A Quite Ridiculously Pointless Post.

[rionaleonhart]

For reasons of which I am not quite sure,
This is in iambic pentameter.
My slightly stupid choice of form aside,
I’m really craving Jack-slash-Ten right now
And I have also started on King Lear
(I think that I have just messed up that line –
Does Lear have one syllable or two?
And yes, I blame Shakespeare entirely for
Bizarreifying this LJ post’s form)
And also reading Arthur Conan Doyle
And Sherlock Holmes is such a Gary Stu.
I think I’d like to punch him in the face.

You may have guessed that I’m extremely bored
As I seem to have been these past few days.
I think, perhaps, to cure this sad affair,
I should try writing fanfic in this form.
However, I don’t think I could resist
Including, in whatever I should write,
The really quite fantastic final line:
‘Alas, he has been eaten by a squid.’
No, it is better that I stick to posts.
I’m sure that you will all agree with this.
Also that you can't wait for my next one,
Which may or may not be sestina-shaped.*


* The ‘may not’ seems more likely, I’m afraid.
Now entertain me in the comments, please?
(You do not have to use poetic forms
Although they would make you ten times more cool.)

Comments

[bloodsin.livejournal.com]

Edgar/Edmund OTP.

...what?

[cebera.livejournal.com]

Don't know which is worse
Iambic pentameter posts
Or haiku replies?

[cebera.livejournal.com]

That only works if
You count the "iam" of "iambic"
As one syllable.*


*(so does this)

[squeemu.livejournal.com]

Mood fields should contain
more space, like cherry blossoms
falling on the snow.

Merry late Christmas!
Do you know where I can find
Christmas Invasion

On the Internet,
I mean; the U.S. does not
carry Doctor Who.

[thegreatesthits.livejournal.com]

*has some Ten/Jack fic maybe...*

:D

[rionaleonhart]

*clings to you and begs to be permitted to read it maybe?*

...and I was going to put a 'clinging to Katie and begging for fanfic' emoticon here, but I couldn't quite figure out how.

[thegreatesthits.livejournal.com]

Hee! It was written very very late indeed last night so it's probably quite ridiculously crap, but still. Jack/Ten, yaye! Shall I send it? Post it? Cook it?

[rionaleonhart]

You shall of course post it, because that was what you forced me to do you evil evil thing.

Indeed, Jack/Ten! JACK HAS NOT YET MET THE TENTH DOCTOR BUT WE SHALL WRITE FIC FOR THEM REGARDLESS. AND SO SHALL EVERYONE ELSE, IF THEY KNOW WHAT IS GOOD FOR THEM. *chainsaw revving noise*

[thegreatesthits.livejournal.com]

On fic journal, you mad, fawn-fancying she-devil.

Did I mention that I finally saw that film today? Leaving strange Tumnus related urges aside, omg omg Peter/Edmond omg!

*GASP*

[saaski-moql.livejournal.com]

A sestina is something that I'm afraid,
is not something that should not tried to be braved.
We had to do one; creative english class,
and I'm sure that mine wasn't up to pass!

My trick, you see, was cheating of some,
for I, as last words, used punctuation!
(although for some reason my teacher saw me not as a cad,
but one who might start a poetic fad)

Still, it was tough to make sense and to stay
within the lines of sestinas anyway,
even though I did cheat some, and I don't mind,
to tell you, I must say I'm awefully behind.

This comment in rhyme was a trial thus lost,
and it has brought upon me a terrible cost.
You see, I did try it, but as luck would have it,
I just made a fool of myself gosh dagnab it!

(in all seriousness though, you must say I did try,
so this time,
please deal gently
with my poor little rhyme.)

Re: *GASP*

[rionaleonhart]

I should have posted a reply
earlier, so I'm sorry; I
am clearly just a lazy git
and put off writing this, 'cause it

would of course have to mimic the
form that you used - for fairness, yeah?
(I am aware that didn't rhyme.
I promise that's the only time.)

But your poem's superior
because I have inferior
ability to round off at
the ends of verses, and so that

means that I'm running over the
lines, verses, whole thing; silly me!
The more I type, the worse this gets.
I wish I felt that to form sets

of well-matchéd poetic forms
in reply to the comment storms
(behold the useless metaphor!)
and so place me in fetters for

the sake of fairitude was not
entirely necessary, and now as I've resorted to making up words such as 'fairitude' to make the syllable count I think this poem has truly collapsed. Never mind.

Re: *GASP*

[saaski-moql.livejournal.com]

XD, I have to say
it was a good try
and the ending? Terrific.
(I don't lie)

[idan-cohen.livejournal.com]

Man, you should
Know
I write in
Free form
which means,
as kadrin once pointed out
I can stop this comment right now
and type out gibberish.

Ecki ecki ecki ecki ecki ecki ecki ecki ecki
F'tang
F'tang
Like my dark
dead
soul.

(Also if you are bored I could like point out Empty World)