Thread: Poetry

THESE ARE ENTRIES TO A WASHINGTON POST COMPETITION*
ASKING FOR A TWO-LINE RHYME*
WITH THE*MOST ROMANTIC*FIRST LINE,*
AND THE*LEAST ROMANTIC**SECOND LINE:*
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1. My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife:*
Marrying you has screwed up my life.*
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2. I see your face when I am dreaming.*
That's why I wake up screaming.*
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3. Kind, intelligent, loving and hot;*
This describes everything you are not..*
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4. Love may be beautiful, love may be bliss,*
But I only slept with you 'cause I was pissed.*
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5. I thought that I could love no other*
-- that is until I met your brother...*
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6. Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you.*
But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl's*
empty and so is your head.*
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7. I want to feel your sweet embrace;*
But don't take that paper bag off your face.*
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8. I love your smile, your face, and your eyes*
Damn, I'm good at telling lies!*
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9. My love, you take my breath away.*
What have you stepped in to smell this way?*
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10. What inspired this amorous rhyme?*
Two parts vodka, one part lime