Crush the Ravens, Evermore! - The Orange Mane

Archie · 12-10-2005, 09:28 AM

My first attempt at poetry since days of high school - to go with our tailgate theme tomorrow...

Once upon a December day, while we Broncos pondered with hardy sway,
Over many a quaint and curious reel of football lore,
While we watched, hands a clapping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one weakly rapping, rapping at our Mile High door.
`'Tis some visitor,' Shanahan muttered, `tapping at our Mile High door -
Only this, and nothing more.'

Ah, distinctly we remember it was in the bright December,
That we contemplated their dismember, leaving Raven courage upon the floor.
Eagerly we wished the game be on; - we would fiddle with them like pawns
From our playbooks we would soar, so well, some TV fans would think it a bore,
For the Broncos so talent laden whom all Mile High lovers adore -
Winners here for evermore.

And the Ravens, while refitting, yet unwitting, yet unwitting
Did try to win with Boller and Heap, the rest a depleted corps
And Lewis’ eyes had all the seeming of a demon's, but it was dreaming,
For he listed out and so too others, leaving an uneven score
And the fans, many a jeering, did continue their constant roar,
Crush the Ravens, Evermore!

COBronco 69 · 12-10-2005, 10:16 AM

Thats great!!!!!

Billy Clyde Puckett · 12-10-2005, 10:28 AM

good job

watermock · 12-10-2005, 10:44 AM

When the RatBirds come to town
EveryOne feigns a frown
We are bold
They will fold
Ray Ray is on IR
We will go Har Har
Three trips to the bar
Waitress claims keys to the car
We dance in the street
It very merry week
Soon we will see
Madden with glee
Take out Manning
Shut up Madden
Go to Detrot
Start a revolt

I know it's weak but it's late....

Archie · 12-10-2005, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by watermock

When the RatBirds come to town
EveryOne feigns a frown
We are bold
They will fold
Ray Ray is on IR
We will go Har Har
Three trips to the bar
Waitress claims keys to the car
We dance in the street
It very merry week
Soon we will see
Madden with glee
Take out Manning
Shut up Madden
Go to Detrot
Start a revolt

I like it...

-Slap- · 12-10-2005, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrisar

My first attempt at poetry since days of high school - to go with our tailgate theme tomorrow...

Once upon a December day, while we Broncos pondered with hardy sway,
Over many a quaint and curious reel of football lore,
While we watched, hands a clapping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one weakly rapping, rapping at our Mile High door.
`'Tis some visitor,' Shanahan muttered, `tapping at our Mile High door -
Only this, and nothing more.'

Ah, distinctly we remember it was in the bright December,
That we contemplated their dismember, leaving Raven courage upon the floor.
Eagerly we wished the game be on; - we would fiddle with them like pawns
From our playbooks we would soar, so well, some TV fans would think it a bore,
For the Broncos so talent laden whom all Mile High lovers adore -
Winners here for evermore.

And the Ravens, while refitting, yet unwitting, yet unwitting
Did try to win with Boller and Heap, the rest a depleted corps
And Lewis’ eyes had all the seeming of a demon's, but it was dreaming,
For he listed out and so too others, leaving an uneven score
And the fans, many a jeering, did continue their constant roar,
Crush the Ravens, Evermore!

Outstanding. EAP himself would doubtless approve.

Archie · 12-10-2005, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -Slap-

Outstanding. EAP himself would doubtless approve.

Yeah, perhaps I should have said my first attempt at plagerizing poetry since high school....

Crushaholic · 12-10-2005, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrisar

Yeah, perhaps I should have said my first attempt at plagerizing poetry since high school....

SHHHH! I won't tell...

That was a great job, Chrisar...

flair · 12-10-2005, 11:41 AM

Good job Chrisar

-Slap- · 12-10-2005, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrisar

Yeah, perhaps I should have said my first attempt at plagerizing poetry since high school....

Not plagiarism at all. By my reckoning, it was part tribute, part brilliant satire. I loved it.

broncosteven · 12-10-2005, 01:12 PM

Now all the Broncos have to do is win

ludo21 · 12-10-2005, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by broncosteven

Now all the Broncos have to do is win

i knew there was a twist.

