Re: waxing poetical WAS Re: Rather Polite of Him, Wouldn't You Say?


Pete Dashwood wrote:

Never mind, Alistair.

We all recover eventually, and the fact that you wrote something probably
helped.

You shouldn't be embarrassed about it, even if its terrible. If it comes
from the heart, it has value.

No Pete, it really was absolute rubbish and drivel. Rereading it some
months after made me realise just how rubbish it was and so it got
binned.


Here's one that was written simply as an exercise. But it caused outrage and
anger from some of the ladies present... (this makes it more valuable in my
eyes :-)))

Poetry exercise: Find 5 favourite words and use them in a poem.
( I chose...mellifluous, concatenation, triskaidekaphobia, plangent, and
skank)

TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA

you look and sound
the part

the concatenation of
headband, tank top, mini skirt and high heels
is supposed to suggest sophistication


Brave or foolhardy?, bearing in mind the audience.



Sometimes, it can be a releasing balance against the tightly constrained
creativity of computer programming, sometimes it is an outlet for emotional
overload, sometimes it is just fun to do and may have no artistic merit
whatsoever. (Like the above... :-))

I would encourage everyone to write poetry; it doesn't have to rhyme, it
doesn't have to be "good", the action of doing it will simply make you feel
better...

Pete.

I work on magic squares for relief from stress and boredom. I worked
out the odd numbered squares with no problem, just have some trouble
with even numbered squares. But I'm working on it.

.

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