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Great Poetry
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RE: Great Poetry
Mr. Obvious

From the book The Biggest Burp Ever
 
Hello, I’m Mr. Obvious.
I point out things you know.
I’ll tell you that the water’s wet.
I’ll say that plants can grow.
I might remark that night is dark.
I’ll add that grass is green.
And I’ll repeat that sugar’s sweet
and washing makes you clean.
I’ll let you know that snails are slow,
and one plus one is two,
and then declare that squares are square
and state the sky is blue.
You see, I’m kind, so I don’t mind
explaining simple things.
And when I do this just for you
I love the joy it brings.
So take a chair and let me share,
and when my lecture ends,
I hope you’ll try to tell me why
I don’t have any friends.

 --Kenn Nesbitt

(found this when looking for some poetry of mine on an old site i frequented)
"If we go down, we go down together!"
- Your mum, last night, suggesting 69.
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Great Poetry - by Zazzy - October 12, 2013 at 2:46 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by freedomfromforum - October 12, 2013 at 3:04 pm
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RE: Great Poetry - by freedomfromforum - October 12, 2013 at 3:31 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - October 12, 2013 at 3:43 pm
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RE: Great Poetry - by freedomfromforum - October 12, 2013 at 3:59 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - October 12, 2013 at 4:20 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - December 4, 2014 at 10:19 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Rev. Rye - December 5, 2014 at 12:33 am
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RE: Great Poetry - by ManMachine - December 9, 2014 at 12:01 pm
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RE: Great Poetry - by Thumpalumpacus - December 9, 2014 at 1:01 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - December 9, 2014 at 7:26 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by robvalue - December 10, 2014 at 2:55 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - December 13, 2014 at 3:35 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by ManMachine - December 17, 2014 at 7:47 am
RE: Great Poetry - by downbeatplumb - April 3, 2015 at 2:57 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - December 17, 2014 at 3:56 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by ManMachine - December 17, 2014 at 5:19 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - January 17, 2015 at 4:42 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by thesummerqueen - January 17, 2015 at 11:13 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 17, 2015 at 11:21 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Roxy904 - January 17, 2015 at 11:54 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by thesummerqueen - January 17, 2015 at 11:56 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Losty - January 19, 2015 at 7:52 pm
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RE: Great Poetry - by Outtahere - February 17, 2015 at 8:34 am
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RE: Great Poetry - by strawdawg - April 3, 2015 at 10:04 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - December 3, 2015 at 5:13 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 3, 2015 at 8:05 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - April 14, 2017 at 1:11 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Mr.Obvious - June 6, 2017 at 6:34 pm
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RE: Great Poetry - by Mr.Obvious - June 15, 2017 at 4:28 am
RE: Great Poetry - by energizer bunny - July 20, 2017 at 1:01 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - July 26, 2017 at 10:19 am
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 26, 2017 at 10:27 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - July 26, 2017 at 11:09 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Mr.Obvious - October 23, 2017 at 6:36 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - October 24, 2017 at 6:48 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Mr.Obvious - October 30, 2017 at 4:46 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by vulcanlogician - January 15, 2018 at 7:34 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - January 15, 2018 at 8:50 am
RE: Great Poetry - by vulcanlogician - January 15, 2018 at 9:15 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - January 15, 2018 at 9:39 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Cod - January 15, 2018 at 9:47 am
RE: Great Poetry - by brewer - January 15, 2018 at 10:01 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - January 15, 2018 at 10:03 am
RE: Great Poetry - by vulcanlogician - January 15, 2018 at 10:08 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - January 15, 2018 at 10:11 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Cod - January 15, 2018 at 10:11 am
RE: Great Poetry - by vulcanlogician - January 15, 2018 at 10:15 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Cod - January 15, 2018 at 10:19 am
RE: Great Poetry - by J a c k - March 23, 2018 at 1:29 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - January 15, 2018 at 10:20 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Mr.Obvious - March 23, 2018 at 1:03 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by The Industrial Atheist - March 23, 2018 at 2:30 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Angrboda - March 23, 2018 at 3:26 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by LadyForCamus - March 23, 2018 at 10:15 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by LadyForCamus - March 24, 2018 at 2:29 am
RE: Great Poetry - by vulcanlogician - March 27, 2018 at 4:28 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Mr.Obvious - June 4, 2018 at 6:24 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by LadyForCamus - June 4, 2018 at 6:32 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Mr.Obvious - June 4, 2018 at 6:35 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by LadyForCamus - June 4, 2018 at 9:08 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 4, 2018 at 7:35 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Mr.Obvious - June 20, 2018 at 5:43 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - June 20, 2018 at 7:28 am
RE: Great Poetry - by vulcanlogician - August 14, 2018 at 10:16 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by The Grand Nudger - August 14, 2018 at 11:45 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Mr.Obvious - September 8, 2018 at 6:52 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by vulcanlogician - September 8, 2018 at 7:43 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by vulcanlogician - September 8, 2018 at 9:00 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - September 9, 2018 at 6:54 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Mr.Obvious - October 10, 2018 at 6:09 am
