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2011-02-13 14:03:15 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
A bit of flexibility on the syllables - more important is the rythm:

da DA da da DA da da DA da
da Da/da da da DA

A lead-in syllable is often used, so 10/6 work in some circumstances. You sometime have to read through a limerick once to get the emphasis right, they can be quite clumsy if you start off on the wrong foot.

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From Good Hope to New Zealand the man on
FlowsToo saw the South had a fan on.
The fleet didn't pay heed,
A fine outing indeed!
I was joking about wanting the cannon ;-)

From Good HOPE to New ZEAland the MAN on
FlowsTOO saw the SOUTH had a FAN on.
The fleet didn't pay HEED,
A fine outing inDEED!
I was JOking about WANTing the CANnon ;-)

If you start reading this one but instead put the emphasis on GOOD it doesn't roll off the tongue.
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2011-02-13 14:40:00 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
Marvellous - great smiles all over here in DK.

I'd replace 'about' with ''bout' in the last line to save a syllable; but hey, who's counting ... other than Nm's.

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2011-02-13 14:46:56 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
haha good point! We Canadians tend to be pretty loose with the first syllable of 'bout... I never even read that as having an extra ;-) automatic.

Good illustration of massaging the rhythm to suit when reading aloud.

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2011-02-13 14:52:40 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
I didn't even think about the fact that you are Canadian.

It'd be a sin to ruin a double meaning in your superb poem. As far as I know Canadians pronounce 'about' as a-boat

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2011-02-14 21:21:23 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
For ITA2011, Ohm, Rumskib and Tempest who Sneaked (snuck?) by a SLI

While sailing the wide open ocean
You can feel almost no forward motion
So any old SLI
You can pass close by
Will renew your sense of devotion
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2011-02-16 16:20:55 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
For a Distinguished and Kind Sailor Among Us

I will try to catch up with basoons
Who's so craftily whistlin' his tunes
To copy his licks
Watch 76
But he'll make us all look like bafoons
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2011-02-16 16:26:20 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
For a Team Effort Deserving Very Special Mention

One Team is especially driven
You know: ITA_2011
Through no fault of mine
I'm sailing their line
But they'll beat me - that is a given
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2011-02-16 20:02:01 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
Sixteen days at sea doing what we love
Three dozen gybes, holes and a lot of
Miles under keels,
Safe to say the fleet feels
Fine racing indeed djolive!
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2011-02-17 00:11:00 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
Three Cheers for Two Winners

O Canada ... Trombones has won
D-J Olive has 2 ... what a run
In front of this fleet
It's no easy feat
Congrats ... says the bard, who had fun.




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2011-02-19 21:39:36 - Re: Poetry Saved for Posterity
Onwards to Cape Horn

A poetic opener by 76Trombones

Early hours and the wind is still blowing
Race boredom has yet to start showing
As we head further South
Never fear, look to Mouth
I am certain the rhymes will start flowing

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