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Post by Powerthirteen on Jul 30, 2018 20:30:15 GMT -5
A lobby boy, Zero by name
Grew to fortune and ultimate fame
But his friend and his wife
Would both lose their life
One to grippe, one to thugs on a train
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Post by Prole Hole on Jul 31, 2018 6:28:15 GMT -5
Somewhere in an African city,
Is a bar-owner called Rick sitting pretty.
He meets an old flame,
A feisty ol' dame,
And it costs him his heart, what a pity
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Post by ganews on Jul 31, 2018 10:06:28 GMT -5
A rich girl of Irish extract
Sees antebellum life collapse
Marries fools for their money
But ne'er her true honey
Loses husband in final damn act.
Eta (I was so excited to make a limerick I didn't read the "favorite" part)
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Post by ganews on Jul 31, 2018 10:23:06 GMT -5
A mancub, though only a child
Prefers to survive in the wild
With singing animal friends
Avoids a tiger's sharp ends
'Till a village girl has him beguiled
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Post by Prole Hole on Jul 31, 2018 10:54:29 GMT -5
A mancub, though only a child Prefers to survive in the wild With singing animal friends Avoids a tiger's sharp ends 'Till a village girl has him beguiled That was the very first film I ever saw in the cinema (not on it's original release, I hasten to add, though not that long afterwards eight), so this made me smile at the end of a long day. Thanks, ganews! |
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Post by Angry Raisins on Aug 2, 2018 17:48:23 GMT -5
Sam Lowry, a dutiful sort
Found his grander ambitions cut short
When he clashed with the evil
Information Retrieval
What perils a typo hath wrought
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Post by Angry Raisins on Aug 4, 2018 16:11:51 GMT -5
Ripley visits a colony, which
Found a crash site that might make them rich
But the bureaucrat, Burke
Is a treacherous jerk
And the new boss is kind of a bitch
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Aug 6, 2018 12:27:37 GMT -5
A bunch of black stones from space
Intend to advance the human race,
But man takes things into its hands
Makes an intelligence that plans
To kill in an attempt to save face.
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Post by Dellarigg on Aug 6, 2018 14:10:31 GMT -5
There was a young man named Shit
A name he disliked quite a bit
So he changed it to Shite
A step in the right
Direction, you have to admit
Not a film, I know, but it easily could be. Also I wouldn't defile the poetry thread with this (unless I did, in the early days).
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Aug 6, 2018 16:04:46 GMT -5
Post war, he felt a little less sane,
But, he went after his girlfriend, Elaine.
The weather got rough,
And the crew ate bad stuff,
Now Ted Stryker must land this Airplane!
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Aug 7, 2018 11:33:23 GMT -5
Riding through empire’s outskirts,
A Briton’s allegiance inverts,
Warfare, capture, blowing up rails—
Through all these travails,
The trick is not minding it hurts.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Aug 7, 2018 21:48:51 GMT -5
There once were some people in Lyon
Whose employers had francs en les millions
They left work one day
Being filmed all the way
Presaging a time when tech for worker surveillance would always be on.
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Post by ganews on Aug 7, 2018 22:29:40 GMT -5
A nanny blows in from the east
For children (to Brits) who're like beasts
Magically set aright
Family ties with a kite
And help from local chimney sweeps.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Aug 7, 2018 22:31:49 GMT -5
A nanny blows in from the east For children (to Brits) who're like beasts Magically set aright Family ties with a kite And help from local chimney sweeps. Bullshit, did you ever see that movie? It was obvious from his bad accent that Richard Van Dyke wasn't from the UK at all. |
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on Aug 7, 2018 22:43:39 GMT -5
An IRA agent is tickled
By Forest Whitaker's testicles
So he upends his life
To romance Forest's wife
But finds himself caught in a pickle
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Post by Celebith on Aug 7, 2018 23:59:09 GMT -5
Riding through empire’s outskirts, A Briton’s allegiance inverts, Warfare, capture, blowing up rails— Through all these travails, The trick is not minding it hurts. I'm pretty sure that scene is why Orance is secretly (or, perhaps, not so secretly) my favorite movie. |
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Post by ganews on Aug 8, 2018 8:40:27 GMT -5
A nanny blows in from the east For children (to Brits) who're like beasts Magically set aright Family ties with a kite And help from local chimney sweeps. Bullshit, did you ever see that movie? It was obvious from his bad accent that Richard Van Dyke wasn't from the UK at all. Did you ever see the movie? There's a plural. Lots of sweeps. |
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Post by Trurl on Aug 13, 2018 8:32:09 GMT -5
A son of a Sengoku warlord,
Breaks three arrows and as a reward,
Is given exile,
And all the while,
The king gets completely unmoored
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Post by MarkInTexas on Aug 13, 2018 12:17:15 GMT -5
Accused of murder, a doctor goes on the run
Chased by a marshall who doesn't believe in fun.
