph0r h4xx0rz
ph0r g3xx0rz
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l33tz phun1
l33tz phr33k1
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ph0r it 1z $W33t
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dragonman97
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posted October 08, 2003 21:09
WTF?!
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They type in leet speak
Illusions of uber-cool
Foolish script kiddies
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Orpheus
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posted October 08, 2003 21:33
hehe english translation
l33tgeist
for hackers
for geeks
for all techie tweakers
l33t's funny
l33t's freaky
expressive and cheeky
fear not the l33t
for it is sweet
my point is that I happen to use l33t to express ideas that cannot be adequately expressed in regular language. phrases like "ph33r m3" take on a whole new connotation when compared to their bland english counterpart "fear me" It's the next evolution of english... resistance is fu71L3
so how many years do you think it will be before l33t starts showing up in dictionaries just like words like phat etc.
I'm betting on around 2-3, though in its addition one key component of l33t will be lost, its variable spellings for any given word and variable symbols for any given sound.
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dragonman97
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posted October 08, 2003 22:15
Sorry, I just don't see it happening. Some basics like 'l33t' might make it in, but for the most part, it's just not that seriously used. It looks rather immature, and is hard to type.
w.r.t. 'ph33r m3' vs. 'fear me': If you're on my network, and I say "fear me," you should (and probably will) be worried. I say this largely because you won't hear me say "fear me," and I'm not a malicious/malevolent person. I do have a good deal of resources available to me, and do not need alphanumerics (and piss poor spelling) to back my abilities.
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Orpheus
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posted October 08, 2003 22:34
Well ya can't take it seriously ;p its l33t for crapsake! The atrocious spelling is intentional. I always take it as somewhat akin to talking trash with friends. It's not seriously used, well not by me at least, just fun and games. Apparently some suffer more resentment to l33t though. I'm sort of curious as to the reason. It can't just be the difficulty of typing in it or the spelling. anyone? maybe this ought to be a topic of its own...
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posted October 08, 2003 22:44
l33t makes you look/sound like a fucking idiot, plain and simple.
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posted October 08, 2003 22:59
quote:
Originally posted by Orpheus:
my point is that I happen to use l33t to express ideas that cannot be adequately expressed in regular language. phrases like "ph33r m3" take on a whole new connotation when compared to their bland english counterpart "fear me"
Quite right. Unfortunately, most people read the connotation as "Oh, there goes another teenage virgin living in their parent's basement who either doesn't know or can't be bothered to write proper English.".
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posted October 15, 2003 11:01
dm97 could be on to something here: a haiku section...
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posted October 15, 2003 11:50
quote:
Originally posted by hey-U:
dm97 could be on to something here: a haiku section...
Yeah, I was going to post a couple of them, but never quite got to it. I think my girlfriend might vouch for the fact that I have a decent like of them.
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posted October 15, 2003 11:57
quote:
Originally posted by dragonman97:
quote:
Originally posted by hey-U:
dm97 could be on to something here: a haiku section...
Yeah, I was going to post a couple of them, but never quite got to it. I think my girlfriend might vouch for the fact that I have a decent like of them.
Right now she's just happy to see that you're still alive and capable of typing. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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posted October 15, 2003 13:59
Point blank shot
by __ _____
Like robbing a bank,
she aimed at me.
Point blank.
To fire, she dared
To sting my flesh
As if I cared
The threat, a rubber band gun.
Fear in my eyes,
was the real fun.
The game to play,
were it not me,
was hunter and prey.
She stared for fear,
probing, gazing for weakness
returned only, another peer
staring back. tense.
the entire world,
each other’s presence.
And then did I smile
back she smiled, grin for grin
for that little while
Her eyes sparked
her aim still true, and
my heart was, marked
Later we danced
Fast, slow and again
Eyes locked, in a trance
Our own personal romance
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posted October 15, 2003 14:21
Panting, out of breath
Just ran between the buildings
My IT day over
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posted October 15, 2003 17:43
Something cynical:
In here since eight am
Banging my head on the wall
When can I go home?
And more poetic:
Golden aspen leaves
Scattered over the green grass
As the fall breeze blows
Sun on the water
Against the mountain's backdrop
Why anywhere but here?
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posted October 16, 2003 03:27
A seraphim's tears
could never taste as sweet
as your liver
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posted October 18, 2003 09:33
A cool breeze blows
Across the drying leaves
Outside my bedroom window
The first flake falls
A crystal spinning in infinity
I doze beneath blankets
Rain paterns the water
On this crisp autumn evening
Beneath the stone bridge
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We got, ten minutes to get there
We got, ten minutes to go
Throw this one in for the money
Cause the next one's for the next show
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posted October 18, 2003 15:15
Coffee Geek we
all welcome you
back
The autumn chill
in our hearts is
lifted
and we all say
hello
(unless we are new to the forum and know you
not)
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