tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530298795254833898.post7843665238934550693..comments2023-03-29T11:09:15.797-04:00Comments on RU NaPoWriMo: sonnet 23, fred 0.beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11261837432902612470noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530298795254833898.post-53760481128754570202010-04-03T18:11:10.346-04:002010-04-03T18:11:10.346-04:00yes, I was graciously taking it as "a scholar...yes, I was graciously taking it as "a scholar and a gentleman" rather than as "lady scholars," but you're right, Becca--how much respect would any of those guys have for any form of lady scholar? Some more than others, maybe.caolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934223952062794242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530298795254833898.post-21484794988690450602010-04-03T17:43:12.401-04:002010-04-03T17:43:12.401-04:00Yes, you'd be off the hook were it not our job...Yes, you'd be off the hook were it not our job! <br /><br />I just thought it was a clever touch in a poem full of references to dude poets!<br /><br />And no, I can't think of any poems with "Motherfucker" in the title, but I'm tryin'.beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11261837432902612470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530298795254833898.post-43347041869099796282010-04-03T17:38:58.207-04:002010-04-03T17:38:58.207-04:00blame it on the rigid structure of the petrarchan ...blame it on the rigid structure of the petrarchan sonnet, not on me. in the ms, i had crossed out "gentlemen & scholars" b/c it's too many syllables, so don't read too much into it.<br /><br />but, wait--isn't that our job?!fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09293338807673990331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530298795254833898.post-2538599516515395412010-04-03T16:11:46.811-04:002010-04-03T16:11:46.811-04:00Also it made me full of GRRR the way this poem got...Also it made me full of GRRR the way this poem got away with calling us lady scholars without calling us lady scholars -- so, I think, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11261837432902612470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530298795254833898.post-75964677410203694562010-04-03T16:09:08.859-04:002010-04-03T16:09:08.859-04:00I woulda guessed Berrigan, not Berryman!
Another T...I woulda guessed Berrigan, not Berryman!<br />Another Ted for ya.beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11261837432902612470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530298795254833898.post-52978295508870752282010-04-03T14:59:35.986-04:002010-04-03T14:59:35.986-04:00Also, 10 pts for 1st sonnet! If I'm not mistak...Also, 10 pts for 1st sonnet! If I'm not mistaken.caolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934223952062794242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530298795254833898.post-71669378633249632622010-04-03T14:57:52.337-04:002010-04-03T14:57:52.337-04:00Oh, Fred, you abbrev. w/ v. much more virtuosity t...Oh, Fred, you abbrev. w/ v. much more virtuosity than ol' john b ever did. W/r/t &s, and yr tremendously berrymanic (ha! best word ever--is that what people say?) rhyming: maybe more deriv., but great!caolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934223952062794242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1530298795254833898.post-52184940761992752782010-04-03T14:38:10.772-04:002010-04-03T14:38:10.772-04:00caught up!caught up!fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09293338807673990331noreply@blogger.com