tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post7757335451973962820..comments2024-03-29T07:54:24.161+00:00Comments on TONE DEAF: Got a big vocabulary?Roderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-43094392336234206702012-03-04T08:46:49.920+00:002012-03-04T08:46:49.920+00:00HHB: Thank you for that. But then when I think of ...HHB: Thank you for that. But then when I think of Accept All Offerings I remind myself that you are devoted to conciseness. And that you're famous for being out-of-synch: drenched when we're dry, sweating when we shiver. As to writing a sonnet I don't see why not. Structure (if Shakespearean): ABAB/CDCD/EFEF/GG. Form: iambic pentameter (whisper "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" to yourself). Subject: Alchemist's magnificent beard.<br /><br />Look HHB you know about poetry, you read it. When I mentioned I'd got a CADuffy book you wanted to know my reaction. There's no reason why you shouldn't have a go, secretly, to yourself while walking Blue Dog. I suspect you fear showing it to someone for guidance but, honest, poetry is such a rare thing that people are terribly kind and helpful. Do you remember, while I was still doing WW, I decided that technology was just as good a subject as daffodills and I instructed Julia to teach me to write poetry. Julia's a very busy lady and yet she helped. But don't feel you have to post. Poetry is nothing if not personal and you can keep it to yourself.<br /><br />It's only because I have a tsunami-sized ego, and have posted, that people who haven't looked too closely at the results have imagained I know something about poetry.<br /><br />I didn't in fact know it was The Aeronaut to his Lady, what's more I didn't know of Fred Sidgwick. Would you like me to go on about my poetical ignorance? Prove it, if you like?Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-49123507965620846222012-03-03T14:54:35.308+00:002012-03-03T14:54:35.308+00:00ps. It's called 'The Aeronaut to his Lady&...ps. It's called 'The Aeronaut to his Lady'. But expect you already knew that.herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-10937348942056554412012-03-03T14:53:04.905+00:002012-03-03T14:53:04.905+00:00Am not entering your comp.'cos I couldn't ...Am not entering your comp.'cos I couldn't write a sonnet. However, the following 14 word 'sonnet' by Fred Sidgwick has always made me smile, because it is short and to the point...<br /><br />I<br />though<br />blue<br />sky<br />fly<br />to<br />you.<br />Why?<br />sweet<br />love<br />feet<br />move<br />so<br />slow.herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.com