@kistaro It's like, fractally awful. ;_____; I could have just as easily said "pathos" instead of "bathos." I just want to give this woman a hug and say something really nice about... her makeup or cooking or grandkids or something, anything to steer the topic from her poetry. O_o;;;

**Soreth** @Soreth@awoo.space · Aug 31, 2021, 16:21

**Soreth** @Soreth@awoo.space · Aug 31, 2021, 16:21

Aug 31, 2021, 16:21

Soreth @Soreth@awoo.space

re: "Hey, Empress? Can you define 'bathos' for us in one image?"

@zebratron2084 @kistaro I guess at least it's not the worst I've heard...

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**Empress of Mars: Undisputed** @zebratron2084@awoo.space · Aug 31, 2021, 16:31

**Empress of Mars: Undisputed** @zebratron2084@awoo.space · Aug 31, 2021, 16:31

Aug 31, 2021, 16:31

Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

re: "Hey, Empress? Can you define 'bathos' for us in one image?"

@Soreth @kistaro

The dead swans lay in the stagnant pool.
They lay. They rotted. They turned
Around occassionally.
Bits of flesh dropped off them from
Time to time.
And sank into the pool's mire.
They also smelt a great deal.

**Kistaro Windrider** @kistaro@dragon.style · Aug 31, 2021, 16:33

**Kistaro Windrider** @kistaro@dragon.style · Aug 31, 2021, 16:33

Aug 31, 2021, 16:33

Kistaro Windrider @kistaro@dragon.style

re: "Hey, Empress? Can you define 'bathos' for us in one image?"

@zebratron2084 @Soreth And if YOU can SMELL a GREAT DEAL too, come on down to CARSON’S PAWN & BAIT SHOP for —

**Empress of Mars: Undisputed** @zebratron2084@awoo.space · Aug 31, 2021, 16:34

**Empress of Mars: Undisputed** @zebratron2084@awoo.space · Aug 31, 2021, 16:34

Aug 31, 2021, 16:34

Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

re: "Hey, Empress? Can you define 'bathos' for us in one image?"

@kistaro @Soreth (good line!)

**Rain Dog** @Leucrotta@awoo.space · Aug 31, 2021, 16:39

**Rain Dog** @Leucrotta@awoo.space · Aug 31, 2021, 16:39

Aug 31, 2021, 16:39

Rain Dog @Leucrotta@awoo.space

re: "Hey, Empress? Can you define 'bathos' for us in one image?"

@zebratron2084 @kistaro @Soreth as a kid I noticed I liked my (still not very good) poetry a lot more after discovering that I could do free verse/blank verse without it shattering the universe or messing up anything in particular.

**Empress of Mars: Undisputed** @zebratron2084@awoo.space · 2021-08-31T16:41:06Z

Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

re: "Hey, Empress? Can you define 'bathos' for us in one image?"

@Leucrotta @kistaro @Soreth Yeah. Seriously. I honestly do think that a little academic experience could do wonders for this woman. Just a crash course in meter and traditional structures and the fact there's more to poetry than rhyming couplets with zero scansion.

Aug 31, 2021, 16:41 · · · ·

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