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FINE BE FAIR ~~~~~~~~ Rapid rhyme Rapid that's fine Fine I'll drink to that Fine fresh vat Vat fresh nouveau wine Vat fresh Beaujolais sublime Sublime dry Sublime I cry Cry out Cry shout Shout delt Shout heartfelt Heartfelt my soul Heartfelt control Control truth Control forsooth Forsooth I'm not a fool Forsooth empathy a tool Tool designed for the needy Tool like sympathy Sympathy compassion Sympathy don't ration Ration no Ration woe Woe sadness Woe created by badness Badness look around Badness found Found you can see Found it must be Be a way Be staid Staid daring Staid in caring Caring for peace Caring to release Release all Release hear the call Call shout it out Out the evil Out to save people People suffer People need a buffer Buffer leaders Buffer keep feeders Feeders who care Feeders who are fair Fair to all All... Fair... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blitz Definition A form of poetry created by poet Robert Keim in 2008. It is a 50-line poem of short phrases and images. The "Blitz" poem is well-named, as the fifty short lines are read in rapid-fire fashion. “The form really relies on sound and rapid "flow”... Rob Keim. Here are the rules: Line 1 should be one short phrase or image (like “build a boat”) Line 2 should be another short phrase or image using the same first word as the first word in Line 1 (something like “build a house”) Lines 3 and 4 should be short phrases or images using the last word of Line 2 as their first words (so Line 3 might be “house for sale” and Line 4 might be “house for rent”) Lines 5 and 6 should be short phrases or images using the last word of Line 4 as their first words, and so on until you’ve made it through 48 lines Line 49 should be the last word of Line 48 Line 50 should be the last word of Line 47 The title of the poem should be three words long and follow this format: (first word of Line 3) (preposition or conjunction) (first word of line 47) There should be no punctuation, except for an ellipse after the final two words in lines 49 & 50. The majority of the examples, (if not all), are not correctly classified by their authors and as such cannot be used as references.

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Date: 3/6/2018 10:05:00 AM
You did an amazing blitz on a very important subject..
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Mick Talbot
Date: 3/6/2018 11:04:00 AM
The truth is I did for the contest 'RAPID RHYME', however, on 2 counts I found it inappropriate, firstly, and truly shading a tear, based on the subject matter, secondly after reclassifying it as RHYME, just for the sake of entering it into the contest, I felt really guilty so took it out and gave it its correct form title, and felt a lot better for it. For me to say I appreciate your comment would be an understatement for indeed it is a very important subject! What really sticks in my graw is the governments of those countries where such event are happening live in luxury, and ours, plus others subsidise them, plus all the charity help they get, all so sad and wrong! Mick

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