My haiku stab:

The Broncos will win
Ray Ray wont be dancin'
OSKIE POWER lives!!

loborugger · 12-10-2005, 04:28 PM

Well done, my man, well done.

Nobody's done a Limerick, so heres a try...

Tas a team from B-More
who came to our door
We'll beat them all night
and put them on a long flight
with their backsides feeling quite sore

SportinOne · 12-10-2005, 05:49 PM

game already won
confidence builder for Jake
fuel for photoshop

also...

there once was a man named Ray
he's on the cover of a game i used to play
the curse ran him down
just as ray would a cleveland brown
hopefully, inured he'll stay

sirhcyennek81 · 12-10-2005, 05:56 PM

Pork Chop, Pork Chop, greasy, greasy, beat those Ravens, easy, easy...

BroncoBuff · 12-10-2005, 07:23 PM

I've got a good one! Check this out:

. .

There once was a Mane called Orange
and the people there were all . . .

. . .

. . .

D'OH!!!

Archie · 12-10-2005, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by loborugger

Well done, my man, well done.

Nobody's done a Limerick, so heres a try...

Tas a team from B-More
who came to our door
We'll beat them all night
and put them on a long flight
with their backsides feeling quite sore

I love it...

-Slap- · 12-10-2005, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by loborugger

Well done, my man, well done.

Nobody's done a Limerick, so heres a try...

Tas a team from B-More
who came to our door
We'll beat them all night
and put them on a long flight
with their backsides feeling quite sore

There was a linebacker named Ray
Who loved the cameras recording his play
The Ravens' season, dead and clammy
Ray said, "Oops, hurt my hammy"
"I'll take the last month off.......with pay!"

-Slap- · 12-10-2005, 09:04 PM

Jacinth "Shorty" Baker and his friend
Didn't know it was all about to end
Thugs took their lives
And Ray hid the knives
What a great message we send

Kaylore · 12-10-2005, 10:38 PM

Apparently everyone is having issues with how many syllables a limerick is supposed to have.

I knew a young player named Kyle
Who wanted to go the next mile
After watching him play
At the end of the day
He just made his coach gag up bile

Sanders was certainly great
As we all hear the media state
Despite what he'll say
they'll quote him all day
And his ego they all masturbate

Jamal used to put on some shows
As the record book certainly shows
But he couldn't refrain
from buying cocaine
And now as a runner, he blows

loborugger · 12-11-2005, 09:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaylore

Apparently everyone is having issues with how many syllables a limerick is supposed to have.

Ok, poet laurete of the Mane, how many syllables is a limerick supposed to have? To be honest, I didnt even think it had a "syllable" restriction.

BTW, good stuff there.

watermock · 12-11-2005, 09:18 AM

Khan!!

Well they fed a bunch of crap down me...and the paper I put out was brilliant but the profesor disn't have clue to understand it, because I actually understood Cataneda...

you just don't accept educated idiots as authorities..they they wouldn't work for the goverment if they knew anything...

BroncoBuff · 12-13-2005, 02:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BroncoBuff1

I've got a good one! Check this out:

. .

There once was a Mane called Orange
and the people there were all . . .

. . .

. . .
. . . . . . D'OH!!!

Get it? The only word in English that doesn't have a rhyme ? ? orange ? ? And Homer always messes things up ? ? Ha ha ? ?

broncosteven · 12-13-2005, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BroncoBuff1

Get it? The only word in English that doesn't have a rhyme ? ? orange ? ? And Homer always messes things up ? ? Ha ha ? ?

No.

12-10-2005, 09:28 AM	#1
Archie R Gang Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Longmont, CO Posts: 1,151 Adopt-a-Bronco: Keith Bishop	Crush the Ravens, Evermore! My first attempt at poetry since days of high school - to go with our tailgate theme tomorrow... Once upon a December day, while we Broncos pondered with hardy sway, Over many a quaint and curious reel of football lore, While we watched, hands a clapping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one weakly rapping, rapping at our Mile High door. `'Tis some visitor,' Shanahan muttered, `tapping at our Mile High door - Only this, and nothing more.' Ah, distinctly we remember it was in the bright December, That we contemplated their dismember, leaving Raven courage upon the floor. Eagerly we wished the game be on; - we would fiddle with them like pawns From our playbooks we would soar, so well, some TV fans would think it a bore, For the Broncos so talent laden whom all Mile High lovers adore - Winners here for evermore. And the Ravens, while refitting, yet unwitting, yet unwitting Did try to win with Boller and Heap, the rest a depleted corps And Lewis’ eyes had all the seeming of a demon's, but it was dreaming, For he listed out and so too others, leaving an uneven score And the fans, many a jeering, did continue their constant roar, Crush the Ravens, Evermore! Last edited by Archie; 12-10-2005 at 10:44 AM..

