was lurking about the arts.usage.english newsgroup when someone posted the above line (as well as some variations), asking what the correct (or best) syntax would be.

Well... I liked the flow of the line, which sounded much to me like the first line of a poem.

So, our contest is to create a poem (any style) and submit it in this thread. The winner will be determined by sending all the poems to Ariel Sharon, who select the winner. He really needs to lighten up.

Anyway, here is my entry:


"Down which hill did a small child roll?
The small one? The large one? The one with a vole?
But down the hill she came, with undetermined goal,
A small child smiling, rolling down the knoll."

Gone for the weekend.
Get your shots in while you can.
Sunday is payback!

Night Owl and Iggy
They sure look 'the same' to me
Oops! Should be 'insane'

Okey-dokey then...

Chaucerian Stanza:

Do not go gentle into that Bastard Bar
Malcontents and ne'er do wells there abide
One can see them easily from afar
But one cannot from them easily hide
Nor can one reverse the tide
Pandora's box reveals creatures fell
But The Bastard Bar is a living hell.


Umm... a different form for each entry? Or are we playing tit-for-tat?

Where's Amir when you need him?

Iguana Eater
run over, left for roadkill
now known as Nathan.

Lafite 82
Pecorino and Stilton
The spider beckons...

An empty forum...
Sad is the post unheeded,
Our tears fall unseen.

Haiku

Popcorn and a Coke...
Hand in hand, watching TV.
Not so bad, really.

Haiku

QUOTE (SlackerBoy @ Nov 10 2004, 08:11 AM)

Unruly haiku Raging against the machine Those nuns deserved worse.

(awards first place prize
to the above haiku that
was big time awesome)