What's in a Name: scourgeoftheseas (1388 hits)
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Submitted by Orgasmatron (View user info) at 2006-01-09 12:13:27 EST
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'What's in a Name: scourgeoftheseas'
There upon the rolling, unforgiving face of the seas
A savage man known far and wide as 'the Merciless Scourge'
For acts unmentionable and impressive, sails,
Captaining both his savage crew and pirate ship,
Ripping pages from the book of time as he seeks
And tirelessly searches for the harmonics of the sirens.
Once upon the rocks and crashing waves of Salerno the sirens
Tolled their wicked songs across the distance of the seas,
Knowing neither who may catch them nor whose ear they seek,
But knowing only the power of their voices: their notes a scourge
To any man ill-fated and damned to pilot a boat or steer a ship
In their direction - for always they wind up torn as sails
Shredded and bloodsoaked, their skin, flayed, thin as sails
Tattered by cyclone and rain. Now to Li Galli and coast Amalfi the sirens
Sing, while distantly beyond the reaches of Capri comes a ship
Carried on the breath of Auster, roaring, splitting the calm of the seas
With its persistence. The single-minded drive of the man called Scourge
Piloting crew and keep to the endgame that he seeks.
Upon the stained and salty deck, with his one good eye he seeks,
Looking past horizon line and north beyond the sails,
Drumming fingers along his blade and the coils of his scourge -
Long has he waited to unroll it and lash the screaming faces of the sirens
Taking from them that which forced his hand to take his eye upon the seas.
Silently his fury builds - he paces the planks of the ship.
A flag raised, red, from the foremost region of the ship
Informs the pirate captain they approach the coast he seeks,
Alone he mans a rowboat, slowly lowered to the sea,
Now, bereft of cannonshot, of anchor, crew and sail
He travels, finally within reach of the hated, singing sirens
Off to teach them why history knows him as 'the Merciless Scourge.'
Aground he marches to the highest point, his scourge
Tight and ready in his shaking hand. Below the crystal waters, ships
From ages past lay on the ocean floor, victims of the sirens.
He finds them cast about the surfaced remains, those he seeks,
With rage he whips, and rips the flesh from their faces, thin as sails,
Their heartless mouths and throats now as silent as the seas.
Powerless were the sirens against the captain, Scourge -
He took his hearing upon the seas with powder from his ship,
No measure too great to capture that which he seeks. Deaf, eyeless, yet victorious, he sails...
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Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-07-26 01:16:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
poet, i fucking love you.
that's all.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2006-06-20 02:18:18 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-02-17 19:04:39 EST (#)
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The two ubermenz I love best; one showing his love for the other. It doesn't get any better than this, in my world.
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Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2006-01-10 08:13:45 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Holy Sestinas, Aquaman!
Submitted by simple_catalyst (user info) at 2006-01-09 21:55:14 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
ha.
Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2006-01-09 17:25:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Great series.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-01-09 17:20:42 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Prehensile penis you say?
Now I'm hungry for some dolphin love. It's not bestiality if they're smarter than us, right?
WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST SAY?
Submitted by MistressFist (user info) at 2006-01-09 16:54:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
The best he can do is get a strokeob from a dolphin's prehensile penis every now and again.
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mmmmmmmmmmm............
Submitted by Dead_0hi0_Sky (user info) at 2006-01-09 16:45:11 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
i sense im coming up next.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-01-09 16:00:22 EST (#)
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Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-01-09 15:54:43 (#)
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Wait, does Aquaman get mermaid love? That may change my opinion of him altogether.....
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I think he's got a wife. I'm sure she keeps an eye on those slutty mermaids.
The best he can do is get a strokeob from a dolphin's prehensile penis every now and again.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-01-09 15:54:43 EST (#)
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Wait, does Aquaman get mermaid love? That may change my opinion of him altogether.....
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-01-09 15:33:38 EST (#)
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Speaking of Aquaman:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/060109m.php
I can't believe they're giving THIS character the TV show treatment. It'll be like Baywatch meets Seaquest meets the OC. They really need to get Wil Wheaton and Jonathan Brandis aboard for this gem of a program.
"What are the seahorses saying, Aquadouche?"
"They're telling me that Old Man McCullan's shed is on fire! I need to contact some whales to put out the flames with their blowholes."
"Dude, ther's a fire department right down the road. Let's just call them."
"Um...I can't. I have to have the seacreatures do it."
