Hey, I represent that, Doug. Nothin' against lovin'
in these precincts, amigo.
Hal
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On Oct 15, 2007, at 12:42 PM, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> Ah, well. Perhaps that's why the term is used but not, really, the
> whole form (although Jon's for example did, & felt wonderfully trad
> for that reason).
>
> And sometimes, it is to remind readers of that intent to declare
> love in the form.
>
> And other times, it is to undermine any such thing (e.g., Hal).
>
> Doug
> On 14-Oct-07, at 11:53 AM, RUPERT MALLIN wrote:
>
>> Why oh why the sonnet among you today?
> Douglas Barbour
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> and this is 'life' and we owe at least this much
> contemplation to our western fact: to Rise,
> Decline, Fall, to futility and larks,
> to the bright crustaceans of the oversky.
>
> Phyllis Webb
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