Who is online?

14 users online:
-- 0 registered
-- 1 hidden
-- 13 guests

0 user in the chatroom

(User activity over the last 10 minutes)

1803 registered users
Members List

Poetry Showcase [Other] Moderators for this section: Weaver, ochsterboxter, CadenzRime, Lingua Pura, ososment, carolynrn, Inker

The Ant

Outline: What do we learn from the birds and bees?
From the Ant’s point of view I am irrelevant.
I am not part of his food chain
But merely a hazard
Like any other random act of nature.

And yet the Ant is part of my culture.
He is held up as an example
Of organization and perseverence
In the great books of our civilization.

Am I impressed by this icon of industry?
And do I follow his example?
Sometimes I tread on him
Or douse his swarming family with hot water.

And thanks to industry and perseverance
I sometimes manage
To clear my dwelling place
Of his unwanted presence.
Ian Gould
[Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:29 am]
The Ant. Whatever you do, theres always a hundred more.
Wonderful read with a big smile. Smile
Ant Ant Ant Ant Ant Ant Ant Ant Ant Ant Ant (sorry. I had to do it.)
Report to moderator
PenJen
[Fri Jul 15, 2005 4:40 am]
And I have to chant:

"Dead and, dead ant, dead ant, deadant, dedant, de-dant, dead-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaant!"

(To the Pink Panther tune). Twisted Evil

Anony,

This made me laugh! Maybe it wasn't meant to put I had a picture of you scalding the wee feckers and jumping up and down on the poor wee beggars. Hate them myself but I do remember watching an army of them carry something, God knows what, and it was quite fascinating (and I was bored at the time, lying on the grass and whatever).

That said, it is true about their determination and peserverence. If only humans could be more like ants. (Live ones, that is).

Lovely wee thought piece. Thanks for making me laugh this early hour.

Jen Laughing
x
Report to moderator
maipenrai
[Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:38 am] the ant
as the Human representive of the ALF ( ANT LIBERATION FRONT) and on behalf of all Ants worldwide i condemn the blood thirsty tirade, Ants have mothers to you know ??
BE WARNED, an infestation of your home by our elite FART forces will soon occur.

FART=FLYING ANTS RECON TEAMS

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED, THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT THIS WAR IS A COMPLETE HUMBLE APOLOGIE FROM YOU TO ANTS WORLDWIDE
_________________
I know that you have suffered lad
but suffer this a while
whatever makes a soldier cry
will make a killer smile

L. Cohen
Report to moderator
Anonymouse
[Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:26 pm]
What hilarious responses! Thanks to Ian for his "Visual-Anties", to Jen for her "Deadantic Fanfare" (when on earth do you ever sleep?) and to Maipenrai for the grim threat of a visitation from the FART forces!!!

Ant Arrow Arrow

I am very afraid! Peace
_________________
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on
And our little life is rounded with a sleep!"
WS
Report to moderator
carrieann
[Sat Jul 16, 2005 1:40 am]
Can't add much now, can I? But did enjoy this. Could be read as straightforward prose also. Still, my sympathy has to lie with the ants. They are wonderful, fascinating creatures, seems awful anyone should want to destroy them... just such a pity they bite!
Report to moderator
Weaver
[Sat Jul 16, 2005 2:13 am]
Nah, not for me, mate. It's been a long time since I read anything on here that bored me so much.

Dulll, dull, dull.

Reads like it was written for the sake of writing. Okay, so maybe that's a good enough excuse, but not always.
_________________
all that we see or seem
is but a dream within a dream

Edgar Allen Poe
Report to moderator
Anonymouse
[Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:00 am]
Thanks, Carrieanne - glad you like the Ant. Thanks, too, Weaver, for dropping by. I don't think I had the honour of a review from you before. I appreciate your honesty.....I think.
_________________
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on
And our little life is rounded with a sleep!"
WS
Report to moderator
Mmagic
[Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:39 am]
I wouldn't worry about our mate Weaver. He's just being pedantic.

*Pause for applause, and when none is forthcoming, plough on regardless.*

I enjoyed reading this. Holding up ants as an example to us all, and yet using their industry to

Quote:
sometimes manage
To clear my dwelling place
Of his unwanted presence.


made me laugh at the irony of it all. A lovely little bit of whimsy, cheers for that, Anony.

Andrew Ant (Adam's brother. Much younger brother)
Report to moderator
Weaver
[Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:21 pm]
I anticipated a remark like that!

In all fairness, I should apologise for that review. Not because I didn't say what I thought, but because I usually try to be more constructive than that.

It's not that I don't appreciate the subject - it's the form that leaves me cold. I guess I have issues with free poetry, but I reckon the subject would've been served better by a little more form. Still, since mine seems to be the lone voice in the wilderness, I wouldn't worry about it too much!
_________________
all that we see or seem
is but a dream within a dream

Edgar Allen Poe
Report to moderator
Anonymouse
[Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:12 pm]
Thanks, Andrew Ant, for your kind comments, when I was feeling a little crestfallen - or doused, as it were!
Ah, Weaver! If you want form, I can do form! Do you like this version any better?

The Ant cares nothing for me
I have nothing he can eat
I’m just another hazard
With enormous stamping feet!

Yet the Ant is my role model
At times held up to me
As a very good example
Of the way that I should be,

The way I should get organised
And work my goals to reach
And all I do is step on him
And cover him with bleach!

Indeed I do work very hard
To most specific ends:
To rid my house by any means
Of his family and friends.

Rolling Eyes Question
_________________
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on
And our little life is rounded with a sleep!"
WS
Report to moderator
strayshift
[Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:19 pm]
A great poem about the illusions of ego and culture -
Really enjoyed the altered perception of this one.
Cheers
Gordon
Report to moderator
1