Comments for fallen verses http://fallenverses.org Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:30:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Vote for RWP by Dave http://fallenverses.org/2008/11/14/vote-for-rwp/#comment-15196 Dave Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:29:47 +0000 http://fallenverses.org/?p=448#comment-15196 Great idea! I don't usually pay attention to these popularity contests, but RWP could definitely use the exposure. Great idea! I don’t usually pay attention to these popularity contests, but RWP could definitely use the exposure.

]]> Comment on RWP#49: Hobbyhorse, hobbyhorse (A Paradelle) by tom http://fallenverses.org/2008/10/23/rwp49-hobbyhorse-hobbyhorse-a-paradelle/#comment-15167 tom Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:10:56 +0000 http://fallenverses.org/?p=419#comment-15167 The Paradelle isn't a form I particularly care for. Collins' "Paradelle for Susan" is, I think, quite good, but real quality in it is... challenging. And, of course, the whole thing was a joke to begin with. Kind of like "echolalia" that way/ I mean, sure, we're probably all liberal poet-bloggers who want to be nice and all that jazz, but if somebody was echolalaic, wouldn't you laugh? You'd try not to, and you'd feel bad later. So.... Part of it is the word. It's hard to take greek seriously: it sounds like toddlers babbling. Call it a syndrome if you want it taken seriously. Give it acronymic letters. But writing a good paradelle is a very difficult task because not just the lines need to stand up to repetition, but the words. And reshuffling the words adds a level of complexity that reinforces Collins point when creating the paradelle- sometimes the rules are dumb. The Paradelle isn’t a form I particularly care for. Collins’ “Paradelle for Susan” is, I think, quite good, but real quality in it is… challenging. And, of course, the whole thing was a joke to begin with.
Kind of like “echolalia” that way/ I mean, sure, we’re probably all liberal poet-bloggers who want to be nice and all that jazz, but if somebody was echolalaic, wouldn’t you laugh? You’d try not to, and you’d feel bad later. So….
Part of it is the word. It’s hard to take greek seriously: it sounds like toddlers babbling. Call it a syndrome if you want it taken seriously. Give it acronymic letters.
But writing a good paradelle is a very difficult task because not just the lines need to stand up to repetition, but the words. And reshuffling the words adds a level of complexity that reinforces Collins point when creating the paradelle- sometimes the rules are dumb.

]]> Comment on RWP#49: Hobbyhorse, hobbyhorse (A Paradelle) by Nathan http://fallenverses.org/2008/10/23/rwp49-hobbyhorse-hobbyhorse-a-paradelle/#comment-15166 Nathan Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:56:43 +0000 http://fallenverses.org/?p=419#comment-15166 That's so funny -- I was going to use the Random Word Generator for this prompt, although not the paradelle, I've never heard of that one. This poem is a blast. <abbr><em><em>Nathan´s last blog post: <a href="http://disorder1313.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/negatives/" rel="nofollow">Negatives</a></em></abbr></em> That’s so funny — I was going to use the Random Word Generator for this prompt, although not the paradelle, I’ve never heard of that one. This poem is a blast.

Nathan´s last blog post: Negatives

]]> Comment on RWP#49: Hobbyhorse, hobbyhorse (A Paradelle) by Annamari http://fallenverses.org/2008/10/23/rwp49-hobbyhorse-hobbyhorse-a-paradelle/#comment-15165 Annamari Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:05:34 +0000 http://fallenverses.org/?p=419#comment-15165 it is a great effect, not only because of the full line repetitions but also alliteration and he double consonants that I like the most. it is a great effect, not only because of the full line repetitions but also alliteration and he double consonants that I like the most.

