reasons to be cheerful - part n+1

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there are, of course, a number of standard forms for poems; many forms date back for centuries and many are widely known. a more recent and underrated example is the "reasons to be cheerful" - a form based around ian dury's widely over-analysed classic. each stanza is formed of 3 lines which rhyme and all contain reasons to be cheerful. (in earlier verses an extra line is added at the end though i prefer to work in the later form)

the following is a collection of reasons to be cheerful which i posted on the twitter between april 20th and may 6th 2009 and tagged with #reasonstobecheerful

and, since everyone knows that what you live is at least as important as what you are like, it's a strangely personal selection


my oral fixation,
multivariate integration,
righteous indignation

skies filled up with white clouds,
playing music quite loud
(but only to the right crowd)

the new transistor heroes,
delta tends to zero,
honey nut cheerios

listening to morphine,
poking fun at your scene,
sian berry is more green

bayesian inference,
causing public nuisance,
the ii-v-i cadence

honey roasted peanuts,
si units,
"i love you" when you mean it

ornette coleman's "free jazz",
hating cameron diaz,
and everything that she has           done

folding origami,
wild boar salami,
minor wounds which scar me

blood and chocolate,
driving off the back foot,
drinking from a goblet

cute redheaded actors,
finding prime factors,
maggie when they sacked her

a love supreme by coltrane,
daria and jane lane,
obsessing over cobain

helen loves a punk boy,
beansprouts and pak choi,
bakudan poi poi

holding hands til they're clammy,
reviews that don't slam me,
um jammer lammy

swapping mixtape cds,
making strangers flee me,
boy wonder by speedy

screaming on the inside,
propositions implied,
almost anything deep-fried

turophilia,
making solos squealier,
being who you really are

wondering til your thoughts hurt,
singing like a false kurt,
pretty girls in short skirts

finding succour,
karjalanpiirakka,
ledyard r tucker

x-ray spex,
rocking out soundchecks,
far too much effects