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Pro OC POEMS

Rusty Young Man

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A sampling

Who says guns and fine art don't mix? Here's a sampling of the creativity of some of our members:

SNIP... I need a license to carry in my car. I need a license to carry in a bar.

This would make a fine start to a Dr. Seuss story.

Would you carry in a boat?

Would you carry with a goat?

I would surely do both, hither and yon,

but presently now, just 'moving on'...



[...no, says eye95, for REAL this time, just moving on...]

Please don't think I'm dirty harry
Just because I open carry

What if someone tries to steal it?
Recite this poem and really feel it:

If you try to take my gun,
I'll shoot you with the other one.

When the bad guys attack
I'll shoot them in the head

And then keep on shooting
Until the threat is dead

...I mean, stopped.
 
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Rusty Young Man

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Another sample

These are also from the same thread:

Compromise is a ratchet. Each time we compromise, the ratchet locks, and there is no going back, just "forward" to the next ratchet stop.
If you change the format, you can see a masterpiece:
eye95 said:
Compromise is a ratchet

Each time we compromise, the ratchet locks,
and there is no going back,
just "forward" to the next ratchet stop.

In the dusty deserts of AZ
One can see the shape of me:
I try to normalize my mode of carry,
Get looks and whispers, but howls nary;
That's how to spot the transplants from afar,
With loopy looks and hybrid cars;
Perhaps they feel the sudden urge
To amble free and Freedom splurge?

Good, you see, in "Announced" Carry,
Perhaps a tee; a reveille.
But how UN-normal that would be!
We disagree. On THAT agree.
Perhaps it's simply not to be,
Not likely; not my "cup o' tea".
I say to thee "not my OC."

SNIP...I cannot carry in a car, I cannot carry in a bar.
Must have a license near a school.
A license? Think I am a fool?!

I need a permit to carry over here,
I need a permit to carry over there
I SHOULD NOT NEED A PERMIT TO CARRY ANY F****NG WHERE!

The last one has a real "Green Eggs and Ham" vibe to it.
 
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eye95

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My apologies to John Fogerty:


I see the crime rate rising.
I see trouble on the way.
I see muggin’s and fightin'.
I see bad times today.

Don't go unarmed tonight,
Well, he’s bound to take your life,
There's a bad man on the right.

I see the signs agrowin'.
I know the end is coming soon.
I fear zombies are aroamin'.
Republic’s in a state of ruin.

Don't go unarmed tonight,
Well, he’s bound to take your life,
There's a bad man on the right.
All right!

Hope you got your [stuff] together.
Hope you are quite prepared to fight.
Looks like it’s time for slappin’ leather.
Old eye is fightin’ for the Right.

Don't go unarmed tonight,
Well, he’s bound to take your life,
There's a bad man on the right.

Don't go unarmed tonight,
Well, he’s bound to take your life,
There's a bad man on the right.

© 2013 by eye95
 

mdak06

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Haiku verses (because ... why not)

Carrying my gun
Good folks have nothing to fear
But criminals do.

Carrying my gun
like a spare tire in the trunk
Crucial if needed.

Sitting down for food
Diner patrons pay no mind
Weapon at my side.

Shopping at the store
Lady asks me "what's that for?"
I turn and answer ...

"Self-defense is my
own responsibility
no bodyguards here."

"Don't want to use it
But I have it if needed.
Have a good day ma'am."

Polite encounters
Do more to further OC
Than all of Youtube.

Millions of gun folks
Small minority do harm
Vast numbers are good

When more folks learn this
It will help to turn the tide
And then we all win.

© 2014 by mdak06
 

Gil223

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Haiku verses (because ... why not)

Carrying my gun
Good folks have nothing to fear
But criminals do.

Carrying my gun
like a spare tire in the trunk
Crucial if needed.

Sitting down for food
Diner patrons pay no mind
Weapon at my side.

Shopping at the store
Lady asks me "what's that for?"
I turn and answer ...

"Self-defense is my
own responsibility
no bodyguards here."

"Don't want to use it
But I have it if needed.
Have a good day ma'am."

Polite encounters
Do more to further OC
Than all of Youtube.

Millions of gun folks
Small minority do harm
Vast numbers are good

When more folks learn this
It will help to turn the tide
And then we all win.

© 2014 by mdak06
Nice try- very creative, and well thought out... but you don't have the "traditional" haiku structure of 5-7-5 in any but the very last one. ;) Pax...
 

countryclubjoe

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Hi Folks

Let me give some poetry a try...

My zip code is in an anti state, if I were to open carry, the big house would be my fate.
I reside in an anti state, where liberties don't rate, where liberties don't rate, so if I were to open carry, "the big house would be my fate"

Regards

CCJ
 

mdak06

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Nice try- very creative, and well thought out... but you don't have the "traditional" haiku structure of 5-7-5 in any but the very last one. ;) Pax...
I was always taught that for haiku in English, it's 17 syllables (in the 5-7-5 structure), and has nothing to do with how many words are used.
 

ATM

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I was always taught that for haiku in English, it's 17 syllables (in the 5-7-5 structure), and has nothing to do with how many words are used.

Yes, that is correct
Your structure seems right to me
Refrigerator
 

Rusty Young Man

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Nice try- very creative, and well thought out... but you don't have the "traditional" haiku structure of 5-7-5 in any but the very last one. ;) Pax...

I was always taught that for haiku in English, it's 17 syllables (in the 5-7-5 structure), and has nothing to do with how many words are used.

I've heard the same thing
Since the first, third, or fifth grade.
But things may have changed.

Yes, that is correct
Your structure seems right to me
Refrigerator

Very well done.
Can we have another one?:D
 
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Rusty Young Man

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Thank you everyone for posting, venting, and letting out the inner poet.
Here's one I found while browsing the threads under my "Funnies" tab:

SNIP...There is an old bit of doggerel that nost of you have heard; aa tribute to Samuel Colt:

[align=center]Ypu need not feaqr of any man[/align]
[align=center]No matter what his size;[/align]
[align=center]If Danger threatens, call on Me[/align]
[align=center]And I will equalize"[/align]
[align=left]"nuff said.[/align]
 
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HPmatt

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Ode to the Woodsmen

I'll give it a try

Open Carry if you're weary
Specially when the woods you go
Watch for Sasquatch - nothing more….
 

Grapeshot

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OC for me,
OC for thee,
OC round the freedom tree.

Be so bold,
Never too old,
To exercise this way, I'm told.

A right unused,
A right abused,
Makes me all the more enthused.

Protect this right,
With power and might,
Relinquishing nothing in sight.

We fight for today,
In many a way,
So that we can all shout, olé!

OC for me,
OC for thee,
OC round the freedom tree.


P.S. I'm not poet, don't you know it? :)
 
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