RE: Great Poetry - by vulcanlogician - October 10, 2018 at 8:26 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Mr.Obvious - October 10, 2018 at 4:09 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - October 10, 2018 at 9:01 am
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 10, 2018 at 4:19 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Mr.Obvious - October 15, 2018 at 9:07 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Mr.Obvious - October 22, 2018 at 10:37 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Mr.Obvious - October 26, 2018 at 9:42 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - October 28, 2018 at 8:50 am
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 28, 2018 at 9:32 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - October 30, 2018 at 9:54 am
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RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - December 26, 2018 at 8:21 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - January 3, 2019 at 3:33 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - March 10, 2019 at 12:09 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by outtathereligioncloset - March 10, 2019 at 6:25 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Mr.Obvious - March 11, 2019 at 10:14 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Belacqua - March 16, 2019 at 5:54 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - March 16, 2019 at 2:33 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by TwoKnives99 - March 16, 2019 at 3:25 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 29, 2019 at 5:57 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by fredd bear - March 29, 2019 at 8:37 pm
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RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - March 31, 2019 at 7:35 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - March 31, 2019 at 3:22 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Mr.Obvious - April 1, 2019 at 8:52 am
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RE: Great Poetry - by Succubus - April 11, 2019 at 7:37 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - April 28, 2019 at 7:43 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - May 8, 2019 at 9:16 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 9, 2019 at 8:18 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - May 9, 2019 at 8:22 am
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 9, 2019 at 11:29 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - May 20, 2019 at 11:02 am
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RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - May 20, 2019 at 11:16 am
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RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 20, 2019 at 11:43 am
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 20, 2019 at 10:55 am
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - May 20, 2019 at 11:59 am
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 20, 2019 at 12:59 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - May 20, 2019 at 1:04 pm
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RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 20, 2019 at 1:50 pm
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RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 20, 2019 at 2:19 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - May 20, 2019 at 2:29 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 20, 2019 at 3:07 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - May 20, 2019 at 3:20 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 20, 2019 at 3:52 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - May 20, 2019 at 4:06 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 20, 2019 at 4:13 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - May 20, 2019 at 4:16 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 20, 2019 at 4:26 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - May 20, 2019 at 4:36 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 20, 2019 at 4:30 pm
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RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - May 20, 2019 at 4:42 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - May 27, 2019 at 8:26 am
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 27, 2019 at 9:04 am
RE: Great Poetry - by vulcanlogician - May 27, 2019 at 5:40 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 27, 2019 at 6:15 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by vulcanlogician - July 2, 2019 at 4:18 am
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 2, 2019 at 6:28 am
RE: Great Poetry - by vulcanlogician - July 2, 2019 at 1:07 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 2, 2019 at 1:58 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by vulcanlogician - July 2, 2019 at 8:52 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Sal - July 2, 2019 at 12:48 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by LadyForCamus - July 2, 2019 at 9:09 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - July 3, 2019 at 2:00 am
RE: Great Poetry - by vulcanlogician - July 2, 2019 at 10:33 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by LadyForCamus - July 2, 2019 at 10:53 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - July 3, 2019 at 3:28 am
RE: Great Poetry - by vulcanlogician - July 13, 2019 at 10:02 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - July 21, 2019 at 1:08 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 21, 2019 at 6:30 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - July 21, 2019 at 7:10 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 15, 2019 at 3:01 pm
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RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - August 15, 2019 at 3:32 pm
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RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 15, 2019 at 5:14 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by arewethereyet - August 15, 2019 at 5:34 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Belacqua - August 15, 2019 at 9:03 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by arewethereyet - August 15, 2019 at 4:14 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by onlinebiker - August 15, 2019 at 7:00 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by Brian37 - August 15, 2019 at 7:09 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - August 15, 2019 at 7:26 pm
RE: Great Poetry - by onlinebiker - August 15, 2019 at 8:43 pm

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