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Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2009My first and last sestina
The sorry rhymester must pursue his craft alone. You will not find him in a troop, this bird that stayed behind when others flew. A harmless drudge, who labours out of love, his payment comes in figurative coin; there's no one he can ask to bring his cheque. Now sick, his sonneteering is in check. He wishes he had learnt some magic craft to pay the blighters back in their own coin. As he and all the other patients troop to their GPs, he would so dearly love to catch the swine who smote him with the flu. His nose is clogged, a bricked-up chimney flue. His temperature was high at the last check. Not even jokes -- "What is this thing called, love?" -- can make him laugh, or that coon cheese from Kraft. He little cares how few can make a troop. No villanelle has he the strength to coin. He pours himself a hearty glass of Coin- treau, savouring the precious orange flu- id, cursing fate and swearing like a troop- er, feels as if he's played a game of check- ers with the deuce, or tennis with that craft- y adversary leading forty-love. He finds it tragic that the group we luv- vies love is torn with strife; it is no coin- cidence the thread concerns the actor's craft. "Laccaria" and "By the Letter" flew off balance, off the handle, out of check -- the word that sowed the discord in the troupe. It may be a religious thing, but true p- eace comes to those who put their faith in love. Yes, Jesus saves, but so does Petr Cech, the Chelsea keeper, when he gets a coign of vantage. Sorry, I digress. How flu- ently I write despite my ebbing-craft! This troupe deserves its pay in common coin. Farewell, love, it is high time that I flew. I'll waive the cheque and cease to rock the craft.  SignatureJames Hogg James Hogg: > It may be a religious thing, but true p- > eace comes to those who put their faith in love. ARRRRGH! I love it. SignatureMark Brader, Toronto | "Strange commas are enshrined in msb@vex.net | the US Constitution." --James Hogg > The sorry rhymester must pursue his craft > alone. You will not find him in a troop, [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > ers with the deuce, or tennis with that craft- > y adversary leading forty-love. Wonderful! > He finds it tragic that the group we luv- > vies love is torn with strife; it is no coin- [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Farewell, love, it is high time that I flew. > I'll waive the cheque and cease to rock the craft. I'm slightly disappointed at the lack of feistiness... SignatureLaura (emulate St. George for email) >I'm slightly disappointed at the lack of feistiness... Some people are never happy... There's a long list of topical words I unfortunately failed to work into the severely constrained format of the sestina: feisty spry dekko/shuftie hooker concrete ironic bubble bedazzled arrgh shoot etc. I'll gladly leave them with whoever picks up the baton. SignatureJames > On Tue, 05 May 2009 08:21:43 +0100, LFS > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > I'll gladly leave them with whoever picks up the baton. Let's utter feisty Words of Epilog And turn the Tables multiply enversed Bedazzled by Septentrional Hogg Whose Gift of Gab shall never come out Wurst. -- franzi >> On Tue, 05 May 2009 08:21:43 +0100, LFS >> [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >Bedazzled by Septentrional Hogg >Whose Gift of Gab shall never come out Wurst. Always nice to see a five-syllable word neatly fitted into a line of verse, mon semblable, mon frère. SignatureJames James Hogg wrote, in <homvv4horf7d43gbr87sheljt5afk4lnc6@4ax.com> on Tue, 05 May 2009 09:04:55 +0200: > The sorry rhymester must pursue his craft > alone. You will not find him in a troop, [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > Farewell, love, it is high time that I flew. > I'll waive the cheque and cease to rock the craft. Excellent! SignatureNick Spalding BrE/IrE >The sorry rhymester must pursue his craft >alone. You will not find him in a troop, [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] >Farewell, love, it is high time that I flew. >I'll waive the cheque and cease to rock the craft. <applause> Sheer genius again. SignatureKaty Jennison spamtrap: remove the first two letters after the @ > He finds it tragic that the group we luv- > vies love is torn with strife; it is no coin- > cidence the thread concerns the actor's craft. *groan* You really are far too good at this! SignatureLinz Wet Yorks via Cambridge, York, London and Watford My accent may vary >> He finds it tragic that the group we luv- >> vies love is torn with strife; it is no coin- >> cidence the thread concerns the actor's craft. > >*groan* >You really are far too good