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|    Cujo DeSockpuppet to NancyGene    |
|    Re: Snow, Snow / George J. Dance    |
|    09 Jan 26 16:27:58    |
      From: cujo@petitmorte.net              nancygene.andjayme@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (NancyGene) wrote in       news:AB2dnb84M4hLvvz0nZ2dnZfqnPqdnZ2d@giganews.com:              >> HarryLime wrote:       >>       >>> Will-Dockery wrote:       >>> nancygene.andjayme@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (NancyGene) wrote       >>> in news:vnKdnQ0NxOsLPcP0nZ2dnZfqn_udnZ2d@giganews.com:       >>>       >>>> HarryLime wrote:       >>>> George J. Dance wrote:       >>>>       >>>> Snow, Snow       >>>>       >>>> Again, here in the Southlands you'd have gotten your wish, this       >>>> last Christmas was warm, actually it could have been considered       >>>> hot.       >>>>       >>>> I wrote a poem, an early attempt at a sonnet, about a similar       >>>> Christmas in 1976 or 1977, probably lost, titled "Snow No       >>>> Show."       >>>>       >>>> Dan Barfield was a bit harsh on it because he wasn't a fan of       >>>> rhymes in poetry, which may have contributed to the poem's lost       >>>> status now.       >>>>       >>>> I'm thinking about recreating the poem using my currently more       >>>> advanced knowledge of writing the sonnet, possibly in these last       >>>> few weeks of winter.       >>>>       >>>>       >>>> It's easy to pick out       >>>>       >>>>       >>>> Agreed the photograph is quite iconic.       >>>>       >>>>       >>>> But only in its true, iconic form:       >>>>       >>>>       >>>> This from HarryLiar, who'll whine for years about someone else       >>>> posting an "altered photograph".       >>>>       >>>>       >>>       >>       >>       >> We don't see the distinctive Will Donkey ears on anyone else in the       >> family. He is an outlier (liar?) and a stray. Was Mildred known to       >> dally with Coonhounds?       >>       >       >       >       > Of course not, after you vandalized the photograph.       >       > HTH and HAND.[/quote]       >       > Are you claiming that your family members all have Dumbo ears like       > you?[/quote]       >       > That's what Donkey is saying. Also, some of them had bushy tails.              I hear Quackery has webbed feet.              PS: "Holy fuck a duck, Batman!"                     --       "The fact that it doesn't apply to the poem is of little consequence to       you, because your poems don't have a literary basis, because you're       functionally illiterate and haven't got a clue as to what a poem is." -       Little Willie Douchebag gets another asskicking from Pendragon              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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