Topic: 7-line Poetry Competition Closed

Good luck to all who entered!

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Some Useless Trivia
At last!  I've been waiting to tell somebody what I found out.  I copied the picture so I could study it, and lo and behold, the title popped up--Dante and Beatrice.  I've had a chance to read about the two and the time they lived in.  The artist painted the picture a few hundred years later, so he got a few things wrong.  Funny mistakes, like in Dante's day, prostitutes were required by law to wear yellow only.  The goofy poems I wrote were hints, but I guess nobody caught on.  Well, it was fun keeping a secret, but it's more enjoyable telling it.  JP

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Wonderful, JP!

Just goes to show what a little research will do. I wrote my poem about the very first thing that popped into my head.

~Tom

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4 Reply by max keanu (edited by max keanu 2015-04-17 02:04:43)

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I did the research, knew it was Dante and Beatrice; his obsession rendered in oil, but I always preferred Star Trek to The Inferno.

However, Paradise Lost, by John Milton, now that epic-poem rocks!

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Hmm ... research for poetry? No wonder I'm not a poet, I thought it was all about passion; dang it, blew another one, lol. Take care. Vern

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Research?  I prefer reflections of a Redneck.

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Okay, you guys--I said it was an accidental discovery!  I even embarrassed myself with those poems I wrote, just to prove my unpoetic nature.  I may not know poetry, but I do know research.  JP

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How do we find out which poem won?

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Hi Mike,

We'll be announcing the winners soon in the forum.

Sol

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