I am SURE you could write an essay in 20 minutes. I can. What makes us different is you could write a WHOLE TOME in 2 days. And it would be impeccable and readable.
I'm laughing :D LOL. Very sweet of you to say it. Could mean I'm on track in learning how to write. I've got another project on at present - preparing to recite in the Nimbin Performance Poetry World Cup in two weeks time.. Needs to be my own original work I've got a suite of poems which would do as a fallback. But I want to write something specially for it - something completely different to what slam poetry normally sounds like - is. Something that contains all the qualities of classical poetry, but which is simple, easy to understand, mesmerising, enjoyable and addresses some aspect of an important issue. I'm spending so many hours on it - research and trial runs - that I'm about ready to collapse in a fugue.
I'll get to the flaws essay... eventually - probably post it as a blog.
In the meantime, dear friend Sharonna, wish me luck.
Giggling out loud again. That's the perfect medicine.
Thank you, Sharonna.
Chances are, I might get through two or three of the initial heats.
Don't know if I'll make it into the finals.
The top third are poets who've been writing for thirty years or more, very experienced in wordcraft and slam technique.
The longest poem I've memorised was Shakespeares sonnet 116 -
which would take only a couple of minutes delivered with a savoury slowness.
Eight minutes for the Cup is, to me, a huge feat. Just holding someone's attention with speech for 45 seconds is a near miracle in this age of distractions.
So I'm treating it as part of my education.
I won't matter if I don't win or place (though, to be honest, the $2,000 would be nice.)
What will matter will be being part of it, enjoying the poetry of some great wordsmiths, and learning. Thanks for the vote of confidence! :) (I wish I could rig the audience with clones of you. ;) )
I find more money on the ground than I make buying lottery tickets. Oh yeah -and I think your president is a great wonderful man.
This post was edited by Kittigate at August 25, 2019 6:47 PM MDT
Fatso doesn't go anywhere because someone ELSE requests it. He needs to know he is NOT wanted first. Then he can BARGE his fat lard a$$ onto the biggest STAGE Canada can erect. HUUGE. Big crowds and tons of admirers. Can you swing that? Because if you are America, you cannot, and Trump is forced to pay people to show up or they won't get their overtime.
I am seriously effected by or with Cute'itis. There is no know cure I've been told...I will have to live with this disabilitating condition for the rest of my life...:(
Hmm ... I bet there's something exquisitely delicious about knowing you're compellingly attractive, and being male and gay, and free to express all of it, and knowing you'll have your pick of any gorgeous man whose heart and mind take your fancy.
He's got a strong case of sexual confidence. Men Like that never forget the deeply ingrained experiences of being desirable and loved - even as they age, the aura of confidence flies about them like one of Isadora Duncans's scarves around her neck. He's old enough to have chronic wilt, but he's a marathon runner who keeps himself in good shape - so he probably has good reason to see himself as still having the X-factor.
The rest of us can only mourn.
A poem by Robert Graves: Love without hope, as when the young bird-catcher Swept off his tall hat to the Squire's own daughter, So let the imprisoned larks escape and fly Singing about her head, as she rode by.
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This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at August 26, 2019 4:29 AM MDT
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