+mozartman Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 just reading some of the poetry of the amazing American poet Wallace Stevens, who died in 1955... and I found a poem of his that reminded me of geocaching. of course, this one would never be approved... Anecdote of the Jar Wallace Stevens I placed a jar in Tennessee, And round it was, upon a hill. It made the slovenly wilderness Surround that hill. The wilderness rose up to it, And sprawled around, no longer wild. The jar was round upon the ground And tall and of a port in air. It took dominion every where. The jar was gray and bare. It did not give of bird or bush, Like nothing else in Tennessee. Quote Link to comment
Captain Chaoss Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Didn't he leave a log book even? Two roads diverged in the woods and I, I took the one less traveled, and that is how I found the cache. Quote Link to comment
cool_and_the_gang Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Thanks for posting the poem! It's nice to see some different topics in the forums. Too bad this thread didn't get more responses, perhaps everyone is to busy putting in thier two cents about the pirates. I enjoy reading and writing poetry very much and your post inspired me to submit this as a tribute to geocaching and geocachers and I encourage other geo-poets to stop compaining about virtual caches not being approved and write thier own. Maybe we can revive the haiku thread! Here's my attempt: I placed a box within the woods and hid it at the base of a tree. It's drab green color recalls the days when it held munitions, tools of fear that keep people apart. It's contents are more peaceful now, not of the type that kill or maim. Today it holds mostly trinkets. Souveniers aquired along the way by people who like me are also searching. And perhaps those few who choose to find it's home beneath the grass and twigs, will come to know as they add thier marks to the book of others placed before that we are all much more the same than we are different. "Now may every living thing, young or old, weak or strong, living near or far, known or unknown, living or departed or yet unborn, may every living thing know happiness!" [This message was edited by cool_and_the_gang on October 03, 2003 at 12:09 PM.] [This message was edited by cool_and_the_gang on October 03, 2003 at 12:11 PM.] Quote Link to comment
Tahosa and Sons Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 This is sure a nice topic for a change. I'll just have to go sit in the woods with my Caches and read some poetry by Mary Joseph Plunkett. Tahosa - Dweller of Mountain Tops. Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Very nice guys. I'm afraid the best I could do would be limericks so I'm going to pass on even trying. Quote Link to comment
+RainbowCache Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 Here's my two cents, GEOPOEM Computer, GPSr, PDA… Searching, Downloading, Printing the page… Topo, MapQuest, Gas Station folding… Hiking, Canoeing, Drive By Urban… Micro, Ammo Box, Camouflaged Tupperware… Event Cache, CITO, Bumping into on the Path… Email, Forums, Calls from the trail… Virtual, Traditional, Reverse and Locationless… Bench Marks, Mystery, Hitchhiker Travel Bugs… Log Books, Signature Item, Broken McToys… Where's George, GEO Coin, TNLNSL… Moderator, Administers, the Local Approvers… Avatars, Tag Line, and Locked Threads… Significant Others, Lil' Buddies, Man's Best Friend… Waypoints, Spoilers, First to Find… Archived, Geomuggles, Pirates… All a part of GeoCaching 70,369 and counting 187 and counting 50,500 and counting In one voice we declare… The World is Our Playing Field! Bob ~ Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese... Isn't the best way to save face to keep the lower part shut?...Stephen Wright Quote Link to comment
+worldtraveler Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Kealia:...I'm afraid the best I could do would be limericks so I'm going to pass on even trying. Ah, c'mon, Kealia. Limericks can be fun! A girl I once knew from Nantucket Took a trinket or two from a bucket, Then flew to an island In southernmost Thailand And cached them somewhere there on Phuket! * *Note to Hydee: Don't panic; It's actually pronounced pOO'kit. worldtraveler [This message was edited by worldtraveler on October 07, 2003 at 12:07 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+Cave Troll and Eeyore Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 There was a young lady called Bessie, Who went caching with her friend Jessie, She fell in the mud, With a terrible thud, And Jessie saw Bessie all messy !!!! Quote Link to comment
+RainbowCache Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 OK then...a Limerick: A Geocacher named Stan Came up with a brilliant plan His goal in mind Was to be First to Find And to hunt for the Ammo Can Bob ~ Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese... Isn't the best way to save face to keep the lower part shut?...Stephen Wright Quote Link to comment