"It was a one-armed man!", the doctor cried.
The cops believed he had lied.
But an evil drug company did it and fooled almost everyone.
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Post by MarkInTexas on Aug 13, 2018 12:26:16 GMT -5
In Mississippi, three convicts who can sing
Escape so one can reunite with his offspring
While dodging a cyclops and the Klan
He tries to win back his woman.
But she's mad he couldn't recover her ring.
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Post by Angry Raisins on Aug 13, 2018 17:20:24 GMT -5
Young David's a social beginner
But a 50s soap trivia winner
Now his favourite show's got
A more colourful plot
But Will Macy might not get his dinner
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Post by MarkInTexas on Aug 14, 2018 10:25:01 GMT -5
In Cuba a Marine is found dead
Two comrades are accused of killing him in his bed
Their defense attorney isn't much older than a youth
Which is why the colonel thinks he can't handle the truth
When he's asked if he ordered the Code Red.
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Post by Angry Raisins on Aug 15, 2018 15:55:50 GMT -5
DJ Jack found the high life appealing
'Til a tragic event sent him reeling
It's a multi-layered tale
With a knight, and a grail
And a fool, and forgiveness and healing
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Post by Dellarigg on Aug 15, 2018 16:22:40 GMT -5
Gangster Charlie is a good Catholic soul
His cousin Johnny is in a financial hole
New York looks septic
His girl's epileptic
And a fire hydrant takes its toll
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Post by Powerthirteen on Aug 15, 2018 16:41:55 GMT -5
Gangster Charlie is a good Catholic soul His cousin Johnny is in a financial hole New York looks septic His girl's epileptic And a fire hydrant takes its toll I just watched that again. Also, "New York's looking septic" might scan better. |
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Post by Dellarigg on Aug 16, 2018 3:20:44 GMT -5
Gangster Charlie is a good Catholic soul His cousin Johnny is in a financial hole New York looks septic His girl's epileptic And a fire hydrant takes its toll I just watched that again. Also, "New York's looking septic" might scan better. Hey, buddy - this thread isn't getting anything better than a first draft out of me. Besides, I don't come to your workplace and slap the [REDACTED] out of your [REDACTED]. Great film, though, on that we can agree. I'm due a rewatch myself. |
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Post by Prole Hole on Aug 16, 2018 5:08:04 GMT -5
Some drag queens who want to take stock,
Take a bus and some issues for a walk
The drive across Oz,
And stop only to pause,
At a cock in a frock on a rock
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Aug 16, 2018 10:33:36 GMT -5
To organized crime, he expressed an affection,
So it informed his career selection.
But when caught dealing drugs,
And his "friends" full of slugs,
Henry opted for witness protection.
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Post by ganews on Aug 16, 2018 16:01:11 GMT -5
A prospector hungry to stake
Oil that's revealed by earthquake
With the help of his kid
Serves capitalist id
And drinks a young rival's milkshake
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Post by Dellarigg on Aug 16, 2018 17:09:36 GMT -5
A troubled young actress's daughter
Was allergic to thrown holy water
She puked up on a priest
Left another deceased
And knew more dirty words than she ought'er
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