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Ta Dida Da of a Time Long Past

June 14, 2011
By IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
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Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

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Ta dida da
How I wish it was still so
Ta dida da
Why'd you ever have to go?
Ta dida da
I don't really care anymore
Ta dida da
The world's bigger than we think
Ta dida da
Those are now the years of yester-lore
Ta dida da
Ta dida da
Met you at the roller rink
That world's over
This one begins
All without you.

© Bryttany O., Shenandoah, PA

The author's comments:
Someone on Distant Shore once asked me "Whats that song called that goes ta dida tada ...?", I didn't know what that song was, so I made one up; actaully I ended up doing three at request, and this is the first. I kinda skipped over the 'ta' of the last word.
I know it's not really any good, I just wanted to share it and the story behind it.
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Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Jul. 6 2011 at 12:14 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. <br /> Henry Drummond

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Same with me! :) 
Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Jul. 6 2011 at 12:14 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. <br /> Henry Drummond

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Can you still try to put it in the               song lyrics category of the poems? 
Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Jul. 6 2011 at 12:13 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. <br /> Henry Drummond

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That's cool! :) 
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 6 2011 at 12:01 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
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Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

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Ah, and my inquisitive nature gets me into trouble once again...
SMWells PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 6 2011 at 11:56 am
SMWells PLATINUM, Carlisle, South Carolina
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Some truths best left unspoken.

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Origanaly? I thought she was hinting that you had plagerised.  But you don't have to defend her farther.  I get the picture already!
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 6 2011 at 11:45 am
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
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Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

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What did you think she was trying to say?
SMWells PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 6 2011 at 11:38 am
SMWells PLATINUM, Carlisle, South Carolina
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Some truths best left unspoken.

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You are probably write.  But murcy me! I would never talk to a freind like that, or anyone for that matter.
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 5 2011 at 11:32 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
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Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

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I think I'll wait to see how SM replies before I report it, is that okay with you?
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 5 2011 at 11:31 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
44 articles 16 photos 2206 comments

Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

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I know, I hadn't assumed you didn't like it at all, and even if you didn't, I wouldn't mind :) I'm glad you like it, and that it's plausible as a song.
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 5 2011 at 11:31 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
44 articles 16 photos 2206 comments

Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

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Actaully, SM, Aderes is an old teenink friend of mine, so it's all okay :) I don't mind someone not liking my poems, everyone has different poems, and I think you're misreading Aderes' comment.
Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Jul. 5 2011 at 5:04 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. <br /> Henry Drummond

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What I meant by is that the poem has the rthym of a song and it sounds like it could be a real song. And I actually really like your poem. :)
Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Jul. 5 2011 at 5:01 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. <br /> Henry Drummond

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Could you report the last comment? The one that SMWells wrote? I just find it very rude cause that's certainly what I did not mean and I didn't even get the chance to reply to it!
Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 5 2011 at 3:38 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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Thank goodness!

You cannot imagine anything as saddening as seeing a bird crying.

SMWells PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 5 2011 at 2:49 pm
SMWells PLATINUM, Carlisle, South Carolina
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Some truths best left unspoken.

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Let me be impertinant enough to answer for her, and say... she obviously is just being abnoxious becuase she doesn't like it.
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 5 2011 at 12:59 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
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Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

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I liked the rhyme, it fits the nonsense of my poem :)

Oh dear, look what I've started. I can't bear to make anyone cry, much less a silent raven. Consider it posted as soon as possible.

Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 5 2011 at 11:52 am
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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Hmmm, I believe that you articulated it far better than I did, particularly because of the horrible rhyme which I included.

I do not request, I demand that you post the poem, Stargirl. If you do not, I will proceed to weep large, black, raven tears which slide along my feathery features to perch upon the tip of my beak.

IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 4 2011 at 8:39 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
44 articles 16 photos 2206 comments

Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

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As I once wrote in a poem that I do not think I posted on here,

"Words chase each other around my head, blabbering, incoherent;
the half-formed heads of fairytale stories, never finished, never ending...

Occasionally, gravity reverses itself, they float up, towards the sunny-blue sky that is the top of my brunette head.
Together, the words solidify, and form stories"

And there you have it, not unlike what you have said.

IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 4 2011 at 8:33 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
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Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

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What exactly do you mean by that?
Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 4 2011 at 11:52 am
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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Ta dida da.

Ta dida da.

Your mind is a basin of stories and thoughts, and you know how to shape them (as the potter builds his pots).

Ta dida da.

Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Jul. 3 2011 at 1:13 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. <br /> Henry Drummond

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I can totally tell this is from a song.