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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
Two insights
Thanks. It's nice to know that someone thinks that I have a leg up on the Tuesday Poem (which is a change for me). Besides the cinematic quality of the poem, there seems to be a decided and intentional contrast between the reactions of the poet and of his friend to the same circumstances. The two people seem to be exact opposites temperamentally, ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on September 3, 2008
"Yom Kippur" compared to two Psalms
This week seems to have been a busy one, with regard to the Tuesday Poem. The subject matter is a couple of months early, but then had it been posted ''in season'' I probably wouldn't have seen it. You see, if all goes well I will be in London, England on Yom Kippur -- or Yom Kippurim (יום כפורים), as the Hebrew Bible actually puts the term (as ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on August 29, 2008
Re: A bristle of wings on the anime
falcon:I mentioned in another post one explanation - the break at simple implies two different ways to read the following lines. That's lost in your edition. Also: a choice of varying line length. You've given a perfectly sufficient explanation: Certainly the resulting effect is different. Yeah, I was afraid of missing something in the structure ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on August 13, 2008
Re: A bristle of wings on the anime
Foobs:As a huge Hayao Miyazaki fan, I feel compelled to ask what anime you've been watching... Reading the other posts about the poem, I'm struck by how different all the ''what it's about''s are. To my mind, if people don't agree on what you're saying, you either aren't saying anything or you aren't saying it well. There are certainly ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on August 13, 2008
Re: A bristle of wings on the anime
waltz and capsize: only time enough to note I'd mentioned you in ref. to this poem just this morning. from another thread: (On this score, we miss, in discussion of Bristle, White Rabbit, who seems to order his life by Occam. He always thinks horses, never zebras-- unless he's on the Serengeti.) Have you ever been on the Serengeti, WR? To ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on August 13, 2008
A bristle of wings on the anime
The whole poem reminds me of a Far Eastern setting...one could make a nice anime vignette out of this. (Since I've been seeing a lot of anime lately, for me the comparison just begs to be made.) My only other (and quite predictable) comment for now about this lovely poem is a query: why couldn't Ms. Cader just follow the normal rules of syntax in ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on August 13, 2008
Re: What if Dr. Seuss taught particle physics?
And you would brook no argument from me…and dang! I wish I had written that. I've received some very nice complements as a writer over the years, but that may top every one in my book. You made my day with that. Thanks! wr ()()
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on August 4, 2008
Enormous LOL!!!! :)
Killer! This is getting more fun as it goes... :) Point taken: I keep forgetting the difference between my style of parody and your style of mockery (or of resurrection). Bon weekend,wr ()()
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 25, 2008