Try Ted before Daniel, Kasper.
Hal
"Please stand clear of the closing doors."
Halvard Johnson
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On Sep 2, 2007, at 7:42 AM, kasper salonen wrote:
> 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
>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>> http://www.inblogs.net/hispirits
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
>>
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