"..."
"LOOK, I NEVER LEARNED TO READ, OK?"
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-01-09 15:01:03 EST (#)
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frogot
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-01-09 15:00:53 EST (#)
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you must do me next! think of the possiblities with Axolotl...
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-01-09 14:50:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Hey I clicked a link on one of my posts and came back here. What the hell is this? Some kind of poemetry? Huh? WTF I'm not reading all that.
MistressFist, I knew you'd like that Caul bit. I always give it to you the way you like it, don't I bitch?
Submitted by MistressFist (user info) at 2006-01-09 14:30:19 EST (#)
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And Caul may or may not like vaginas, the jury is still out on that one.
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And this was what I was waiting for.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2006-01-09 14:20:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Good stuff here.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-01-09 14:19:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by MistressFist (user info) at 2006-01-09 13:51:31 (#)
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Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-01-09 13:50:22 (#)
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I like vaginas.
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Great statement, Capt Obvious. Name me one person that doesn't like vaginas! It's where we all come from, and cum to!
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So mean, this one. Sometimes we need to re-examine the obvious. State what we think we feel and really hold it under a magnifying glass. Test it out and see if it still rings true. Get to our inner selves if you will. (And I'm sure you do get to your inner self rather often, now don't you?)
I LIKE BAJINERS.
Say it out loud right now. I did. It's still true. It feels good. It feels right.
One person? George Michael.
And Caul may or may not like vaginas, the jury is still out on that one.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-01-09 14:12:49 EST (#)
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Oh I's did.
*dances the Charleston*
Submitted by MistressFist (user info) at 2006-01-09 14:08:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-01-09 14:03:01 (#)
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Maya Angelou? Nigga, please - she's just Samuel L. Jackson in drag.
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Oh noes, you didn't.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-01-09 14:06:42 EST (#)
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Wow...make that "Dickinson" and "Barrett."
My spelling's goin' down the shitter quicker'n mah ex-wife to her knees for money.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-01-09 14:03:01 EST (#)
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It's at least 60/40 that I'd like dudes, not that I'd have a cleft between my legs.
Because, really, how many female poets are there?
Emily Dickenson? She was a man and everyone knows it. Short-ass poetry. Only men are that brief.
Elizabeth Barret Browning? Robert Browning wrote all of her poetry.
Rachel Speght? Hermaphradite.
Christina Rossetti? Just some italian femme-man with painted nails.
Maya Angelou? Nigga, please - she's just Samuel L. Jackson in drag.
When you get right down to it, there's basically Sappho, Anne Bradstreet, Sylvia Plath and three or four others. The rest? "Poseurs."
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2006-01-09 13:58:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
mines was better
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-01-09 13:52:59 EST (#)
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Well, you do write that poetry so I'd say it's 60/40 leaning toward vagina.
Submitted by MistressFist (user info) at 2006-01-09 13:51:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-01-09 13:50:22 (#)
Ranking: 2
I like vaginas.
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Great statement, Capt Obvious. Name me one person that doesn't like vaginas! It's where we all come from, and cum to!
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-01-09 13:50:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I like vaginas.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-01-09 13:49:25 EST (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-01-09 13:32:14 (#)
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That, and someone mentioned that your breath smelled of cock.
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My breath will always stink of dick and sperm so long as I use Crest's new Shlongening Expressions toothpaste. Mmm mmm, now I loves me some brushy-brush time.
The jury's still out on the vagina thing.
I may have one after all.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-01-09 13:40:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-01-09 13:24:25 (#)
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What. The. Fuck.
This makes the third or fourth time that someone's thought I'm a woman!
I joke about being a shemale, ok???
I have a mule and a bop bag, damnit!
Tell her I'm your bi-curious internet chum. A girlfriend...not so much.
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Oh, I know you have the hangy down pieces (I think). She doesn't though, and just to mess with her head that's the way it'll stay.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-01-09 13:32:14 EST (#)
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The only reason I thought you were a women is because of your pussy, Orgasmatron.
That, and someone mentioned that your breath smelled of cock.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-01-09 13:24:25 EST (#)
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Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-01-09 13:01:06 (#)
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And this one, I swear to God it's true, "Is that Orgasm-tron (two words, orgasm and tron) the one? Is she your internet girllfriend?"
When she sees this, which she will once I print it off and show it to her, she'll feel so good knowing she solved the riddle.
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What. The. Fuck.
