Daniel Berrigan, will check out at a later date.
somebody should compile a list of ten contemporary poets who are
required reading. I could then decide which of them to reject! muaha
KS
On 01/09/07, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yes, delightful with so many references and allusions. At first I thought it
> was a parody of Hal's obsession, but by the end it was its own poem. Sonnet?
> For sure. For those who haven't read them, there's a wonderful 100 sonnets
> by John Tranter, entitled 'Crying In Early Infancy' ... Brilliant. And also,
> there is a new reprint of Berrigan's Sonnets - I don't have the details on
> hand, but maybe someone else will. (And not too expensive - I'd recommend
> it, Kasper.)
>
> This day is the first day of our spring, and one of the first days of
> (Australian) National Poetry Week. I will try my hand at a contemporary
> sonnet to celebrate. You are all invited to write one too/also/as well as
> me/better than me/ha ha ...
>
> My coccyx ain't so sick anymore.
>
> Andrew
>
>
>
> On 01/09/2007, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > this was fascinating, and fantastical as anything I've ever read. the
> > 'sonnet' title seems to be a moodsetter if anything, though my curse
> > is to carry with me for all time the expectation of a rhyme/syllable
> > scheme when I associate something with a sonnet. my thought is, here,
> > that this doesn't need a moodsetter. it's a spectacular poem.
> >
> > KS
> >
> > On 31/08/2007, joe green <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > Sonnet: The Sense of an Ending
> > >
> > > In Faerie Tales if the ant king says to kill your horse
> > > Then you better do it especially if you want the girl and the gold
> > > And all the coupons. Standing by the waterfall you think
> > > That everything has changed and you are not sure why
> > >
> > > And then the Czar comes riding along and next thing you know
> > > You are at the ball with your ratskin gloves and your sneer
> > > And the chance to die defeating Napoleon and a sleigh
> > > Will whiz you away that night and you dance -- the moon, the Neva then
> > >
> > > The great train to Moscow, and then who should leap
> > > Beneath the train? Anna! Anna! And you say something in French
> > > And the train moves on as do the stars whirling
> > > So that -- at the end -- you end up in Paris
> > >
> > > And, on the boulevard you walk you walk
> > > And, one night, pass the young Baudelaire. Tip your hat. You are
> > dying, dying.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------
> > > Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell.
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Andrew
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