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You're really into that sonnet rhythm... so many,
it must be old hat to think like that, to make a rhyme just any old time.... Plus, which you reveal a bit of Blackmare's theory that poets are in many ways warriors.
posted by
Pat_B
on October 26, 2007 at 2:38 PM
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Thanks everyone - now for Friday night's fun sonnet...
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 26, 2007 at 10:37 AM
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Oh, my friend, we a bush in the fire, the bush is on fire. Cali has always been a state on the edge of destruction. From houses cut into mountains, standing on foundations as unstable as the brush igniting it! From one 'Bush' to the next, I take the Brit any day! SAM
posted by
sam444
on October 26, 2007 at 7:04 AM
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... I just can't get enough
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on October 26, 2007 at 4:59 AM
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2nd viewing...
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on October 26, 2007 at 1:21 AM
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Point taken!
in no uncertain terms! Thanks & have a great weekend
posted by
mariaki
on October 26, 2007 at 1:09 AM
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Thanks everyone for allowing me to depress you. Come again!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 26, 2007 at 12:28 AM
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Onioni
erm that was very uplifiting ~ thankyou and seeing that I'm reading this just about first thing in the morning I suspect this is not gonna be a very good Friday!!!
Thanks again 
posted by
White_Elephant
on October 25, 2007 at 11:49 PM
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Antonionioni
Thank you for the news in a nutshell.
posted by
TAPS.
on October 25, 2007 at 11:32 PM
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So fiery Tony
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on October 25, 2007 at 10:38 PM
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Antonio
Fire is beautiful to look at, but...
posted by
Enigmatic68
on October 25, 2007 at 10:35 PM
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Antonio.......
Those fires were very big! I saw satellite pictures but this map is even more serious! Of course, the other bad news!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on October 25, 2007 at 7:55 PM
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Now that was a glass of ice water in the face.
Antonionioni, this sonnet had some serious teeth. LOVED IT!
posted by
FineYoungSinger
on October 25, 2007 at 5:45 PM
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Sorry for being a bit negative guys.
I could have been humorous about these things I spose. That would be an interesting challenge - but it might have been offensive too! All it was was I watched the TV news at 6 and there were lots of stories that grabbed my attention, so as this is partly a diary of what's going on in the world, I thought it was time for a collection of the news stories. Those were the main stories of today! Anyway, stay cheerful everyone. Life is a bowl of cherries. Behind every cloud etc etc!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 25, 2007 at 2:29 PM
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Gee, Tony, thanks, that was an optimistic poem!
... looks like California is burning badly!
posted by
Sheilah
on October 25, 2007 at 1:41 PM
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Antonion
I'm not quibble about syllables when the meaning's the thing, (er, the play, that is). Here's a ballad from the 60s that sums it up for me:
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
when I read about his widowed bride
Ohhhhh, bye, bye, Miss American Pie
drove the Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
Them good ol' boys was drinking whiskey and rye
singing this'll be the day that I die
posted by
Zena77
on October 25, 2007 at 12:46 PM
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well done my friend the fire thing is really out of control / spinner
posted by
spinner
on October 25, 2007 at 12:43 PM
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Hi Antonionionio!
Good work here!
posted by
Afzal_Sunny7
on October 25, 2007 at 12:08 PM
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Mixed reaction!!!!!
Yes, I see what you mean about the syllables, but you could say the same about some other lines too. Words like 'here' and 'fire' I tend to treat as one syllable. It's a matter of personal choice I spose. Thanks!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 25, 2007 at 11:46 AM
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Cool
This is really a cool one. I think your L1 is not an IP: I would call the last two sylls as : /BOUT it/.
I actually enjoy reading this. Good enjabments and meters. You end your lines at good places too
posted by
sailheaat
on October 25, 2007 at 11:28 AM
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GREAT - I LIKE IT !!!
posted by
maxcohen
on October 25, 2007 at 11:00 AM
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Well that's cheered me up.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on October 25, 2007 at 10:58 AM
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