A Quote

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"There is just enough room in the world for all the people in it, but there is no room for the fences which seperate them"

It is hard to hold hands with your neighbor across a tall fence isn't it...

-- Melissa (cmnorris@1st.net), November 17, 2001

Answers

Melissa, here's you a special couplet based on your quote. I think it's close enough to get the same point across, but you be the judge. Hmm, I liked it enough to use it for my next Cloud Couplet.


Room Enough

The world holds room enough for all mankind,
But not for fences raised to hide behind.



-- Randal (randal@rhyme.cjb.net), November 17, 2001.

Hello Melissa, "Good fences, make good neighbors." --Benjamin Franklin Sincerely, Ernest

-- http://communities.msn.com/livingoffthelandintheozarks (espresso42@hotmail.com), November 17, 2001.

How do you do that???? Very nice, better than the original...

-- Melissa (me@home.net), November 17, 2001.

I try to get a feel for meter, rearranging the words to make the meter flow, and keeping my eyes out for possible words to rhyme. I started out with the line ending "for all its folk," or something like that. Except nothing to rhyme with. So I looked for synonyms for folk. Often I pull out the thesaurus. Often. This time, though, mankind popped up, and behind was, well, right behind it. After that, it pretty well fell into place.

A little practice, an ear for sound, a sense of beat. For me, a fun aside and pasttime.

-- Randal (randal@rhyme.cjb.net), November 17, 2001.


Hi Ernest! I immediately thought of your quote when I read the one I posted!! I think mine is talking more of theoretical fences: barriers of race, unfounded predjudice, socio-economic boundaries, etc... I think real fences do make good neighbors. Especially if they keep the neighbors cows out of my garden!!!

-- Melissa (me@home.net), November 17, 2001.


Or my goats out of the neighbor's roses;)

-- mary (marylgarcia@aol.com), November 17, 2001.

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