at this! Hope you liked the new name I gave you. SignatureJames >>> He finds it tragic that the group we luv- >>> vies love is torn with strife; it is no coin- [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Hope you liked the new name I gave you. I would consider changing, but then I'd have nothing to annoy PTD with. SignatureLinz Wet Yorks via Cambridge, York, London and Watford My accent may vary >>>> He finds it tragic that the group we luv- >>>> vies love is torn with strife; it is no coin- [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I would consider changing, but then I'd have nothing to annoy PTD > with. Oooh yes you would. You're an illiterate Brit who can't use a comma properly and is obsessed with how the US is destroying our precious language. Remember? Nick, it takes one to know one of course. SignatureOnline waterways route planner: http://canalplan.org.uk development version: http://canalplan.eu >>>>> He finds it tragic that the group we luv- >>>>> vies love is torn with strife; it is no coin- [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >properly and is obsessed with how the US is destroying our precious >language. Remember? Well, yes, but I'm hardly unique there. SignatureLinz Wet Yorks via Cambridge, York, London and Watford My accent may vary > [ ... ] > to their GPs, he would so dearly love > to catch the swine who smote him with the flu. They've been calling it grippe porcine in France -- doubtless swine flu in England --, but maybe they meant Hogg flu. You haven't just come back from Mexico, I suppose? Anyway, you shame us all (except maybe franzi). Signatureathel >> [ ... ] > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >in England --, but maybe they meant Hogg flu. You haven't just come >back from Mexico, I suppose? No, and I haven't really got the flu either. I'm in my usual rude health. >Anyway, you shame us all (except maybe franzi). Shaming people is not my intention. SignatureJames >>> [ ... ] >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > No, and I haven't really got the flu either. I'm in my usual rude > health. That's a relief. We can't be having our Bard untimely ripped from our midst. >> Anyway, you shame us all (except maybe franzi). > > Shaming people is not my intention. But you are becoming our shaman. SignatureMike. >>>> [ ... ] >>> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >But you are becoming our shaman. The only time I mediate between the human and the spirit world is when someone asks me to buy a bottle of duty-free whisk(e)y. SignatureJames >>>>>[ ... ] >>>> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > The only time I mediate between the human and the spirit world is > when someone asks me to buy a bottle of duty-free whisk(e)y. I am currently staying in a hotel which boasts 40 varieties of malt whisky in its bar. They are arranged alphabetically but I decided to sample them according to price. Having persuaded someone else to buy a shot of the most expensive and let me taste it, I realise that you (or someone else, in this case) get what you pay for. This evening I'll begin again, sampling by age - is there much difference between an 18 year old and a ten year old malt? SignatureLaura (emulate St. George for email) >I am currently staying in a hotel which boasts 40 varieties of malt >whisky in its bar. They are arranged alphabetically but I decided to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >begin again, sampling by age - is there much difference between an 18 >year old and a ten year old malt? Yes. If you get the opportunity, try my favourite, Bowmore. SignatureKaty Jennison spamtrap: remove the first two letters after the @ > I am currently staying in a hotel which boasts 40 varieties of malt > whisky in its bar. They are arranged alphabetically but I decided to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > begin again, sampling by age - is there much difference between an 18 > year old and a ten year old malt? That's either not the hotel I once stayed in, or you have very generous someone elses. The most expensive there ran well into 3 figures a dram. SignatureOnline waterways route planner: http://canalplan.org.uk development version: http://canalplan.eu >>> [ ... ] >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Shaming people is not my intention. I still haven't got over my wonderment that it was elanders who brought you here. Signatureathel >>>> [ ... ] >>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >I still haven't got over my wonderment that it was elanders who brought >you here. Yes, he brought me here, but a more important question is: What made me stay? There were certain push factors: in the groups that I previously frequented, sensible people were being driven away by tiresome monomaniac