Poems, etc.
Monday, 19. May 2008, 18:06:32
Esbat, in the pink
I don’t know if it is technic’ly true…
But the moon tonight seems full; full enough
To suit my mood, and explain the too rough
Edges I have to even strangers who --
Meeting me -- can’t quite get away too soon.
Their sidewise glances aren’t annoying. I’m
Used to such things; I get them all the time…
Ah! I think they think: Must be a full moon!
Those who’d stop and chat will be utterly
Convinced: He’s not entirely here… Is
He a lunatic? Or is it just his
Religion? I’d tell them how it strikes me:
I’m not pagan. But I can’t not commune
With a faithful old friend, la belle lune.
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D.E. Jackson © 2008 (mark: Saturday, April 19, 2008)
Other than dictionaries and such, the only necessary reference book a would-be poet needs is Lewis Turco's The Book of Forms (A Handbook of Poetics).
Resources on the net are, of course, legion. One of my favorites is Online Etymology Dictionary. Convenience is a consideration, but give me a "book" like Fowler's Modern English Usage, whenever you can: convenience isn't everything.
Poe's The Heresy of the Didactic covers most of what I'd say, were I to "wax poetic" about poetry. And nobody needs to hear more about my prejudices regarding the subject. (Unless they ask...) But I would talk of technicalities; methods and techniques.
Such -- I've finally decided -- is the reason for this blog: Methods and techniques of poetical expression. Oh! And: The display of such on the web... My experiments here should, if I have any success at all, lead me to some usefull CSS for poets.
Comments and suggestions invited. - dej
WIDGETIZE
Rapunzel # 19. May 2008, 19:45
deborah # 8. June 2008, 15:01
i also agree with you about a book being a better resouces in most cases than an online quickie ref when it comes to using words and techniques.
my favorite is my Roget's Thesaurus!
the graphics are nice, but when i view the words the read is a bit difficult because of the color of the words in some spots blends in with the graphics background. deborah.
Donald Jackson # 8. June 2008, 16:41
About the difficulty of reading the colored text: Just "select" it; it is text.
I'm glad you liked it.
Rapunzel # 8. June 2008, 17:02
Why didn't I think of that. Hi You, Deborah.
waves.
deborah # 8. June 2008, 17:29
i might aspire to own such as you refer oakdale. my bookcase is quite bare of any notable books these days.
i don't understand what you mean my select text. by the time your graphics loads on my slow dial-up, i've read the text without the graphics. it really is irrelevant, my comment about the graphics and word color.
Donald Jackson # 8. June 2008, 20:26
My library -nowadays- consists of less than a hundred volumes, all but seven paperbound. I'm a peculiar sort of snob... You can count the reference books I've kept on the fingers of one hand, if you've a six-fingered hand. (Okay, eight; if you'd count my one cookbook.)
If I haven't mentioned them already, Karen Elizabeth Gordon's "The Well-tempered Sentence (A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed)" and "The Transitive Vampire (A Handbook of GRAMMAR ...)" are very nice to have nearby; and they're authoratative, too.
I won't really fear the end of civilization, till the last used book shop is gone. Which is to say, curiosities; and curiosity.
Have I made myself translucent?