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User	Learah | 2005-02-02 |
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Message	"Your search - "My love is like a red, red double decker bus - did not match any documents. " How’s that... an original idea! So of course there’s such a thing as an original idea.

User	Learah | 2005-02-02 |
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Message	They’re cliches for a reason. Because they say it best. the problem is that it’s not very original to say something everyone’s heard before. "My love is like a red, red rose" said Robert Burns. That was incredible, because it was 1759 and no one had thought of love that way, then. But because it’s been said already, it’s a cliche as everyone knows it, or has heard/seen love compared to red roses. So what do we do? Think about what we feel, and find a way to say it that hasn’t been said before. "My love is like a red, red double-decker open topped bus in the rain. Huge, fun, and plenty of room for everyone... even in the worst weather, there’s shelter." Blah, it’s not a very good example, but it is an example nonetheless. And I don’t think your poems are cliched, Fifi...

User	cuddledumplin | 2005-02-02 |
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Message	I didn’t say "original idea." I said that there’s a fresh way to say everything. In a writing class in college, the professor made us come up with as many ways as possible to say "I love you."

User	besodemuerte | 2005-02-01 |
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Message	there’s no such thing as an original idea....

User	cuddledumplin | 2005-02-01 |
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Message	The think that you can find a fresh way to say anything. After you write something, ask yourself if you’ve heard anything in it more than a few times. If so, rewrite it.

User	magnicat | 2005-01-30 |
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Message	yea, beso, i think it is a cliche. we just can’t escape ’em!

User	besodemuerte | 2005-01-30 |
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Message	sometimes the feelings i feel deep down are cliche... most people feel very cliche.. especially when it comes to love.. just because people can easily identify with certain things makes them cliche... yes.. i also hate the cliche plice... is the term ’that’s so cliche’ a cliche?

User	magnicat | 2005-01-29 |
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Message	i hate the cliche police!

User	drkpoet | 2004-03-05 |
Subject	NO MORE CLICHE
Message	now cliche is not a bad thing. believe me a lot of my stuff is under the cliche catagory, and i have a publisher looking at it. now he would not be looking a my cliched stuff if it wasn’t good... to get ur stuff outta the cliche catagory, make ur stuff more personalized. make it full of feelings, make it something that is felt deep down, a great friend (crash) once told me, grab a notebook. write down the thoughts you have. then when more personalized things come along then put all ur ideas that u like together.... it helped me out a lot!!.. i don’t think most of my poetry would be as good as everyone tells me it is... he also told me, sketch what u want first... then go to a blank page, and try to re-write it with what u remember... try not to use lines that are popular, used all the time... thats what makes it a cliche... hope i answered ur question... ne other questions you have just let me know.. i’ll try what i can to help you out!... Pe@ce DrkPoet