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  2. Tears for Water - Wikipedia

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    Tears for Water: Songbook of Poems and Lyrics is a collection of poems and lyrics written by American recording artist Alicia Keys. It was first issued in the United States as a hardcover edition by G. P. Putnam's Sons, on November 4, 2004. Later in November 2005, it was issued in Canada and Europe in paperback format by Berkley Books.

  3. O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing - Wikipedia

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    The 1989 editors of The United Methodist Hymnal omitted the verse containing the words "dumb" and "lame", but later reverted to the original version. [7] The authors of Companion to Hymns and Psalms (1988) note that the verse "He breaks the power of cancelled sin" is an apparent tautology, but speculated on Wesley's intention. [4]

  4. Poetic Champions Compose - Wikipedia

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    Poetic Champions Compose was voted the 21st best album of 1987 in The Village Voice ' s annual Pazz & Jop critics poll. [15] In a retrospective review for AllMusic , Stephen Thomas Erlewine said only a few songs distinguish themselves from the album's dulcet, arty mood and mid-tempo balladry, but concluded that "this record is warmer, stronger ...

  5. There once was a man from Nantucket - Wikipedia

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    The poem has become a staple of American humor.It is often used as a joking example of fine art, with the vulgarity providing a surprising contrast to an expected refinement, such as in the 2002 film Solaris, when George Clooney's character mentions that his favorite poem is the most famous poem by Dylan Thomas that starts with "There was a young man from Nantucket"; or Will & Grace season 8 ...

  6. Nonsense verse - Wikipedia

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    "Somforbe" could possibly be a noun, possibly a slurred verb phrase. In the sense that it is a slurred verb, it could be the word "stumbled", as in Sam fell onto the drunk side and stumbled on a girl. However, not all nonsense verse relies on word play. Some simply illustrate nonsensical situations.

  7. The Idiot Boy - Wikipedia

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    The poem uses a five-line stanza of tetrameter lines, with a rhyming scheme of ABCCB, [6] said to be a "variation on the long meter quatrain." [7] It has been described as a realisation of the traditional form of the ballad, chiefly because of its "unobtrusive" narrator, [8] as well as "an extreme example of the naive or rustic style in poetry."

  8. Dumb crambo - Wikipedia

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    In the early versions of the game up to the eighteenth century, teams would vie with each other to find and express a rhyme for a word or line presented by the opposing player or team. Someone would offer the first rhyme often poking fun at a dignitary; the subsequent lines or couplets would then have to rhyme with this.

  9. Wikipedia:List of really, really, really stupid article ideas ...

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    Posting a video of yourself saying the N-word, especially if you're not Black. Posting an image of yourself falling off the Burj Khalifa. (haha funny number) Singing any Cardi B song. About the food that you find (or don't find) tasty. List of promises by politicians. Posting any number of useless messages made by bored editors of Wikipedia.