Saturday, May 23, 2009

It is Saturday and time to play with words supplied by Raven's Wordzzle

This Week's Ten Word Challenge will be: albino, trench, marble, assistant, Indian, What's that supposed to mean?, sound first principles, the key thing, moat, curtain
The mini challenge: under the surface, doomed, grand design, temple, aspirin

We dragons decided to try to write poems like a great poets. The assumption is the original poet wanted to say the same thing but had to use Raven's words. So here is our version of "as freedom is a breakfastfood " by e.e. cummings with an apology to cummings

As aspirin is a breakfast food

-long enough and just so long
What's that supposed to mean?
as aspirin is a breakfastfood
or temples are from trenches made

Will moat please the curtain gang
-long enough and just so long
and grand design the key thing be
as albinos into Indians grow

For under the surface is above
and any assistant is just doomed
-long enough and just so long
Then marble break at break of dawn

sound first principles just for you
Arms will be arms but fingers toes
And children age until they're young
-long enough and just so long

E.e. cummings Raven

Our ten word challenge -High Order of Dragons

All of us dragons have decided that we should open the High Order of Dragons to regular people. For too long we have lived as if we were in a marble temple with a moat or at least a trench full of water around it. In fact few people even know about the wonderful High Order of Dragons. Now sound first principles for any organization require a certain openness . This is true even for secret organizations like the High Order of Dragons. The key thing here is to pull back just enough of the curtain so that you will want to go through the highly secret process that gets you in. We think we can do that .
OrGama
Let us begin with a short history. Long ago before ,even the Indian, Dragons roamed this land. Over all the dragons was the Great and Mighty Albino
Dragon. He and his assistant created the High Order of Dragons as a way to bring honesty and morality to the dragons. You see dragons had lost their way and needed help in being all that they could be.
OrGama
To create the High Order the albino found a human. The one that you call Dr. John “ May he live forever and he has”. And together they worked out the elaborate rituals that have saved many a dragon and humans from becoming evil.
OrGama
You may have asked of the term “OrGama” “ What’s that supposed to mean?”
But I am not permitted to tell you that but I am required to say it at the proper times. That and I must always carry a shoelace of the beloved Dr. John. One that has been touched by the High Dragon. Or if one has done really well by the Very High Dragon Itself.
OrGama
Please consider joining . Seek out a local dragon. Don’t spend another day without a shoe lace. You won’t be sorry.
OrGama

14 comments:

  1. I love the poem! Fandango you are so clever!

    AND I was so excited about getting to join the High Order of Dragons, that I ran right downtown to see Burl. He told me joining the HOoD is a little harder than you let on.

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  2. I still have no idea what that's supposed to mean, but it made great reading anyway... ;-)

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  3. "carry a shoelace of their beloved Dr. John", now that is priceless. I hope you have some extra ones.

    I enjoyed the Dragon's stories.

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  4. What an honour to be allowed to join the High Order of Dragons - do I have to roll my trouser leg up and wear an apron or something like that? ;)

    Love the poem Fandango.

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  5. I liked your poem and story. They were both very good.

    Stephen from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
    http://stephen-has-spoken.blogspot.com/

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  6. Oh dear..I have to find a dragon now. Does Dr. John have an extra shoe lace? Well written as usual Fandango :)

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  7. The shoelace of Dr. John. Loved it...

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  8. You Dragons are a mystical lot. I like that.

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  9. dragons and poetry - perfect together

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  10. That e.e. dragon poem was hysterical!

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  11. Hmm. Liked the paragraph better than the poem! But the poem did remind me of something: "Twas brillig, and the slithy toves... " lol

    Nice writing, dragons!

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  12. I think the dragons have missed their calling! OBVIOUSLY they ARE poets of equal talent to cummings! There should be no more dilly dallying about with quivolotry and such... These dragons are DEEP!

    And full of Oragami too! I can fold paper as well as any dragon... I'm sure I'll look into joining this club...

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  13. Fun stories! Seems your dragons can write poetry after all! :-)

    MommyWizdom

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  14. You dragons are natural poets! I appreciate your restraint around cats.

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