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P.S.: A textbook case of archetypes in action
It occurs to me that my response, in what I said and how I said it, is a textbook example of Jungian psychology (via John Beebe's theory of archetypes ) in action. Here an ENFP engages his supportive, decision-making capacity based on personal values in a Good Parent role (that's the archetype): a role with a particular tone of voice that brooks ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 21, 2009
Lesbian eisgesis is more like it
That last line especially, Gretchen and NoStar, is not reminiscent of lesbian curiosity (with its potential for arousal), but of feeling ''un-woman-ed'' in the presence of a superior heterosexual specimen, just as a man can feel ''unmanned'' in a parallel presence of his own gender. I've been there and done that, as noted elsewhere. There is no ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 21, 2009
Re: Erica Ehrenberg's "Exquisite body' as a limerick
Well, NoStar, I guess when my parody gene's stuck in the ditch, all I have to do is read one of your limerical rewrites and it gets pushed back on the road. Stand by for a full-throttle HOTR parody! wr ()()
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 21, 2009
Re: "The Most Careless Girl in the Class . ." By Erica Ehrenberg
WOW. I like this poem!!!! I like it more than any Tuesday Poem I can remember in a long time. More in my Front Post to come...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 21, 2009
Re: Congratulations - Mary Ann
Hey, very cool, Denny and NoStar. I'd like to see that awarded limerick, if you don't mind tipping me off when it's presented. Congratulations from my end also, MaryAnn. I just looked up NoStar's limericks on the OEDILF...at least the ones deemed worthy of a general audience! Hmm... wr ()()
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 16, 2009
Blog: The Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form
In belated formal kudos to NoStar for his Centurion status on the OEDILF (and to the OEDILF itself), I have composed this entry on my blog. I think that if you click on this link, you'll see some of his entries. I can. wr ()()
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 16, 2009
Re: "No Running in the Halls" - comments welcome
The narrator is someone addressing the woman and quoting the girl she once was. The poem should be structured accordingly. I came up with a different solution overall, as you'll see below. wr ()()
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 14, 2009
Re: Sophie Cabot Black's "Biopsy" as a limerick
I haven't read ''Biopsy'' itself yet, but I agree: this is top-notch as a chain limerick, certainly the best I have ever seen you do. Perhaps ironically, it is driven not by your usual sense of parody, but of pathos -- even in your introduction to it. Kudos to you as well. wr ()()
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 14, 2009
Re: I LOL -- PLEASE COMMENT
A.A. Milne would be proud of you. So would Dr. Seuss. wr ()()
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 10, 2009
Re: Gimmericks and other irregularities
The perfect limerick is all anapestic. da da DUM da da DUM da da DUMda da DUM da da DUM da da DUMda da DUM da da DEEda da DUM da da DEEda da DUM da da DUM da da DUM So that means I was right the first time, in all but keeping Denny's rhyme of ''Maria'' and ''urea'' with ''dysuria''. Well, it was bound to happen: your description of the limerick ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 5, 2009

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