Pantalaimon Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 quote:Originally posted by mozartman:The jar was gray and bare. Looks like they don't trade up in Tennessee either... Pan Profanity is the crutch of the inarticulate, ***hole. - Unknown Quote Link to comment
+Search1128 Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 My GSP unit is blue I cache with it all the day through during all the long night and all day long plight My only result is to say "Boo!" Kirk out. (happy halloween) Quote Link to comment
btouch Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 There was a young lady named Hydee Who wanted her forums kept tidy She said with chagrin "If you try me again, I'll lock down this thread ALRIGHTY!" Quote Link to comment
mckee Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 No real rhyme for "McToy"..... -------------------- Would you like some cheese with your whine? Quote Link to comment
enfanta Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Nothing in the cache but a McToy And worse, it resembles a tick! Oy! What to DO with this thing? Should we let it "take wing"? Oh, no, no! Just flick your Bic, boy! Okay, maybe there's no good rhymes for "McToy"! -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Wearer of duplicative protective headgear. Quote Link to comment
+Cat'N'Geo Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Geopoetry does tend to bug some people They say this universe is bound to blow, I say we crank up the Calypso Control! ~Jimmy Buffett ~Someday I Will~ Quote Link to comment
cool_and_the_gang Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Well, it took a while. But I'm glad to see that others joined the creative fray. It is true "GPS reciever" and "McToy" are hard to rhyme. Sijo might be the answer: It is similar to haiku but less restrictive. Sijo have three long lines. Each line varies between 14 and 16 syllables, with the middle line the longest. The first line states a theme, the second line counters it, and the third line resolves the poem. Here goes: A hidden ammo box within the weeds. Seekers, with heaven bourne telemetry, scour the landscape. Even with decrypted clues, the treasure proves elusive. Here's another: They say tupperware doesn't make a good cache container. My brittle, yellowed box, holding keychains and small figurines beneath its cracked cover still protects the soggy, spiral bound notebook. "Now may every living thing, young or old, weak or strong, living near or far, known or unknown, living or departed or yet unborn, may every living thing know happiness!" Quote Link to comment
cool_and_the_gang Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 By the way: Thanks to all who posted. Limmericks are always fun. Okay, here's one last one from me, (not a limmerick (never could do those), not sijo either): WHY DO YOU ALWAYS BUSHWHACK? Isn't running towards the goal more fun than walking? Or did you mean to aks: Why do I always let impatience allow me to make choices I've made before knowing full well that they will lead to similar painful consequence? Ask my father. What did he ever gain by walking? "Now may every living thing, young or old, weak or strong, living near or far, known or unknown, living or departed or yet unborn, may every living thing know happiness!" [This message was edited by cool_and_the_gang on October 09, 2003 at 08:24 AM.] Quote Link to comment
+cachew nut Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 quote:Originally posted by mozartman:The jar was gray and bare. It did not give of bird or bush, Like nothing else in Tennessee. I think I know what was in the jar before he wrote that poem. Tennessee, 'nuff said. Quote Link to comment
cool_and_the_gang Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Okay, Okay! This will be my last one: WHERE'S GEORGE? After 271 years he still cannot tell a lie: The old man is tired and more than content to travel across the nation the helped to found in somebody else's hip pocket. Crossing the Deleware was more difficult last time, and tonight he will take quarter in a box hidden on the bank of the Potomac. There, he will grind his wooden teeth as he presides with a stately gaze over the wild eyed Troll figurines, mocking thier wispy rainbow hair and gaping grins with his neatly cinched tail nad paper thin smile. Such is the life of the General, now. Trusting in God as his day unfolds that his next home will be a comfortable one. That the next person will pass the buck, that the next wandering soul will care to ask: "Where's George ?" I'm having way too much fun with this. "Now may every living thing, young or old, weak or strong, living near or far, known or unknown, living or departed or yet unborn, may every living thing know happiness!" [This message was edited by cool_and_the_gang on October 09, 2003 at 10:01 AM.] [This message was edited by cool_and_the_gang on October 09, 2003 at 10:03 AM.] Quote Link to comment
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