Luke, thanks for the 'fine'--I didn't expect it, but the obnoxious you may
keep.  :-)  Jess

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  3. what is at the edge of poetry

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Date:    Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:03:44 +0100
From:    Luke <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: BRITISH-IRISH-POETS Digest - 8 Sep 2018 to 9 Sep 2018
(#2018-241)

I know nothing of the Villanelle but this seems fine and obnoxious.

Luke

On Tue, 11 Sep 2018 at 01:26, jesse <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Villanelle
>
> The old should be honored for going away
> With their broken-up looks and their misfiring minds
> While the new impresarios program and play.
>
> One may stop to suggest that diminishing clay
> Could, in fact, conceal treasures of various kinds.
> But the old should be honored for going away.
>
> “Those once bold precursors who pointed the way
> “To the codes now perfected; the apps now refined!”:
> Wise loungers in sunshine opine as they play:
>
> “Forerunners—dear to us--why must they stay
> “Locked behind shutters; immured behind blinds?
> “The old should be honored for going away.
>
> “Blest childhood enrichers, do not delay
> “The logic of harvests, the pruning of vines,
> “We blossoming technocrats, smile when we say--
>
> “You struggled to win, lived your lives, had your day
> “For you, we’ll build websites, much better than shrines.
> "The old should be honored for going away..."
> Say the gifted and glad of it--lords of today.
>
> Jesse
>
>

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