Originally posted by jOhO:
ok i'm done.. the first verse still doesn't really lead into the
second and third if u ask me. but the third verse came out rather
nicely i reckon, and pessimistically too!! 
[b]The wise do not forsake
their elementary beginnings,
wherefrom a spectrum
of profound phylosophies emerge.
Like the ugly duckling
that grows to beautiful swan,
it's feathers shimmering at dusk,
the tangible aspects of life
are sometimes rendered meaningless
by this miraculous transformation.
Beauty, this swan personifies,
admiration abounds in the countryfolk.
The swan, however, will forever hide,
the scars it amassed as a duckling,
when not a single head it turned,
nor a single extolment received.[/b]
cool, and all 8 words, yeay!
(yes I counted, and triple-checked...)
perhaps if u try making it so that the swan embraces rather than
trying to hide it's scar, it would tie in the first para...? well,
won't know until it's tried... *~*
you think got anyone else (other than us) insane enough to try ur
list?