05-06-2015, 07:42 PM
'Song lyrics' are not poetry? Jeez, more of these fucking 'thin'
definitions! Whatever.
Repetition is important no matter how fat or thin the definition.
Poetry is about rhythm and you can't get more rhythmic than repetition.
I liked the expanse of the poem. Yeah, sure, it's grand hyperbole of the
'worst' sort; but that's what it's supposed to be and it works.
Especially:
Lovely lady, if you must lose heart,
Then please, re-lose your heart to me…
ray
P.S. ... I'm not sure if you were referencing the term 'appleweed' or the
play and/or movie. I loved the movie, I met the director/writers/actors
Johnny Cotugnoin and Tamara Reynolds in Austin when my wife was doing
a story on the movie.
More about Johnny Appleweed the movie:
definitions! Whatever.
Repetition is important no matter how fat or thin the definition.
Poetry is about rhythm and you can't get more rhythmic than repetition.
I liked the expanse of the poem. Yeah, sure, it's grand hyperbole of the
'worst' sort; but that's what it's supposed to be and it works.
Especially:
Lovely lady, if you must lose heart,
Then please, re-lose your heart to me…
ray
P.S. ... I'm not sure if you were referencing the term 'appleweed' or the
play and/or movie. I loved the movie, I met the director/writers/actors
Johnny Cotugnoin and Tamara Reynolds in Austin when my wife was doing
a story on the movie.
More about Johnny Appleweed the movie:
a brightly colored fungus that grows in bark inclusions


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