kooks (be grateful if names like Giwer, Agamemnon, Christainsen, Turcaud, Henderson say nothing to you), and the only (off-)topic of discussion seemed to be American politics. Several groups have been single-handedly wrecked by H*nes, about whom I have penned numerous satires in verse and prose, for the ears of an ever-dwindling and unappreciative audience. There are many pull factors here: the absence of a resident troll, the abundance of wit and wisdom, the civilised tone of debate. But you all know that, of course. That's why you are here too. SignatureJames >>>>> [ ... ] >>>>> to their GPs, he would so dearly love [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > debate. But you all know that, of course. That's why you are here > too. We seem to have some sort of collective anti-infection ability. Trolls do come here and sometimes stay for a few months, but eventually they get bored and slope off. SignatureDavid >>>>> [ ... ] >>>> [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > whom I have penned numerous satires in verse and prose, for the > ears of an ever-dwindling and unappreciative audience. Oh, I think you would find an appreciative audience here for satires about His H*nes. Though he has not come here (and stayed) in some time. >Oh, I think you would find an appreciative audience here for satires >about His H*nes. Though he has not come here (and stayed) in some time. And no one wants him back, I expect. You might enjoy this: http://groups.google.com/group/soc.genealogy.medieval/msg/f3751573470f5c6b SignatureJames >>Oh, I think you would find an appreciative audience here for satires >>about His H*nes. Though he has not come here (and stayed) in some time. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >You might enjoy this: >http://groups.google.com/group/soc.genealogy.medieval/msg/f3751573470f5c6b I like it! SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) >> Oh, I think you would find an appreciative audience here for satires >> about His H*nes. Though he has not come here (and stayed) in some [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > You might enjoy this: > http://groups.google.com/group/soc.genealogy.medieval/msg/f3751573470f5c6b Non posso dimenticar. Grazie bene. >>Oh, I think you would find an appreciative audience here for satires >>about His H*nes. Though he has not come here (and stayed) in some time. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >You might enjoy this: >http://groups.google.com/group/soc.genealogy.medieval/msg/f3751573470f5c6b Exquisite, James. SignatureRobin (BrE) Herts, England >Yes, he brought me here, but a more important question is: What >made me stay? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >debate. But you all know that, of course. That's why you are here >too. You haven't seen the half of it. You haven't yet experienced the Summer Doldrums Competition, or a govende, or one of Brother Lyle's more extravagant riffs, or a Letter to Sis, or one of Jitze's luminous descriptions of colonial life. All these delights await you. At least, I hope they do. SignatureKaty Jennison spamtrap: remove the first two letters after the @ [ ... ] > >There are many pull factors here: the absence of a resident > >troll, the abundance of wit and wisdom, the civilised tone of [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > descriptions of colonial life. All these delights await you. At > least, I hope they do. We do get an occasional troll. Usually the body quickly develops immune cells and ousts the disease. Some of us, unfortunately, take the bait, at least for a while. (I should know.) In partial compensation, we do sometimes develop some remarkable threads as spinoffs from what a troll initiated. That said, I do miss Bun Mui (I've mellowed) and Young Joey (on his better days). SignatureBob Lieblich Taker of bait Robert Lieblich filted: >[ ... ] > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >That said, I do miss Bun Mui (I've mellowed) and Young Joey (on his >better days). And Kira?...r SignatureA pessimist sees the glass as half empty. An optometrist asks whether you see the glass more full like this?...or like this? >Robert Lieblich filted: >> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >And Kira?...r I miss Kira, but I wouldn't call her a troll. SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) >>Robert Lieblich filted: >>>We do get an occasional troll. Usually the body quickly develops >>>immune cells and ousts the disease. Some of us, unfortunately, take [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >I miss Kira, but I wouldn't call her a troll. Right. I haven't managed to hit her yet either. SignatureKaty Jennison spamtrap: remove the first two letters after the @ |
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