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I liked your sonnet! :)
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on August 13, 2008
Re: Visiting the Real Sonnet
I think ''the Ranch'' deserves a second look.Its body lacks the clothing of a rhyme;Its grammar scheme will fit in no one's book;Yet follow it, and all is clear in time.There's nothing used that really shouldn't be(Unless the breaking of some rules's a ''prob'');You ought not be a dog and ''Ranch'' a tree;For Pinsky's Picks, this one's a decent ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 16, 2008
Re: When in the Empyrean Sonnet
Foobs:I know that I counter the popular viewbut I thought that it sucked ere the title was through... So did I, Foobs. So did I. And ditto on the rest of it: Foobs:I was sure that its badness would be of a typewith the reading revealing I'd pre-judged it right.It's common, conceited, preposterous fluff(there are websites and magazines full of ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on July 4, 2008
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
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
Now I KNOW I have the rest correct...
Now are revealed to those with open minds Especially for those who love to read Sonorous works with strict iambic lines Nonplussed if only we chose not to heed Each clue this sleuth has patiently set forth Judge for yourself the evidence’s worth JENSEN is found at the beginning of each line -- but this time one must work backwards to find ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on June 27, 2008
And I think I have the rest correct...
Peter Barnes' Shakespeare? No, but interesting. (I found that by Yahooing, not Googling, ''peter shakespeare''). What about Secrets of the Sonnets: Shakespeare's Code by Peter Jensen? (I found that by Yahooing, not Googling, ''peter shakespeare sonnets''). If that isn't the right answer, then it should be. It seems to fit your description ...
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on June 27, 2008
Re: Confined to 14 Lines
MaryAnn: their only wish, that they were better drawn. foobs, your last line is an excellent summing up of what's wrong, I think, with this week's poem. MA Nice job here, both of you. wr ()()
Posted to Poems by White_Rabbit on June 26, 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

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