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[MsJacquiiC]

The Following Text Is Quoted:

Originally Posted by solo

and I was wondering what to have for supper!

Oh Good GAWD!
wow - And to think Shakespeare considered "demure" in relation to other poets of the time... Some of that quoted from MacBeth is downright gory, the Jew line = Interesting no doubt... I don't think I'd be trying that stew though...

Jacquii.

[Kit Carson]

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
~
Dylan Thomas
~
"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"
~
Read this in high school and I think if helped me to realize how words you write can be so profound and long lasting. This is considered the best example of Villanelle ever done. I'll never argue with that, but I hope someday that someone else will.

[MsJacquiiC]

Hmmm - don't think I can argue with it either MIKE - but I don't think I've a villanelle in my arsenal just yet --- And yes! I think I actually posted a challenge for poetry featuring that one particular line "Don't go gentle into that good night..." Maybe perhaps a poem based on that line... Yep - I searched - it's a POEM actually based off of another line: Rage rage against the dying of the light... http://jpicforum.info/miscellaneous/...ling-2599.html

Anyway - a FABULOUS poem no doubt - and right up there with the most quoted of any poetry I'd say. Perhaps we should have a Creativity Outlet challenge - the stipulation being to use either/or line within the poem... Hmmmm.... Thinking....



Jacquii.

[PaintedDiary]

Fantabulous posts Jolie, solo, Ms Jacquii, Mike, and everyone....just ...let's keep this going!

Ms Jacquii...you also posted that poem as an example for the "Villanelle" in the Poetry-Defined Forum...

p.s.----->Sounds like a lovely challenge...


Dr. Rob

[butchiesmom]

I'm a fan of Robert Frost and of Maya Angelou. I can remember my professor reading from I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (I think that's the title) about her toothache and getting the tooth pulled. My teeth ached so bad just listening to it! I was so impressed and fascinated by just that account that I went to the library and got that book! I know it's not a poem, but it was one of the reasons why I wanted to write because I wanted to be able to write as well as that.

Robert Frost The Road Not Taken


The last three lines of the last stanza:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

I remembered this from seventh or eighth grade English class. It's stuck with me all these years. "...the one less traveled by,..." I think of it often when I think of my life and how I've never traveled the path expected by others. It's why I consider myself 'unique' not 'weird'. Why should we always take the road everyone else does? I want to see what few others have seen, lol.

This is a great thread, Kim!

[PaintedDiary]

The Following Text Is Quoted:

Originally Posted by butchiesmom

I'm a fan of Robert Frost and of Maya Angelou. I can remember my professor reading from I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (I think that's the title) about her toothache and getting the tooth pulled. My teeth ached so bad just listening to it! I was so impressed and fascinated by just that account that I went to the library and got that book! I know it's not a poem, but it was one of the reasons why I wanted to write because I wanted to be able to write as well as that.

Robert Frost The Road Not Taken


The last three lines of the last stanza:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

I remembered this from seventh or eighth grade English class. It's stuck with me all these years. "...the one less traveled by,..." I think of it often when I think of my life and how I've never traveled the path expected by others. It's why I consider myself 'unique' not 'weird'. Why should we always take the road everyone else does? I want to see what few others have seen, lol.

This is a great thread, Kim!

Thanks Gail!! I I agree 100% !!!!!!!!! Time to hear from some of our new members and back again!!

[nomadicrhymer]

Yes, I do remember Robert Frost... love his work as well. I do like Sir Walter Raleigh as well... his entire piece "The Lie" I LOVE LOVE!!! but I will only pick one stanza, as directed... well maybe 2! lol!

Say to the court, it glows
And shines like rotten wood;
Say to the church, it shows
What's good, and doth no good:
If church and court reply,
Then give them both the lie.

Tell zeal it wants devotion;
Tell love it is but lust;
Tell time it is but motion;
Tell flesh it is but dust:
And wish them not reply,
For thou must give the lie

Here, Raleigh is supposedly awaiting execution, which is think is the only way he would have had a change of heart from his lifestyle, which was clearly in the extravagant court and as one of Elizabeth the First’s men… he was famous for laying down his cloak so that she could step across a puddle of water if I remember correctly. This poem is written as if he is totally disillusioned by every facet of life and all he has grown up knowing as truth to this point.

[nomadicrhymer]

Yes, I do remember Robert Frost... love his work as well. I do like Sir Walter Raleigh as well... his entire piece "The Lie" I LOVE LOVE!!! but I will only pick one stanza, as directed... well maybe 2! lol!

Say to the court, it glows
And shines like rotten wood;
Say to the church, it shows
What's good, and doth no good:
If church and court reply,
Then give them both the lie.

Tell zeal it wants devotion;
Tell love it is but lust;
Tell time it is but motion;
Tell flesh it is but dust:
And wish them not reply,
For thou must give the lie

Here, Raleigh is supposedly awaiting execution, which is think is the only way he would have had a change of heart from his lifestyle, which was clearly in the extravagant court and as one of Elizabeth the First’s men… he was famous for laying down his cloak so that she could step across a puddle of water if I remember correctly. This poem is written as if he is totally disillusioned by every facet of life and all he has grown up knowing as truth to this point.