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2004-02-03, 7:17 AM #1
Just wanted to post this poem I came across recently because it's totally cool. I suppose this might be copyrighted material, but you can find it online just about anywhere, so I'm guessing it's safe to post it here.

Résumé (by Dorothy Parker)
Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.



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If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Lassev: I guess there was something captivating in savagery, because I liked it.
2004-02-03, 7:22 AM #2
I suppose that's artistic in some way.

Anyway, it holds my attention about as long as it took to write it (not including the time spent thinking about wording).

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Young men make wars, and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men: courage and hope for the future. Then old men make the peace, and the vices of old men are the vices of peace: mistrust and caution. It must be so.
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2004-02-03, 7:24 AM #3
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Sarn_Cadrill:

Gas smells awful;
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I wonder what she ate.

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2004-02-03, 7:45 AM #4
I like the smell of gasoline.

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2004-02-03, 8:30 AM #5
At least it isn't Tide. Otherwise we may have a screwed-up Cazor on our hands.

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2004-02-03, 8:33 AM #6
Try harder next time... I mean its good but more effort would produce less childish work.

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2004-02-03, 8:37 AM #7
Dude.

I didn't write the poem. It was written by Dorothy Parker who was considered by many to have been one of the greatest female poets of her day (1920's and 30's was when she published mostly), and has been published in plenty of anthologies since. So eat your foot. You're obviously not a very good poetry critic.

Furthermore, it's discussing the very serious issue of suicide. Just because it does so with an ironic, homorous tone doesn't make it childish.

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Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin

[This message has been edited by Sarn_Cadrill (edited February 03, 2004).]
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Lassev: I guess there was something captivating in savagery, because I liked it.
2004-02-03, 8:47 AM #8
Heh.. I thought it was dealing with the pains of writing a resume/trying to get hired etc. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/confused.gif] It sounds about right for that. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif]

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2004-02-03, 8:52 AM #9
On that subject:

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">The irony lies in indirection, as it offers unexpected and ultimately despairing reasons for avoiding suicide and continuing to live, and in the ambiguity of the title: the word resume, without accents, means to "go on again, after an interruption; to continue," all of which is appropriate to the poem. Resume, with accents, means a "summary," particularly "a brief account of personal qualifications and experience," as if the poem summarizes the speaker's experiences and qualifications in this area (the speaker has tried them all and knows!).</font>
(Dorothy did in fact try to commit suicide)

(from: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/parker/resume.htm )

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Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin
http://www.writings-emag.net The next big thing since individually wrapped cheese slices (coming soon).
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Lassev: I guess there was something captivating in savagery, because I liked it.
2004-02-03, 8:59 AM #10
Why is it that the explanation is longer than the poem itself? heh

I once saw a book called "Understand To Kill a Mockingbird" and it was like twice as thick as the book

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Have a good one,
Freelancer
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2004-02-03, 9:03 AM #11
Well, as far as poetry goes, it's designed to be dense while essays are designed to take up as much space as possible. Creative Writers are a lot better at using very few words to convey a lot of meaning.

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Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin
http://www.writings-emag.net The next big thing since individually wrapped cheese slices (coming soon).
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Lassev: I guess there was something captivating in savagery, because I liked it.
2004-02-03, 11:30 AM #12
A poem is worth a thousand words.

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2004-02-03, 12:10 PM #13
Whatever happened to "Writings", Sarn?

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2004-02-03, 8:10 PM #14
lat, Sarn ran out of time to run it. Plus Sarn was not really getting enough submissions to be able to run it effectively. Sarn plans on getting it up and running again eventually, but it may not be for another year or so. However, when Sarn does get it up and running again, Sarn will tell everyone here.


Furthermore, Sarn has come into this strange habit recently of referring to himself in the third person.

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Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin
http://www.writings-emag.net The next big thing since individually wrapped cheese slices (coming soon).
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Lassev: I guess there was something captivating in savagery, because I liked it.
2004-02-04, 7:31 AM #15
Sarn is a psychopath.

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