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12/29/2012 01:02:23 PM · #1 |
I have had the dubious privilege and joy to meet the Mighty Bear_Music, and simply marvel at the depth and breadth, not only of his considerable knowledge and occasionally useful trivia, but his incredible generosity at sharing it. In addition to being a crackpot cracking photographer, he's my go-to guy not only for all things photography, but also literature, poetry, art, sailing, relationship advice etc., etc. There is perhaps no more well-rounded, gentlemanly guy than him on DPC, and is deserving of his many accolades. I think we should make him DPC's official Poet Laureate. |
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12/29/2012 01:08:30 PM · #2 |
Well, "I ain't all that," he said blushingly, but... more to the point... If we are going to be bestowing a laurel wreath on a Poet Laureate in DPC, there's only one brow that deserves the honor: our esteemed  Posthumous, whose erudition and poetic skills dwarf my own.
But thanks for the fan letter, Tangy!
Message edited by author 2012-12-29 13:10:06. |
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12/29/2012 01:08:45 PM · #3 |
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12/29/2012 01:12:15 PM · #4 |
Hmmmm, i dont know... weren't you the one that said "he's not all that" awhile ago? ;P
I think we need a poetry slam to decide it all. Thrre are some heavy duty poets here. We could sit back and watch the blood flow... :) |
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12/29/2012 01:14:07 PM · #5 |
| I'd love to see the bear and the dead guy face off. |
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12/29/2012 01:18:13 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by vawendy:
I'd love to see the bear and the dead guy face off. |
Over in one of our private threads I challenged him once to do a sonnet in terza rima (very difficult), mistakenly believing he was a free-verse poet, not a metrical one. He produced a coherent masterpiece in a matter of hours, and I conceded victory on the spot. The man can write!
I'm not foolish enough to take him on again. My real skill's in editing, not writing. |
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12/29/2012 02:21:07 PM · #7 |
| How lovely to have such a HERO, but if the truth be told...PuppyBear is just as lucky to have such a fan in you, Johanna. |
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12/29/2012 05:42:06 PM · #8 |
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12/29/2012 06:07:12 PM · #9 |
Do I smell a new challenge subject here? Hand written poetry, made by yourself, not copied from a book. Validation also by submitting the original by snail mail :)
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12/29/2012 08:25:31 PM · #10 |
With apologies to Robert Frost:
Breathes there a bear who isn't moved
When he finds his stuff is understood
And not entirely disapproved
By his website's far-flung neighborhood? |
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12/29/2012 09:29:36 PM · #11 |
| what the hell is a Poet Laureate? |
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12/29/2012 09:33:55 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by smardaz:
what the hell is a Poet Laureate? |
It is a poet with a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; |
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12/29/2012 09:39:16 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by smardaz:
what the hell is a Poet Laureate? |
It is a poet with a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; |
Good GOLLY!! I LOVE THIS PLACE!! LOL!
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12/29/2012 09:57:12 PM · #14 |
| (incidental echoes of eratosphere...) |
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12/29/2012 10:12:26 PM · #15 |
| intimidations of mortality. |
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12/29/2012 10:18:39 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by smardaz:
what the hell is a Poet Laureate? |
Read here |
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12/29/2012 10:25:47 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by skewsme:
(incidental echoes of eratosphere...) |
You catch those too, eh... :-) |
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12/30/2012 12:24:21 AM · #18 |
| Ok, fine, Bear. The dead guy can be the poet. I guess you're more of a Renaissance Man anyway, what with the cooking, the quoting, the nautical trivia... |
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12/30/2012 12:30:16 AM · #19 |
The reality is that there are a stable of good poets hiding at DPC. Or at least enough for a team of superheros.
 raish and skewsme are both brilliant poets, for example. |
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12/30/2012 12:31:21 AM · #20 |
| and I'll mention the great zeuszen in hopes of conjuring him up. |
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12/30/2012 12:33:42 AM · #21 |
| There ya go. ZZ especially tugs my intellectual pinkie figure a lot. I'm a big fan of Peter Richards. I'm embarrassed to admit I didn't know Skewsme is a poet. |
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12/30/2012 12:44:41 AM · #22 |
Can I be the smart ass laureate?
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12/30/2012 03:29:47 AM · #23 |
| Most laureates come in the shape of a horseshoe and if I'm not mistaken (reading threads) horseshoes are often used for submissions on DPC as well. Therefore, a Poet Laureate fits well. |
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12/30/2012 10:38:23 AM · #24 |
Originally posted by smardaz:
Can I be the smart ass laureate? |
You're nothing if not that already.
Originally posted by posthumous:
and I'll mention the great zeuszen in hopes of conjuring him up. |
You've forgotten  tnun. Every word she speaks is poetry.
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12/30/2012 10:41:06 AM · #25 |
Originally posted by bvy:
Originally posted by smardaz:
Can I be the smart ass laureate? |
You're nothing if not that already.
Originally posted by posthumous:
and I'll mention the great zeuszen in hopes of conjuring him up. |
You've forgotten tnun. Every word she speaks is poetry. |
Ah yes i would love to see more poems from her |
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