In praise of sonnet repartee
This is the age of fruitful competition.As economic science states, the handof progress moves by the unheard commandof fatal excess, creative destruction.If sports reward the victor proved in...
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Tom,I apologize ahead of time for the severity of this critique and the dreadfulness of this pseudo-sonnet. I had to try it once.I think perhaps I may need Howard's form,but first I'll try my own hand...
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Adoration of the AntenatiI like a sonnet, one with cracking rhymesand rolling meter, one that celebrates,condones and glorifies horrific crimesby rocking readers into trance like states.Because...
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You're right, the meter is a mess, althoughit's not for lack of iambs. This is neitherfish nor fowl: iambic and syllabic flowtroubled as whitewater rapids. EitherI need to sing a singsong tune or...
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But, Tom, I thought that bubble was quite clever,a reference to the tulip bulbs you cite, the early speculation and endeavorto use those future flowers as cash, (a flightof finance and investment now...
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Quite clever, yes, I didn't realize,in spite of close association with the Dutch,your fuller import as you harmonizetrade with its impacts. Thank you very much.I'm sorry friend. This sonnet must be...
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sorry, couldn't access the edit function.Quite clever, yes, I didn't realize,in spite of close association with the Dutch,your fuller import as you harmonizetrade with its impacts. Thank you very...
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Tom,Your "fruitful competition" now flows briskly.It's smoother and it reads with greater grace.We all should know to post in haste is riskyand often brands us with a blushing face.Concerning that...
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MAL,Clever -- I liked the "PS". I was in a madrigal group that did this great piece with the word "laugh" in it, done as "lahahahhaugh" in the usual counterpoint among the parts. Wonder if it's...
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Tom,Do you remember the name of that madrigal? I seem to remember singing one that included laughter, but cannot bring more than the laughing phrase back to memory. It must not be one of the ones I...
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You're a madri-"gal" huh? It's called (I think) "In these delightful pleasant groves" (first line) and goes on"let us celebrate let us celebrate let us celebrate our happy happy love. Let's pipe, pipe...
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Thanks, Tom. It is one that I've sung. Now that you've spurred my memory, I could probably come close to producing the 1st soprano line still.I spent two or three years singing madrigals when I was in...
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Watching with some jealousy and with joy as this dialogue develops.http://home.earthlink.net/~dwprof
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Yay for madrigals (and madri-guys!)!I was Lord of the Hall. Wassail!!
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