Common phrases

Filed Under Poegles 

 

One of the easiest ways to do a poegle is to look for a common phrase that can generate interesting results.

For this poegle, we used the phrase “there is a saying in Russia”.  We then organized the results that we plucked from the engine into a pantoum, a form of poem that uses repetition of lines in a fixed order.

 

There is a saying in Russia

One old friend is better than two new ones.
Each child is given a bottle when it is born.
There are two kinds of disasters: fools and roads.
If you have a Siberian cat, then serenity moves into your house.

Each child is given a bottle when it is born.
Whenever you wake up, it’s morning.
If you have a Siberian cat, then serenity moves into your house.
There are as many borsch recipes as there are women.

Whenever you wake up, it’s morning.
Saving a drowning man is a job for the drowning man.
There are as many borsch recipes as there are women.
All will be given according to your faith.

Saving a drowning man is a job for the drowning man.
The way you enter the New Year is the way it is going to last.
All will be given according to your faith.
The good smile is the last smile.

The way you enter the New Year is the way it is going to last.
The most beautiful women live in Rostov-on-Don.
The good smile is the last smile.
Never say that you will never go to jail or end up begging on the streets.

The most beautiful women live in Rostov-on-Don.
One old friend is better than two new ones.
Never say that you will never go to jail or end up begging on the streets.
There are two kinds of disasters: fools and roads.

 

-Editor (search phrase “there is a saying in Russia”)

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