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  • Re: WE HAVE A WINNER!

    NoStar:WR, I love that joke from ''The Undiscovered Country'' about reading Hamlet in the original Kilingon. I understand that Klingon like Hebrew either does not have or does not use the verb ''to be''. (In the case of Hebrew it is because it is integral to the name of God, so it is not used out of respect. But, I do not know why it is absent ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on June 27, 2008

  • Re: WE HAVE A WINNER!

    A copy of SECRETS OF THE SONNETS: SHAKESPEARE'S CODE by Peter J. Jensen will soon be on its way to White Rabbit. Mr. Rabbit, would you like it signed by the author? NoStar Need you ask? Most gladly. Then I can resell it on eBay and recoup my purchases of several vintage Mattel Hot Birds. (Just kidding on the reselling bit -- but not on the ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on June 27, 2008

  • WE HAVE A WINNER!

    It was almost like watching a horse race. MaryAnn had the field to herself, then Island Time took the lead. Out of nowhere, White Rabbit hopped ahead of everyone and won by a pink nose. The skinny on the sonnet: Over Memorial weekend, I took my boat to a family reunion campout. My cousin Sandy and her husband Peter J. Jensen stayed aboard my ...
    Posted to Poems by NoStar on June 27, 2008

  • As for the contest...

    The Contest: Explain who this sonnet is about and what is being anticipated. Oh. The sonnet is about Peter Jensen. What's being anticipated is the reading of his book about Shakespeare's use of codes, or the solutions to certain long-standing problems therein, or how they were solved -- or all of the above. Sorry, it's early in the morning, ...
    Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on June 27, 2008

  • An Old Fashion Fray Contest from an old forgotten frayster

    Greetings to all who might remember me and to those who are saying ''who the hell is this guy.'' Without even thinking that it was mid-summer's night eve last night, I went to sleep thinking I should write a sonnet. (There is no time more enchanted for sonnet writing than June 20th.) I woke up at six and completed this sonnet in four hours. ...
    Posted to Poems by NoStar on June 22, 2008