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Poetical Excursion

I’m thinking of resurrecting this old series of mine, wherein I once in a while posted a poem that’s particularly meaningful to me. Here is Robert Burns’s “My Luve is Like a Red, Red Rose”: O my Luve’s like a … Continue reading

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Sigh….

I’ve started experimenting lately with the writing of poetry. I’m not willing — yet — to post any of those efforts here, for two reasons: first, I’m not sure what I’m doing, and thus am not at all sure that … Continue reading

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Oy.

Observation: If you need some help in figuring out just why Shakespeare was a SGF*, just try writing a sonnet sometime — and then reflect that he wrote over 140 of ’em, and they’re all perfect, whereas yours is…not. * … Continue reading

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Green grow the rashes, O!

Simon recently did something I really really really need to do one of these years: he attended a Burns Supper, and he relates his experiences here and here. Burns Suppers are events that celebrate Scottish heritage and song, mainly through … Continue reading

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