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Permalink Reply by Swansea Jack on September 12, 2011 at 10:05am

Three things weighing heavily on my chest this morning:

 

1. Trying out that 'Earth / Moon' phase thingee [ http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/earth-moon

   ] that I saw on the original post of this poem. Can't seem to get it work.   

 

2. The poem;  just like mine - weird indentations, line lengths, etc. I must be a poet too !

 

- that's two shifted, now to get this third one off:   Oh!    It's the elephant in the room!   

Permalink Reply by Dianne Selden on September 12, 2011 at 10:44am

 Well, I'm a bit confused... What is that last smiley doing? Not sure I see many similarities between my poem and yours- the tones are so remarkably different and our forms have varied purposes. ... but to each his own. And sorry you couldn't get the moon phase app to work; that's kinda a bummer.

Permalink Reply by Swansea Jack on September 12, 2011 at 11:25am

No need to be confused, Dianne.   It is smiling!          Why? - in anticipation of the predictable response(s) - and, a tongue in cheek makes a smile, or sorts!  

 

[ No personal 'slight' intended; you happened to provide a 'case in point'. Thanks.  Beside, it's nice to be nice, and a smile does that!  ]

 

QED: (Latin for 'See, told ya so!')  

 

1. My submittal has been 'officially' called 'a poem'  - ergo . . .

2. Notwithstanding the emotion of tones and purpose of the forms, each contribution contains two fundamental elements . . . of a poem.

3. To each his(her) own - amen!   My preference is toward symmetry - maybe one reason I don't like Picasso; though I'd like to own some!  ; I do like Dali, so I guess I'm neither totally 'square' - nor a cubist.   (Just love that emoticon!)

 

Permalink Reply by Dianne Selden on September 12, 2011 at 6:59pm

Lol. It is always nice to be nice, and I appreciate it.

 

Hahaha, so it's a tongue in cheek! I had no idea. What a crazy emoticon; I rather like it. :)

 

Out of curiosity, on the art preferences bit, who are your favorites (of the "well knowns," anyway)? I'm a Mucha/ Waterhouse/ Van Gogh sorta person... I wonder if such things reflect in poems. Probably. In some way.

Permalink Reply by Swansea Jack on September 12, 2011 at 9:57pm

First - I did like the words, the sentiment, the 'story' of your poem. I felt that I was sitting across from you at that awful grimy table. I have been to a few 'greasy spoons' in my time!  

 

Of course my 'poem' was tongue-in cheek!  I am aware that poems don't need to rhyme, have equal line lengths, etc. I know the importance of punctuation, particularly its effect in oral presentations. But, I AM deeply and genuinely mystified by the odd indentation that is frequently present - such that I almost caused my tongue to puncture my cheek in mimicry. 

 

On the 'art preferences', I have to admit to not being conversant with too many - though I used to smoke Dutch Master cigars!         It's more a case of which art work I do NOT care for:

 

Cezanne, Goya, Mucha, Waterhouse, Van Gogh, Gainsboro, Monet, Whistler, Mattise, Gaugin, da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael - and who is that other ninja-turtle? 

 

I do like Dali (visited the museum in Tampa - or is it St. Petersburg - many years ago, much of Gaudi and I (inspite of earlier comments) do like some Picasso works  - though there is also some of his that I despise!

 

So, now - I'm ready to be 'pigeon-holed'!