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Thanks TAPS - can't be bad - I should have incorporated it somehow...
posted by
Antonionioni
on August 18, 2007 at 1:34 AM
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Antonionio
After reading this sonnet, you have me singing "A we ma way....A we ma way....."
A 
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posted by
TAPS.
on August 17, 2007 at 10:23 PM
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Very nice.
I like it
posted by
NightMajik
on July 30, 2007 at 11:11 PM
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Yes, you have sensed the same as me, Rumored, well read.
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 30, 2007 at 12:00 PM
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Thanks, Dave - it's my usual one - can be tough sometimes!
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 30, 2007 at 11:58 AM
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That's right, OTA - he is still able to determine his fate to some degree.
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 30, 2007 at 11:56 AM
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Hello Mariaki - well it probably does to many of us - not all, hopefully...
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 30, 2007 at 11:55 AM
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Thanks Angel - very nice of you!
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 30, 2007 at 11:54 AM
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Thanks Bhaskar - glad you thought so!
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 30, 2007 at 11:53 AM
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Thanks Teddy!
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 30, 2007 at 11:53 AM
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Hi Spencer - thanks a lot!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 30, 2007 at 11:52 AM
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Hello Dream - glad you enjoyed!! Thank you.
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 30, 2007 at 11:51 AM
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I can always rely on you for pictures of pretty birds, the Durbster!
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 30, 2007 at 11:50 AM
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I can feel the old lion's fear, but still sense his pride (no pun intended)
......
posted by
Rumor
on July 30, 2007 at 8:50 AM
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Good stuff, Tony, particularly working within such a challenging rhyme scheme today.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on July 30, 2007 at 3:51 AM
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Tony
I like to think that grand Lion has shown his dignity during his days and now has nothing to prove to anyone. He is the King of Beasts. ~Peace, OTA
posted by
Blue_feathers
on July 30, 2007 at 3:33 AM
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So this is what happens
when we get too full of it! Excellent
posted by
mariaki
on July 30, 2007 at 3:29 AM
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wow...what a gorgeous sonnet
posted by
dark_mistress_again
on July 30, 2007 at 2:23 AM
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Beautifully depicted also of the human nature, Tony.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on July 30, 2007 at 2:17 AM
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Very good, Tony!
posted by
teddypoet_TheGoodByeFade
on July 30, 2007 at 2:15 AM
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Good economical use of words her Anton"", great stuff
posted by
SpencerStreetStation
on July 30, 2007 at 1:52 AM
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morning music, your sonets
posted by
nemonemo
on July 30, 2007 at 1:38 AM
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Joy! Mary writes of cardinals, and you remember LYONS! decisions, decisions
what pic shall I leave you this GOD Morning?
http://stevenjohnson.com/birds/cardinal-m-pine1.jpg
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on July 30, 2007 at 1:14 AM
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Hi Pelagus - many thanks! Pride may remain but power is more short-lived
as it depends on strength.
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 30, 2007 at 12:53 AM
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Hello Wiley - that's right - poor little pussycat!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 30, 2007 at 12:49 AM
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Hi Afzal.
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 30, 2007 at 12:48 AM
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beautiful story
i just think we have the importance we give to ourselves. Yes, pride is makes us fall at some point, for we never can keep the importance we once gave to ourselves.
posted by
pelagus
on July 29, 2007 at 8:33 PM
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Antonioioioioioio
We call that Curtains for Kitty? Another dandy sonnet my friend............................
posted by
WileyJohn
on July 29, 2007 at 8:11 PM
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I agree with Troosha.
posted by
afzal50
on July 29, 2007 at 7:04 PM
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Hi Troosha - that's right - thanks for reading!
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 29, 2007 at 3:56 PM
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Hello Durbs - thanks a lot mate!
The inspiration was the old quarter of the French city of Lyon - or Lyons as it's sometimes spelled! I have seen lions now and then in England - but safely behind fences!
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 29, 2007 at 3:55 PM
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Thanks Proc - sorry to hear it's been on your mind.
It hasn't been on mine any more than normal...! I just decided to do a poem about an old lion! This was because my daughter is staying with a family in France, and visited Vieux Lyon - 'Old Lyon' - the old part of the city of Lyon. That inspired me to this!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 29, 2007 at 3:52 PM
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Tony
Even the grandest of animals must one day make their curtain call....
posted by
Troosha
on July 29, 2007 at 2:44 PM
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Did u see a lion in England?Perhaps the zoo-wonderful from Lion's viewpoint
I think your sonnnets are so accesible, as I repeat myself, they are everyday topics not love or the Milton-Donne-Rilke religious sonnets. But delicious from the Italian chef's sonny sonnet menu. shalom and GOD EVENING/ thanks for reading durbs
posted by
ILLUMINATI8
on July 29, 2007 at 2:16 PM
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very good poem but quite sad. Ive been thinking of this alot lately.
the passing of time,power,decay and age.
posted by
proc
on July 29, 2007 at 2:12 PM
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Cheers, Enigio!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 29, 2007 at 2:10 PM
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Hi Notapoet - many thanks, mate - yes, I don't know how accurate this is
but I suspect the end isn't especially an enjoyable time particularly in hierarchical societies in the animal kingdom. And the ways of animals are often surprisingly similar to our own...
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 29, 2007 at 2:10 PM
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Mary - you always spell my name wrong - but I like how you do it!!
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 29, 2007 at 2:07 PM
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Hi Mary - great pic. The poor fellow needs a pillow! But I'm not going to
give him one!
posted by
Antonionioni
on July 29, 2007 at 2:06 PM
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Antonio
Yes, even the "King of the Jungle," must grow old, and make room for the young...
posted by
Enigmatic68
on July 29, 2007 at 1:55 PM
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The real lion king,
and the real sad fate, not Disney's happy ending, that faces him in the wild. Sad, but true -- and another good one under your belt.
posted by
notapoet
on July 29, 2007 at 1:43 PM
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Antonio-yo-yo - I noticed I spelled your name wrong again.
Oops! Love this. The colours are a really nice touch. The language, the rhymes, the play on words, all of it well done! I'll master this someday!
posted by
FoliageGold
on July 29, 2007 at 12:48 PM
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Antonion-yo-yo
posted by
FoliageGold
on July 29, 2007 at 12:44 PM
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