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I suppose it is all in my context here, Doug. The poem is in their Oral English text book as a poem to recite - and they treat it as a 'modern' poem (compared to Li Bai & Du Fu). When I bring out my own or Tranter or Adamson, without even trying LanPo on them, they are mystified why I call it poetry. So if I can get a hook, like a rap version of Wordsworth's old hit, then it is a great tool to open them up a little. Hopefully. I'll report back at the end of next week ... DJ Andre On 13/04/07, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I'm more of a curmudgeon (or old fart) about this than Andrew, I must > confess:, so I don't find it brilliant. on the page, the new version > sucks, even more than the original; but listening to it, if I cared for > rap, I might find it mildly fun.... as it is, I kinda enjoyed it, the > accent especially.... > > (now I wish Ernst Jandl's 'German' version was on line [it's not on > ubuweb]). > > Doug > > On 13-Apr-07, at 6:41 AM, Roger Day wrote: > > > http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2054283,00.html > > > > The original: > > > > I wandered lonely as a cloud > > That floats on high o'er vales and hills, > > When all at once I saw a crowd, > > A host, of golden daffodils; > > Beside the lake, beneath the trees, > > Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. > > > > The rap: > > > > I wandered lonely along as if I was a cloud > > That floats on high over vales and hills > > When all at once I looked down and saw a crowd > > And in my path there was a host of golden daffodils > > so Check it! > > The kind of sight that puts your mind at ease > > I saw beside the lake and beneath the trees ... > > > > -- > > My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ > > "Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious." Oscar Wilde > > > > > Douglas Barbour > 11655 - 72 Avenue NW > Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9 > (780) 436 3320 > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ > > Latest book: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 > > > lipsynching awe all the way to the grave of the unknown onus: > memory stutter; one smidgen, one scantling of thank. > > Dennis Lee > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ http://www.inblogs.net/hispirits http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/