Dear Readers,
We’re so pleased that we took a risk and began our own little Open-Source Poetry experiment. What if we offered a space for you all to collaborate on a poem together? How would something like that play out? Well, so far it seems you’re having just as much fun as we are!
We received a staggering amount of contributions. Wow, or what! We hadn’t expected this, so we want to give our warmest thank yous for your excellent creative efforts. You have been funny, cute, thought provoking and sad. As a result, we’ve had an enormously difficult time picking the second line for this poem. You all are quite simply brilliant!
So, after some polite debate between us—although there were no fisticuffs, Tati did use a fire rake on Tony as her closing argument—we’ve chosen the line that we feel was the most unexpected and ridiculous. Without further ado, let’s thank Phoenix Risen for his contribution, and invite all of you to the next round!
And for those of you that would like a reminder of how this wonderful little experiment works…
1) We provide the next line of the poem.
2) You write the following line.
3) You submit your line via the comments section of this very post.
4) We pick the line we like most and add it to the poem.
5) We publish every line to date in a follow-up post.
6) Steps 1-5 are repeated until we have a masterpiece!
Hey guys, let’s keep the ball rolling!
What if I said sorry for saying sorry all the time?
Or should I just give you a baby porcupine?
Alas, it will be one and the same outcome
by TETIANA ALEKSINA, TONY SINGLE & PHOENIX RISEN
© All rights reserved 2017
unbolt me 
‘A gift horse with saddles that buck’
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Oh wow! That was completely unexpected. I love it! 😀
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Thank you😀😘
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Hee hee! 😛
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When you stub the the toe, it goes numb.
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Ouchie! 😛
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As I roll into a ball, a buttful of quills down my pants,
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Oh! This was unexpected. I like it! Thank you for playing, Jack! 🙂
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Cute perhaps, but with a prick.
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Love this line. Hee hee! 😛
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And you will say ‘It’s okay” with eyes shining with hurt, sadness, disappointment and pity
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Thanks for playing! 😀
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I say, be who you are, say what you will and I like porcupines, especially baby ones.
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Hee hee! Nice one! 😉
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Why fan the flames of the fire when we could be numb?
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I like this, Gregory. Thanks for contributing! 😀
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Great idea with the open poetry!
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Fanks!
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The barbs will hang in the air
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Thank you! 🙂
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For the needles postion was to stick more to the point,sorry wasn’t sorry,sorry was an excuse for your raggedy ass
Well I hope that works
For you guys
As sheldon always
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Fanks, Sheldon! 😀
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Since I couldn’t be your special someone.
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Nice one! Thank you for playing. 🙂
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