The Ballad Of Junk Mail Jack
The Ballad Of Junk Mail JackEach week, the selfsame working day,he does our neighborhood,the shabby-looking man, too oldfor jeans, not in the mood.He drags a little cart alongbehind his shabby...
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Hey there Crispy Duck!Do I understand correctly that this is about the 'pure poet'? The one who writes for love etc. as opposed to falling prey to money/material needs?Gail
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Hello Gail!Ooh, please don't read too much into this ballad! It's just about this tortured man who's worlds apart of art and poetry--in quite a frightening & almost Dickensian way! Y'know, the one...
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Dear Gail,Here's a poem to cheer you up! Hummed Hymn To A Flower Girl In LoveJolein! No need to hide your facebehind long smiles, behind long hair!I know your type, I share your race,we'd even make a...
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Hi!Pro gloria as well a poem I've composed this very afternoon. (Ah, the miracles of true inspiration... Amazing!)Two Forbidden Trimeter OctettesWhat's sexier than girlsin sexy shirts and skirtsin...
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Good Morning! (at least here it is morning)Ok,ok. I'll take the ballad at face value. But I think 'insulted by the smell of inkand advertising gloss.' 'So let's not talk of poetryand stuff out on the...
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Hiya Gail!Thanx for sharing your thoughts!I think our views meet halfway. I see "Junk Mail Jack" as a lurid representative of the $world. Yet he's by no means a poet. He's the anti-poet himself. (Cf....
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Hello!!!!!!Two Forbidden Trimeter Octettes Did you know that nearly everyone here plays tennis?!The Ballad Of Junk Mail JackAnti- poet? Tortured man, for sure. DeepGail
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Nearly everyone?! COOL!! Here in the Netherlands it's typically something for the rich and the beautiful (upper middle class &c) -- most certainly not everybody's cup of tea like soccer!Dreaming...
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P.S. As to the poem's protagonist: He's tortured indeed -- and has my sympathy in this regard. Yet he's terribly frightening as well -- inasmuch as he blatantly represents The Un-Artistic (almost as...
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Well, nearly everyone in this town.(Palm Springs) Not in all CA.But there's not a lot of soccer players. It's becoming more popular, though.lunchbreak!
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Aha! You really had me thinking that even Mrs Columbo was / is an enthusiastic tennisplayer! Palm Springs.... Hmmm.... The very name... It must be a great place to write poetry!
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Hi Crispin! I'm inclined to disagree with you about P.S. being a good place to write. Right now, I'm at L9 and VERY stuck. Time for me to get ready for karate. Later!--Gail
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Crispin, I forgot to add that the sonnet I'm working on is in free verse (or maybe it's blank verse, I don't understand the difference.)Gail
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Hiya Gail,Blank verse: Iambic Pentameter without rhymes. (An example is my most recent sonnet called "Springtime MMIII Fashion Show For The Very Old".)Free verse: featuring lines of varying length as...
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Crispy Duck! Hi!Thank you for telling me the difference. I'm trying Blank verse. C-you!GailDe gustibus non disputandum est.I couldn't find the translation. Is it like C'est la vie?Gaill
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I lov e the descriptions in the poem, however, the end left me hanging and wanting for more.rwt
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