The Sunday Poem: The Richard Bartle Limericks

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Jan 082006
 

I got this missive from Bartle
With qualms that my poetic art’ll
Diminish the blog —
Perhaps make it bog —
Take it over in whole or in partle.

Yet Bartle composes light verse!
Can Richard’s light verses be worse
Than lofty poetics
and free versing word tricks
In causing a poor blog to burst?

Nay, say I! And so, Bartle,
I pray you put up with my fartles.
Discounting the verse
Will error far worse
Than putting the horse before cart’ll.

Or something like that.

OK, so Richard actually just teased me about it very slightly. But I had to defend my honor!

  6 Responses to “The Sunday Poem: The Richard Bartle Limericks”

  1. Jeffool says:
    January 9, 2006 at 5:51 am

    And much like rap music before them, thus began the fabled Gaming Poet Wars of 2006. 😉

  2. That Chip Guy says:
    January 9, 2006 at 7:40 am

    West Coast represent!

  3. Raph says:
    January 9, 2006 at 9:36 am

    Now, if Damion or Lum posted poems,
    Then that would definitely show ’em:
    Convert all blogs MMO!
    Step on Richard’s toes!
    By pentametric game posts you’ll know ’em!

  4. Richard says:
    January 9, 2006 at 11:41 am

    I rest my case.

    Richard

  5. Some freaks. says:
    January 9, 2006 at 5:37 pm

    […] https://www.raphkoster.com/?p=251I got this missive from Bartle With qualms that my poetic art’ll Diminish the blog — Perhaps make it bog — Take it over in whole or in partle. Yet Bartle composes light verse! Can Richard’s light verses be worse Than lofty poetics and free versing word tricks In causing a poor blog to burst? […]

  6. Michael Chui says:
    January 10, 2006 at 12:42 am

    West Coast represent!

    West Side of the Atlantic, anyways… =P

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