Saved by the Bell/Poems

A collection of poems from Saved by the Bell.

Latin Phrase

The teacher running the club leaps up on a desk. "You, there! You have to <thing>!"

<thing>	meaning	notes
carpe diem	seize the day	This is the phrase from the movie, Dead Poets Society
cave quid dicis, quando, et cui	be careful what you say, when, and to whom	-
deus ex machina, et cetera	god from the machine, and so on	the first part is from a trope of using deities to resolve play plots
ipso facto	by the fact itself	meaning "as a direct consequence"
mens rea	guilty mind	ill intent
nolite te bastardes carborundorum	don't let the bastards grind you down	used in The Handmaid's Tale
nosce te ipsum	know yourself	-
Romani eunt domus	Romans go home	used in Life of Brian, pre-correction
Romani ite domum	Romans go home	used in Life of Brian, corrected by a Roman
tabula rasa	clean slate	-
terra firma	solid earth	the land parts of Earth's crust, differing from Ocean
vice versa	the other way around	-

Poetry

You clear your throat and recite:

Poem	Source Notes
Once upon a boring teatime While I took much needed "me" time, Suddenly there came a wee chime of the doorbell at my door.	"The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe
In the Arid Extra-Dry Desert, I met a creature, naked, bestial, Who held a cup of coffee in his hands, and drank from it. "Is it good, friend?" I asked. "It is bitter," he said, "but I like it because it is bitter. "And because it is my coffee." "Tight," I said, "now put pants on, please."	"In the Desert" by Stephen Crane (Also used for In the Desert.)
Lissen mistah ifya wannano the ruhllybig seeekrit of LIFE MEBBE U* *(uplifted) pro(inverted)llyshud drinka helluvalotta cof(allatonce)fee	Style of e. e. cummings
This is just to say I have bogarted all the pizza rolls which you were probably saving for a party or something. Im sorry They're so gnarly and Im so high	"This Is Just To Say" by William Carlos Williams
So much depends on a rusty pitchfork with a spider web and two dead mosquitos	"The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams
There once was a man from Nantucket who kept all his eggs in a bucket Said he with a grin, as he spied them within, "If this bucket were corn, I would shuck it!"	There once was a man from Nantucket
Because I could not stop to pee------ it kindly stopped for -----me I had to change my ---- underthings Because it flowed so free----------	"Because I could not stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson
Then I had a crumpet, Then I heard a trumpet I heard them filling up a bucket just to dump it, Then I saw the bugbears creeping through the black, Burning through the tavern with their filthy tracks.	"The Congo" By Vachel Lindsay
Shall I compare thee to a harem girl? Thou art less buxom, but far less diseased Thy bosoms do not put one in a whirl, And yet you spread not pox with every sneeze So I'll be true, though th'goblin harem calls For I can keep both thee, dear, and my balls.	"Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?" (Sonnet 18) by William Shakespeare
I sing of myself, for I am pretty awesome, a man woman child grown-up swinging enthusiastically through the sky, I totally rock in most conceivable ways, in the mirror I am reflected, and yet I reflect further, I'm on a horse.	"Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman (From Leaves of Grass, also referenced here.)