Limmericks about knights

[Patriot]

Probably messed up the form a bit, my first time writing poetry.

The Story Begins

There lived a dragon named Sven
Also a princess (Solid 10)
So he flew to town
And he took the crown
Right off the princesses head


The Panic

The news spread like wildfire
The situation was quite dire
Without the Crown
No one ruled the town
So she sent a knight and his squire


The Knight's Journey Begins

The party set out in the day
But not before they prayed
Lives might come to an end
But they swore to defend
So the beast they are going to slay


Help Arrives

The crew arrived at the dragon's cave
Her highness was going to be saved
The cave they walked in
All their torches were dim
The men as solemn as they were brave

The Battle

As they walked the dragon watched
A knight saw, the dragons plan was botched
The man took off his head
Sven was totally dead
And the blood on the ground was splotched

The Crown

The knight and squire looked all around
The crown was nowhere to be found
Oh, it was on his head!
Thank goodness he was dead.
With it in hand they returned to town

All is well again

The princess showered them with awards
And then she took a golden sword
Dubbed the squire a knight
For helping in this fight
And from then on they were adored


        The End

[Bannanachair]

That's a great poem.

[Patriot]

Aug 20, 2017 22:18:58 GMT -4 Bannanachair said:

That's a great poem.

Thanks. i've never really done any poetry before, but limericks are simple enough so i just made a bunch of related ones.

[Benzo]

I honestly despise most poetry because they're typically just vague and ambiguous as hell, openly inviting dipshits to come up with any BS interpretation they want in an attempt to sound more intelligent and 'deep' than they actually are.

That said, I liked this.


Going back to my rant... It's like this poem I had to write for Composition class. We had to go through and discuss them anonymously, (Authors were left unknown) and had to restrain myself from smacking my head against the desk as I heard all sorts of nonsense people thought I meant with this piece.
'Ohh, the burnt tree acts as a symbol of the fragility of peace.' No, it is literally just a burnt goddamn tree. 

[Patriot]

Aug 20, 2017 22:29:26 GMT -4 Benzo said:

I honestly despise most poetry because they're typically just vague and ambiguous as hell, openly inviting dipshits to come up with any BS interpretation they want in an attempt to sound more intelligent and 'deep' than they actually are.

That said, I liked this.

Well the thing with poetry is that it's not supposed to be literal, unless its an epic or something.

[Benzo]

Which is precisely why I hate it. Some people insist that all writers set out to leave a message with the reader.
I say fuck that, I read for entertainment in the story, not some possibly nonexistent underlying theme people want to argue about.

[Patriot]

Thats whats great about limericks and stuff, no deeper meaning or anything, MAYBE a moral at the end.

[Bannanachair]

Aug 20, 2017 22:42:34 GMT -4 Benzo said:

Which is precisely why I hate it. Some people insist that all writers set out to leave a message with the reader.
I say fuck that, I read for entertainment in the story, not some possibly nonexistent underlying theme people want to argue about.

It depends on the specific poetry. Some poets, like William Blake, write poetry in very specific metaphors to which there is a logical flow, whereas others (most poets who wrote poetry in the 1960s or later) are admittedly just bullshitting to seem intelligent.

[kitrain]

you should be thanking me, I was the one who told Patriot to give context and actual story behind the poem. At first it was a knight that had to slaughter a dragon just because.

[Benzo]

Aug 20, 2017 23:07:59 GMT -4 Bannanachair said:

Aug 20, 2017 22:42:34 GMT -4 Benzo said:

Which is precisely why I hate it. Some people insist that all writers set out to leave a message with the reader.
I say fuck that, I read for entertainment in the story, not some possibly nonexistent underlying theme people want to argue about.

It depends on the specific poetry. Some poets, like William Blake, write poetry in very specific metaphors to which there is a logical flow, whereas others (most poets who wrote poetry in the 1960s or later) are admittedly just bullshitting to seem intelligent.

Aye, and while not my favorite in any case, that kind of poetry is A-okay with me. Though even with those you'll occasionally get idiots trying to form their own interpretation off of whatever nonsense comes to mind.

I guess I hate the readers moreso than the actual poets or poetry, but they sure aren't helping much. Imo if a writer wants to include a message, then that's fine, just don't leave it vague and up for debate as to what that message actually is. I can't remember the podcast, but I remember listening to one recently where the guest went on a huge rant about that, haha.

South Park also has an excellent, albeit extremely crude, parody of that type of writing. Kids write a smut book and everyone else starts arguing about what the book meant as a whole. Spot on.

[Bannanachair]

Aug 20, 2017 23:21:15 GMT -4 Benzo said:

Aug 20, 2017 23:07:59 GMT -4 Bannanachair said:

It depends on the specific poetry. Some poets, like William Blake, write poetry in very specific metaphors to which there is a logical flow, whereas others (most poets who wrote poetry in the 1960s or later) are admittedly just bullshitting to seem intelligent.

Aye, and while not my favorite in any case, that kind of poetry is A-okay with me. Though even with those you'll occasionally get idiots trying to form their own interpretation off of whatever nonsense comes to mind.

I guess I hate the readers moreso than the actual poets or poetry, but they sure aren't helping much. Imo if a writer wants to include a message, then that's fine, just don't leave it vague and up for debate as to what that message actually is. I can't remember the podcast, but I remember listening to one recently where the guest went on a huge rant about that, haha.

Yeah, so if you were to read this poem and say that it's talking about how you should want to live, that's fine, but if you use it as an argument for why communism is good/bad you're a terrible person.