For JG
If you haven't seen www.poetfreak.com/text/127223/with-love-to.html you may need to look at it now. The sonnet below borrows its first line as well as the last words of the rest of the lines, and is by way of being a reply to the original.
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While we may never see quite eye to eye
we share our fervent love of poetry.
You feel more bound by rules, I feel more free.
I will say Yes where you perhaps say Aye.
We have our differences, and though I try
and beg you write more freely, still my pleas
fall on deaf ears. Alas, I fear that these
new lines may do the same, and make you sigh.
But poetry can make friendships, even though
there seems to be a gulf twixt me and you,
and in that ocean tides will ebb and flow.
I still recall your hesitant debut,
but are you still as hesitant? Oh, no!
And sonneteers like Jenny are but few.
You state a truth here - "sonneteers like Jenny are but few" - she has a gift for a style which is difficult for many - long may Jenny reign. Doubtless freedom is how individuals see it.
"And sonneteers like Jenny are but few" Undobtedly the case...I am still smiling after reading this piece - Jenny is indeed one of a kind!!
this made me smile. we've all grown into our styles. it's what i love most about reading on Freak. great write.
I too get the urge to say, try something wild Jenny Gordon (which is why I was happy she tried the 10 word poem), but her adherence to a particular style not only evinces her discipline, but also seems an integral part of her--would surprise me for sure if she became an Ezra Pound or Charles Bukowski tomorrow--she be what she be, a sonneteer
Ah, Maestro, but you are too fun! I did nitpick these lines of yours right away, stupid me! But they are your lines and your style and the exceptional reply to my offering. Therefore I recommended it. Now maybe I should paste it below mine on my page? No. Just kidding. Ah, but it is the old "Ozymandias" idea...yay! I am as worthwhile as Shelley! Whoopie! I might be worth a half cent piece. Well, your lines make me sigh, and yet I am grinning too widely from ear to ear. Fondly yours, JG
Very well presented Paul showing the differences between two poets, but having respect as well. I love the humor and Jenny's response too. I must go and read some of Jenny's sonnets as I like quite a bit of time to savor them fully and then I tend to forget. There is always something of great interest on Poetfreak and you both succeed with your sonnets.