Why had I quietly watched my (fee fie) foe escape
as if a sheep drifting across a fence?
O magic school, reclaim the gaff he stripped
Of whimsical meaning. My inner harpist vowed:
Give me five iambs, good and hard, I'll drop
That philistine with basics from the scrip.
--from "Folly" by Greg Brownderville
I had a professor in college who vowed that there were no unpoetic words. He said that any word is good enough to be used in a poem. He's one of the most brilliant men I know, so I'm inclined to believe him. After all, when God saw everything He had made, He named it all good.
Look at this blog of book reviews as an arguably unpoetic word in the OED. It might not be beautiful, or revolutionary, but it will be, at minimum, practical. The possibility of one person finding beauty in it--better yet, being inspired by it--is why the Scrip exists. Most people don't think prognosticate is a beautiful word, but it made it into Sonnet 14. I reckon that whoever came up with prognosticate wasn't trying to make a poetic word. Look at it now, though--art.
So if you're looking for huge, detailed, high-art reviews, you're looking in the wrong place. I'll muse. I'll share my musings. I may even prognosticate. And while I'm musing over all things readable, I'll keep everything short. I'm not really trying to impress you, but I sure as hell don't want to bore you.
-jas
as if a sheep drifting across a fence?
O magic school, reclaim the gaff he stripped
Of whimsical meaning. My inner harpist vowed:
Give me five iambs, good and hard, I'll drop
That philistine with basics from the scrip.
--from "Folly" by Greg Brownderville
I had a professor in college who vowed that there were no unpoetic words. He said that any word is good enough to be used in a poem. He's one of the most brilliant men I know, so I'm inclined to believe him. After all, when God saw everything He had made, He named it all good.
Look at this blog of book reviews as an arguably unpoetic word in the OED. It might not be beautiful, or revolutionary, but it will be, at minimum, practical. The possibility of one person finding beauty in it--better yet, being inspired by it--is why the Scrip exists. Most people don't think prognosticate is a beautiful word, but it made it into Sonnet 14. I reckon that whoever came up with prognosticate wasn't trying to make a poetic word. Look at it now, though--art.
So if you're looking for huge, detailed, high-art reviews, you're looking in the wrong place. I'll muse. I'll share my musings. I may even prognosticate. And while I'm musing over all things readable, I'll keep everything short. I'm not really trying to impress you, but I sure as hell don't want to bore you.
-jas
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