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BaftaBaby |
Posted - 12/11/2009 : 00:10:01 The Elephant Man
Picture yourself in Victorian England. High society flocks to see a figure so bizarre it's hardly recognizable as human. But thanks to the empathy of a doctor and a handful of charitable folk against the threat of exploitation, the poor man is finally shown some respect and affection.
David Lynch turned the true tale into a film. Can you construct an accompanying haiku?
Here are the rules.
Please enter, vote and lurk as long as you like. Only, send your votes to me by 2100 hours FWFR time on Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009.
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15 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
clay |
Posted - 18/11/2009 : 22:25:34 quote: Originally posted by MguyX
quote: Originally posted by clay10moore
Thanks, friends! I am honoured or honored, depending on where you are.
I'll take an hour, and do my best to come up with a suitable movie for our five-seven-fives . . .
I thought you were going to say "I'll take an hour, or hor, depending on where tou are ...."
Et tou, MguyX?
Funny, Kalifornian! |
MguyX |
Posted - 18/11/2009 : 20:36:09 quote: Originally posted by clay10moore
Thanks, friends! I am honoured or honored, depending on where you are.
I'll take an hour, and do my best to come up with a suitable movie for our five-seven-fives . . .
I thought you were going to say "I'll take an hour, or hor, depending on where tou are ...." |
clay |
Posted - 18/11/2009 : 20:15:44 Thanks, friends! I am honoured or honored, depending on where you are.
I'll take an hour, and do my best to come up with a suitable movie for our five-seven-fives . . . |
Beanmimo |
Posted - 18/11/2009 : 16:44:10 Nice one clay, i thought you had that one in the bag over the head!! |
BaftaBaby |
Posted - 18/11/2009 : 16:36:35 Thanks, all for your votes. And so, it was decided to reveal the exhibit for all to see. No, don't turn away. Assistants porting smelling salts are available at every exit to revive the faint-hearted. Ready ... Remove the tarpaulin ... drumroll ... ta-da!
AT THREE with 7 points
charming her way over the bumps
it's the sweet charmer Chocolate Lady [2,1,2,2]
AT TWO with a monstrous 10 points
He's no animal
it's hunky MguyX [3,2,2,3]
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AT NUMERO UNO with a gorgeous 11 points
Mr Alliteration himself
it's the perfectly formed and adored clay [3,2,3,3]
congratulations clay - now make your speech and git us another film to haiku to, too!
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ChocolateLady |
Posted - 18/11/2009 : 07:12:20 voted |
clay |
Posted - 18/11/2009 : 05:44:01 This strange MerrickAll Of commemorative haiku I have viewed--voted! |
Montgomery |
Posted - 17/11/2009 : 22:13:11 Voted. Now quit chasing me down those London streets. |
MguyX |
Posted - 16/11/2009 : 14:39:55 I'm not an animal: I voted (*sluuurp*). |
rockfsh |
Posted - 13/11/2009 : 17:15:58 Poor deformed human In life, a circus freak In death, Jackson's prize |
Montgomery |
Posted - 12/11/2009 : 20:03:01 Michael Jackson bought his bones. But Merrick was not another "Bubbles."
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clay |
Posted - 12/11/2009 : 17:11:17 Merrick, misshapen, Mistreated, maligned, emerged Meritorious. |
BaftaBaby |
Posted - 12/11/2009 : 11:56:34 Heffalump disarmed Queen Vic, but he's sick and tired Of being on show.
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ChocolateLady |
Posted - 12/11/2009 : 10:54:20 This side-show freak may look strange, but under the bumps he's weirdly charming. |
Beanmimo |
Posted - 12/11/2009 : 10:53:29 In London's Fog, Freaks' Humanity revealed by The 23rd Psalm |