12-10-2005, 07:23 PM	#16
BroncoBuff *************** Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Seattle Posts: 25,433 Adopt-a-Bronco: QUANTERUS SMITH	I've got a good one! Check this out: . . There once was a Mane called Orange and the people there were all . . . . . . . . . *D'OH!!!*

12-11-2005, 09:18 AM	#22
watermock "Hoodie Jr" "Hug me!" Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hot Springs, Ouachitah Posts: 77,090	Khan!! Well they fed a bunch of crap down me...and the paper I put out was brilliant but the profesor disn't have clue to understand it, because I actually understood Cataneda... you just don't accept educated idiots as authorities..they they wouldn't work for the goverment if they knew anything... Last edited by watermock; 12-11-2005 at 09:20 AM..

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12-10-2005, 10:16 AM	#2
COBronco 69 Redneck Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grand Junction, CO Posts: 257	Thats great!!!!!

12-10-2005, 10:28 AM	#3
Billy Clyde Puckett Billy=Semi Tough Big Guy Looking down on KC, SD and Oakland Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: between 5,000 and 10,000 feet elevation Posts: 12,665 Adopt-a-Bronco: John Elway	good job

12-10-2005, 10:44 AM	#4
watermock "Hoodie Jr" "Hug me!" Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hot Springs, Ouachitah Posts: 77,090	When the RatBirds come to town EveryOne feigns a frown We are bold They will fold Ray Ray is on IR We will go Har Har Three trips to the bar Waitress claims keys to the car We dance in the street It very merry week Soon we will see Madden with glee Take out Manning Shut up Madden Go to Detrot Start a revolt I know it's weak but it's late....

12-10-2005, 11:41 AM	#9
flair Perennial Pro-bowler Whoooooooooo Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Missouri Posts: 811	Good job Chrisar

12-10-2005, 01:12 PM	#11
broncosteven The Kranz Dictum MWA: Flight Director Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tranquility Base Posts: 29,016 Adopt-a-Bronco: MONEYBALL #38	Now all the Broncos have to do is win

12-10-2005, 04:28 PM	#13
loborugger lost in the ether Did we finally get a FB??? Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The 'cuse Posts: 5,783 Adopt-a-Bronco: Peyton Hillis	Well done, my man, well done. Nobody's done a Limerick, so heres a try... Tas a team from B-More who came to our door We'll beat them all night and put them on a long flight with their backsides feeling quite sore

12-10-2005, 05:49 PM	#14
SportinOne Ring of Famer Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,422	game already won confidence builder for Jake fuel for photoshop also... there once was a man named Ray he's on the cover of a game i used to play the curse ran him down just as ray would a cleveland brown hopefully, inured he'll stay

12-10-2005, 05:56 PM	#15
sirhcyennek81 Yes...swooping is bad... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florence, Colorado Posts: 20,668 Adopt-a-Bronco: All of them.	Pork Chop, Pork Chop, greasy, greasy, beat those Ravens, easy, easy...

12-10-2005, 09:04 PM	#19
-Slap- Ring of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 31,895	Jacinth "Shorty" Baker and his friend Didn't know it was all about to end Thugs took their lives And Ray hid the knives What a great message we send

12-10-2005, 10:38 PM	#20
Kaylore 6-37, Raider fans. Yummy birds and snow! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ceti Alpha V Posts: 41,017 Adopt-a-Bronco: Wesley Duke	Apparently everyone is having issues with how many syllables a limerick is supposed to have. I knew a young player named Kyle Who wanted to go the next mile After watching him play At the end of the day He just made his coach gag up bile Sanders was certainly great As we all hear the media state Despite what he'll say they'll quote him all day And his ego they all masturbate Jamal used to put on some shows As the record book certainly shows But he couldn't refrain from buying cocaine And now as a runner, he blows