This makes the third or fourth time that someone's thought I'm a woman!
I joke about being a shemale, ok???
I have a mule and a bop bag, damnit!
Tell her I'm your bi-curious internet chum. A girlfriend...not so much.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-01-09 13:14:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Ms.Fist- You do not need to stand in any lines, mon beave ami.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2006-01-09 13:08:44 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
ace
Submitted by MistressFist (user info) at 2006-01-09 13:05:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:52:09 (#)
Ranking: 1
Speaking of blown, maybe you should get in line to blow ME.
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I've been in your line longer than I was for Star Wars Episode 1.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-01-09 13:02:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:34:00 (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:28:30 (#)
Ranking: 1
I DO NOT OWN ANY GREEN TIGHTS
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But you love seamen. Spare us the excuses, Aquashlong.
Your cover, like your boyfriend, is blown.
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Yeah, I'm sure "Mrs." Shlongy is not surprised at all.
When I was reading this I thought to myself, "Hmm. Every grouping ends with the same word that the following grouping's first sentence ends with." Then I figured out you were repeating the last 6 words. Then you ruined my whole time (as I thought I was pretty damn clever to notice) by telling me the French made this.
Fuck the French.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-01-09 13:01:06 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I've been telling my wife about Uber. She thinks everyone here is a degenerate and has started saying things to fuck with me, to chastise me for spending too much time here, like,
"Are you chatting with online strangers?
Why do you need to keep looking at that website, to see if some girl has commented on your posts?
Do you have some internet girlfriend?"
And this one, I swear to God it's true, "Is that Orgasm-tron (two words, orgasm and tron) the one? Is she your internet girllfriend?"
When she sees this, which she will once I print it off and show it to her, she'll feel so good knowing she solved the riddle.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:52:09 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Speaking of blown, maybe you should get in line to blow ME.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:34:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:28:30 (#)
Ranking: 1
I DO NOT OWN ANY GREEN TIGHTS
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But you love seamen. Spare us the excuses, Aquashlong.
Your cover, like your boyfriend, is blown.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:33:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Thanks for the explanation, O-tron..this seemed especially serious and challenging but I didn't know why.
Do me! Both of you. It would be cool if you did my name, too.
Submitted by Confuzitron (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:33:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
WHOO!!! Freakin awesomeness.
Submitted by MistressFist (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:32:04 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:28:30 (#)
Ranking: 1
I DO NOT OWN ANY GREEN TIGHTS.
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Check your mailbox. I bought them on ebay for you. They were on your wish list. You're welcome.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:31:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:27:48 (#)
Ranking: 1
Never heard of him. Nice poem, though.
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Bah. Eat me Shlongy, you fucking love me and you know it.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:28:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I DO NOT OWN ANY GREEN TIGHTS.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:27:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Never heard of him. Nice poem, though.
Submitted by MistressFist (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:26:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Great job.
Does anyone else think that Aquaman looks like Herbert J. Shlongy?
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:25:03 EST (#)
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Well, I didn't say it was the ONLY result. There were pirate ships, vikings, and shots of some dude holding a fish.
How can you pass up Aquaman, though? Worst. Hero. Ever.
I'll admit...originally I was thinking about making this about a woman positively riddled with STDs who was known far and wide as "the scourge of the seas" for making so many men itch and moan their lives away on the waters. But then I thought I'd go all legitimate and try doing something a bit different. Change is Meh.
Submitted by Professional_Peon (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:24:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:16:16 (#)
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I haven't even read this yet, but whoever this poem is about sounds like a real fucking kicker of all ass. All the ladies swoon for his man goods, of that I'm sure. Now to read it...
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Ahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa
Submitted by MichelleNJ (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:23:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
wow
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:19:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Fucking Google. You'd think a big swarthy fella with a couple saucy wenchs on his arm, bottle of rum, but no, Aquaman....
This was really good O-man.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:16:16 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I haven't even read this yet, but whoever this poem is about sounds like a real fucking kicker of all ass. All the ladies swoon for his man goods, of that I'm sure. Now to read it...
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-01-09 12:16:13 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
For those of you playing at home, this is a Sestina: A 39 line poem where each sestet uses the same six words at the end of their lines. Words are rotated in each sestet to keep things fresh and jaunty for you, the consumer, and eventually paired up in the final tercet for closure.
Don't like it? Blame the French, not me.
I'd rather have had one more sestet, because I don't like the ending.