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Terse Verse

If you insist
on doggerel verse,
show mercy then
and keep it terse.

Fifth Place, Laconic Verse I, Giorgio V.

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Andrea Dietrich

April 30, 2014 at 7:10 PM

by the way, you should make this into a couplet and put it in to the rhyme battle, if it is still going on.

Mark Peterson

May 1, 2014 at 12:04 PM

Thanks, Andrea. I entered another couplet into the contest: "The Altar of Hope and Despair." We'll see how it goes.

Andrea Dietrich

April 30, 2014 at 7:09 PM

finally seeing that you had written a message to me under my comment on this one. I don't ever see those kinds of messages, but anyway, I had happened to come here and saw it. yes, I too have taken upwards of a few hours working on just one couplet for a sonnet!!!

Mark Peterson

May 1, 2014 at 12:05 PM

People think it's strange, but I have perspired when writing a single line.

Joseph Matose

December 2, 2013 at 1:34 PM

So succinct and impressive poem. You've once again reflected the poetic charisma in you. Thanks for sharing. Friend, JM

Mark Peterson

December 2, 2013 at 1:46 PM

Joseph, great to see you here again, and I so appreciate your kind words. I'll try to live up to them.

Charlotte Puddifoot

December 1, 2013 at 5:10 PM

good 'terse verse' here - congrats on your win in the contest! :)

Mark Peterson

December 2, 2013 at 12:50 AM

Charlotte, thank you very much for the compliment. Your top place is remarkable. Congratulations.

Andrea Dietrich

November 30, 2013 at 9:50 PM

Now this one for me would have been with the other first places. This is DANG GOOD!! Congrats.

Mark Peterson

November 30, 2013 at 11:03 PM

Andrea, this is certainly not faint praise and is very deeply appreciated. The poem didn't come in a heartbeat. It's amazing how hard one toils over every single word in short poems. Thanks again. Always nice to see your name up there in lights.

Anne-Lise Andresen

November 30, 2013 at 2:03 PM

- Unique --- :)))) - well done, Mark. - Have a happy weekend. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Mark Peterson

November 30, 2013 at 11:04 PM

Thanks, Lyse. I tried about four different poems and rejected all until this one.

Delysia Hendricks

November 30, 2013 at 10:48 AM

Enjoyed this witty write, my friend. Terse indeed. Licia :-)

Delysia Hendricks

December 1, 2013 at 9:54 PM

lol @ "ghetto". Check my neighborhood in my latest, "Life be good" in my first attempt at British slang. Be warned, though. Kind of on the shady side but hey, we tell it like it is. Why crimp (terse lol) your own style when it's so appealing? :-)

Mark Peterson

November 30, 2013 at 1:50 PM

I appreciate your visit, as always, and enjoyed your remarks, likewise. Always good to have you here from the ghetto. I'll try harder in the next contest. Some people, yourself included, are such good poets. How do I emulate and still project my own style? Well, that's why we keep at it I guess.