]]> Comment on RWP#49: Hobbyhorse, hobbyhorse (A Paradelle) by gautami tripathy http://fallenverses.org/2008/10/23/rwp49-hobbyhorse-hobbyhorse-a-paradelle/#comment-15164 gautami tripathy Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:37:27 +0000 http://fallenverses.org/?p=419#comment-15164 Writing a paradelle is no cakewalk. You did very well with it! http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/10/echoes-reverbate-half-poem.html <abbr><em><em>gautami tripathy´s last blog post: <a href="http://readingandmorereading.blogspot.com/2008/10/booking-through-couples.html" rel="nofollow">Booking through Couples</a></em></abbr></em> Writing a paradelle is no cakewalk. You did very well with it!

http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2008/10/echoes-reverbate-half-poem.html

gautami tripathy´s last blog post: Booking through Couples

]]> Comment on RWP#49: Hobbyhorse, hobbyhorse (A Paradelle) by Lisa G. http://fallenverses.org/2008/10/23/rwp49-hobbyhorse-hobbyhorse-a-paradelle/#comment-15163 Lisa G. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:05:13 +0000 http://fallenverses.org/?p=419#comment-15163 I'd never heard of the paradelle and followed your wikipedia link - hilarious! I love it! Definitely appropriate. :) <abbr><em><em>Lisa G.´s last blog post: <a href="http://thebirdsings.com/2008/10/23/echolalia/" rel="nofollow">Echolalia</a></em></abbr></em> I’d never heard of the paradelle and followed your wikipedia link - hilarious! I love it! Definitely appropriate. :)

Lisa G.´s last blog post: Echolalia

]]> Comment on RWP#49: Hobbyhorse, hobbyhorse (A Paradelle) by Sweet Talking Guy.. http://fallenverses.org/2008/10/23/rwp49-hobbyhorse-hobbyhorse-a-paradelle/#comment-15162 Sweet Talking Guy.. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:29:33 +0000 http://fallenverses.org/?p=419#comment-15162 I don't like the form, however, I feel you made good use of the echolalia prompt with the repeating, echoing nature of this paradelle. <abbr><em><em>Sweet Talking Guy..´s last blog post: <a href="http://sewina.blogspot.com/2008/10/top-prompt-justiceinjustice.html" rel="nofollow">TOP prompt "Justice/injustice"</a></em></abbr></em> I don’t like the form, however, I feel you made good use of the echolalia prompt with the repeating, echoing nature of this paradelle.

Sweet Talking Guy..´s last blog post: TOP prompt "Justice/injustice"

]]> Comment on read write word #1: Laughing in the Wind by tom http://fallenverses.org/2008/10/17/read-write-word-1-laughing-in-the-wind/#comment-15160 tom Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:10:18 +0000 http://fallenverses.org/?p=411#comment-15160 Thanks Christine! The site will need some tweaking over time but I think I like this one more than the last. I sometimes think the best poems I write start with someone else's words, either by directly inspiring, or by inspiring connections I wouldn't initially see. Thanks Christine!
The site will need some tweaking over time but I think I like this one more than the last.

I sometimes think the best poems I write start with someone else’s words, either by directly inspiring, or by inspiring connections I wouldn’t initially see.

]]> Comment on read write word #1: Laughing in the Wind by christine http://fallenverses.org/2008/10/17/read-write-word-1-laughing-in-the-wind/#comment-15159 christine Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:04:39 +0000 http://fallenverses.org/?p=411#comment-15159 Tom, I really like the new look of your site. And your poem is integral, flowing, and tender. It's hard to believe you wrote this from a wordie prompt. I like how the wind is the central image, combined with love, invisible, yet felt. <abbr><em><em>christine´s last blog post: <a href="http://www.balancedontheedge.org/2008/10/22/everything-is-a-sign/" rel="nofollow">everything is a sign</a></em></abbr></em> Tom, I really like the new look of your site.

And your poem is integral, flowing, and tender. It’s hard to believe you wrote this from a wordie prompt. I like how the wind is the central image, combined with love, invisible, yet felt.

christine´s last blog post: everything is a sign

]]> Comment on read write word #1: Laughing in the Wind by tom http://fallenverses.org/2008/10/17/read-write-word-1-laughing-in-the-wind/#comment-15090 tom Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:00:35 +0000 http://fallenverses.org/?p=411#comment-15090 Thanks to the both of you! Thanks to the both of you!

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