The meaning of swimming

Nobody has said anything to the contrary. It seems like people are still quite defensive after last week's feeding frenzy. Or is this baiting? Hmm? posted by SCY Freestyler I think both the caped one and I were a little worried that something as innocent as Fort's poetic expression might be misinterpreted in some way ...and then have an accidental backlash effect.....we are all trying to walk on eggshells around here....I promise you that we were definitely NOT trying to bait anyone.....just trying to prevent something before it happens perhaps...but thats all. Newmastersswimmer

So would it be safe to say that an evening was spent together? Not that there is anything wrong with that...just curious. Jim was precisely right in his last statement. It was just a great poem that seemed heartfelt. I'm glad the above comment is just a jest. However, some things are best left unsaid or unasked even in jest. This seems to fall into that inappropriate category of posts you previously objected to. Roses are red. Violets are blue. These guys are poets. I wish I were too.

Sleepy, Sleepy In need of a nap I think I'll skip class And do just that Sleepy, Sleepy Can't go swimming Gotta heal now To get on with the winning Sleepy, Sleepy I miss the chlorine But right now I feel Like I'm gonna lose my spleen Sleepy, Sleepy In need of a nap I think I'll skip class And do just that

Jim was precisely right in his last statement. It was just a great poem that seemed heartfelt. I'm glad the above comment is just a jest. However, some things are best left unsaid or unasked even in jest. This seems to fall into that inappropriate category of posts you previously objected to. Roses are red. Violets are blue. These guys are poets. I wish I were too. I was making a sarcastic comment in response to a suggestive remark by SwimStud. As I recall I objected to the girlfriend/boyfriend kind of chit chat. In this case I chose to make a sarcastic remark about a poem. Much ado about nothing IMHO.

AFTER But where did it go, you asked about the soul of the forum. carved from its soft chest then withered. so I told you welcome again, when the speckled threads did not appeal once more, when we dug our heels into the thick sand and stared at the wide, white whale bones that, rapidly, from the ocean, tumbled onto print to boil, telling us humor is death and as desired as a stone. But where did it go? I ask all the time now searching for you in the plum trees seizing their indigo wrists to uncover a pulse again, when I scour the shoulders of the posters reprimanding each title that might hide you. once more, calling your name into the open water as if your soul, like leviathan bones, will slide to shore for you, I try to unravel the silk bolts of friendship, try to strip bare the tendentious barb until there is nowhere left to look but as soon as I'm sure you're gone you, intangible, appear everywhere breathable. unfeigned. now I see you in the bent pages of threads and thumbnails you are the music that builds and sustains us, the fire, the art, the endless splash of colour, both light and ominous the weather that shakes us, the other souls whose love and laughter kept some alive. you are the forum that beckons, beguiles and welcomes all, no matter no matter the opinion or tone that emits, sometimes unbidden I can hear you in the voices of strangers and friends and you say right here right here right here.

It is sort of a testiment to a side of human nature we can all relate to ... Newmastersswimmer Not me. :joker: ;) I'm laying claim to that "sudden shaft of sunlight" business. My next contribution will be a nicey mcnice limerick or a jokster poem. I don't want to piss off Ensignada with rank amateur poetry knowing her college thesis ... Look at that avatar. It's enough to scare off anyone. She's a powerful woman and a male superhero ... Wait, I think I'll stop right there. :thhbbb: It's about time, Biblioman!

Apropos of no one in this particular thread, a short memorial to recent time: In my dark, dark heart, Caught alone nursing my scorn I miss the sudden shaft of sunlight That comes by chance in dewy morn. In my rush to be the one called right I am deaf to music, hear only spite In the dark, dark apart.

Or is this baiting? Hmm? :confused: Arrrggghhh. No baiting allowed on this thread! Either contribute a funny or serious poem, Mr. Jester, or begone. I guess compliments are allowed too. ;) Besides, FlyQueen nominated me for mostly likely to have an off-line affair with Allen. So I'm taken. :rofl:

Apropos of no one in this particular thread, a short memorial to recent time: In my dark, dark heart, Caught alone nursing my scorn I miss the sudden shaft of sunlight That comes by chance in dewy morn. In my rush to be the one called right I am deaf to music, hear only spite In the dark, dark apart. Eloquently said. Apropos of most of us at some time or another.

You have a real gift for poetry fortress. In case anyone misinterprets the intent of this poem as an attempt to bring attention to the recent fighting....I just want to say that my impression is completely different. We all learned that it is hard to know the intentions of a posting....but I see this poem as a poem about friendship and optimism....it talks about how our forum (and forum members) can learn to heal and move forward....the sharing of laughter and joy. Hopefully others will see it that way too....because I really think the intent was to be uplifting....I think it was a beautiful poem Fortress. Thanks for sharing your beautiful poetry with us again. Newmastersswimmer