I need a Poet....

Mr Benevolent · 05-09-2013 01:40PM

jinkybhoy wrote: »

Was I the only the only one thinking of a load of rugby players jumping around?

Googled it but still don't understand what it is:)

Haiku has three lines
Syllables in each line? Just
five, then seven, five.

Honey-ec · 05-09-2013 02:12PM

jinkybhoy wrote: »

Was I the only the only one thinking of a load of rugby players jumping around?

Googled it but still don't understand what it is:)

It's a form of Japanese poetry. Three lines, seventeen syllables in a five-seven-five pattern. I gave you an excellent example of one on the first page

jinkybhoy · 05-09-2013 02:20PM

Honey-ec wrote: »

It's a form of Japanese poetry. Three lines, seventeen syllables in a five-seven-five pattern. I gave you an excellent example of one on the first page

so it's poetry that has to comply with those strict rules - kinda like a limerick needs to use some kind of sexual innuendo?

sadie06 · 05-09-2013 02:24PM

Mr Benevolent wrote: »

Haiku has three lines
Syllables in each line? Just
five, then seven, five.

See now I have to give this a shot! :-)

Good friends, are we not?
You couldn't say funds are low?
A poem? No - just no!

Plazaman · 05-09-2013 02:24PM

Thank you for the wedding invite
RSVP, we'll be there
To celebrate your nuptials
And partake in several beers

And when we read your wedding card
We found it very funny
When you rejected wedding gifts
And said you wanted money

Cause I got you a lovely Toaster
Aldi said it was their best
So since you do not want it
I'm currently putting it to the test

As I sit here now and eat my toast
And since you've pinned me by the collar
I'll accede to your request so
Here's one hundred trillion dollars

OK, so it's from Zimbabwe
And only worth about 80 cent
But it really is the thought that counts
<Insert some shít here about sentiment>

See you on your wedding day
You kids are great, you really rock
And you know for sure I won't be late
Cause of my wedding and your lovely clock.

Make sure you print a couple of hundred of the Zimbabweian Dollars, get obnoxiously drunk at the wedding and start flashing the cash then like Richie Rich

jinkybhoy · 20-09-2013 03:57PM

Thank you everyone for the help - this is the poem we went with - i think it's ok!!!

TO MY BEAUTIFUL COUSIN xxx AND HER HANDSOME BEAU,
I HOPE YOU DON'T TAKE OFFENCE BY THE WAY WE DECIDED TO GO.

BEEN THE ORGANISED GIRL I AM, AND DOING MYSELF A FAVOUR,
I BOUGHT YOUR GIFT AHEAD OF TIME, CHOOSING SOMETHING YOU MIGHT SAVOUR.

I CHOSE NEWBRIDGE SILVERWARE, IRISH THEMED FOR YOUR DELIGHT,
ONLY TO LATER RECEIVE YOUR INVITATION, JUST IMAGINE OUR FRIGHT.

WE TOSSED AND TURNED TO NO AVAIL, I HOPE YOU FIND THIS UNDERSTANDABLE,
OH NO WHAT ELSE TO DO, NEWBRIDGE SILVER IS NON REFUNDABLE

WE ARE SO HAPPY TO SHARE IN YOUR SPECIAL DAY, HOPE EVERYTHING WORKS OUT IN EVERY WAY,
I KNOW IT'S NOT PRICELESS ART, BUT IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART.
A MEMORY OF LOVE, FOR A DAY TO REMEMBER, WHEN TWO HEARTS BECOME ONE,
ON THIS LOVELY SEPTEMBER

jinkybhoy · 20-09-2013 03:58PM

Roscommon John wrote: »

It was a beautiful day to remember,
when two hearts became one in September.
The Bride she looked stunning, the groom he
looked handsome. The Best man spoke well,
the bridesmaids loved dancing.

We were so happy to share in your day,
and would like to present you this gift.
It's not priceless art, but it's straight from our heart,
a memory of love, for a day to remember. When two
hearts became one, on that lovely September.

If all else fails quote Jarod Kintz “The only gift I have to give, is the ability to receive. If giving is a gift, and it surely is, then my gift to you is to allow you to give to me.  ”

This was the winner for us as well - we stole last line from it mostly!!

Meangadh · 20-09-2013 04:21PM

jinkybhoy wrote: »

Thank you everyone for the help - this is the poem we went with - i think it's ok!!!

TO MY BEAUTIFUL COUSIN xxx AND HER HANDSOME BEAU,
I HOPE YOU DON'T TAKE OFFENCE BY THE WAY WE DECIDED TO GO.

BEEN THE ORGANISED GIRL I AM, AND DOING MYSELF A FAVOUR,
I BOUGHT YOUR GIFT AHEAD OF TIME, CHOOSING SOMETHING YOU MIGHT SAVOUR.

I CHOSE NEWBRIDGE SILVERWARE, IRISH THEMED FOR YOUR DELIGHT,
ONLY TO LATER RECEIVE YOUR INVITATION, JUST IMAGINE OUR FRIGHT.

WE TOSSED AND TURNED TO NO AVAIL, I HOPE YOU FIND THIS UNDERSTANDABLE,
OH NO WHAT ELSE TO DO, NEWBRIDGE SILVER IS NON REFUNDABLE

WE ARE SO HAPPY TO SHARE IN YOUR SPECIAL DAY, HOPE EVERYTHING WORKS OUT IN EVERY WAY,
I KNOW IT'S NOT PRICELESS ART, BUT IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART.
A MEMORY OF LOVE, FOR A DAY TO REMEMBER, WHEN TWO HEARTS BECOME ONE,
ON THIS LOVELY SEPTEMBER

I think you're being far too nice even bothering writing a poem for them. They should be grateful for any gift, monetary or otherwise. I've spoken at length about my opinion on these "cash only" people in the Weddings forum so I won't go on about it here- but suffice to say I have zero meas on anyone who would request anything on an invitation. Tacky, classless and utterly misses the point of a wedding in the first place.

And your wife singing at their wedding is probably saving them approximately €250 minimum so they're lucky to be getting anything at all from ye.

Nothing like wedding gift talk to being out the rage in me :mad:

Collie D · 20-09-2013 04:30PM

Enjoyed this thread. Some very talented witty people on here it seems. Couple of genuine laugh out loud moments her in work.

Having said all of that I must admit this was my favourite.

I am pie wrote: »

We asked for cash, you give us a clock
Take this gift or lick the b4lls dangling below my c0ck

Suggest you approach with gift in one hand and your plums dangling.

jinkybhoy · 20-09-2013 05:10PM

Meangadh wrote: »

I think you're being far too nice even bothering writing a poem for them. They should be grateful for any gift, monetary or otherwise. I've spoken at length about my opinion on these "cash only" people in the Weddings forum so I won't go on about it here- but suffice to say I have zero meas on anyone who would request anything on an invitation. Tacky, classless and utterly misses the point of a wedding in the first place.

And your wife singing at their wedding is probably saving them approximately €250 minimum so they're lucky to be getting anything at all from ye.

Nothing like wedding gift talk to being out the rage in me :mad:

I agree totally with you - the singing alone is enough but my wife felt she needed to give a gift also(it's her family). Any other wedding she has been at singing, we have given money but when we went to pay for the room - bride and groom had paid for it. In this case we are staying at different hotel so bugger all chance there and there was no mention of a room for us at the reception hotel at all:)

I need a Poet....

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