tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post7747631143428601031..comments2024-03-18T20:41:39.140-07:00Comments on C. E. Chaffin's Blog: Sonnet Sunday: Be CarefulC. E. Chaffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02639448512282317750noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-81898961801582976332006-11-15T11:36:00.000-08:002006-11-15T11:36:00.000-08:00LKD--I almost quoted that rhyme in today's post, t...LKD--I almost quoted that rhyme in today's post, though I had it attributed to Ogden Nash in my mind.C. E. Chaffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02639448512282317750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-26583112420593836762006-11-14T16:40:00.000-08:002006-11-14T16:40:00.000-08:00I just googled "pelican" and found this:
"Oh, a w...I just googled "pelican" and found this:<br /><br />"Oh, a wondrous bird is the pelican! <br />His bill holds more than his belican. <br />He can take in his beak <br />Enough food for a week. <br />But I'm darned if I know how the helican." <br />Dixon Lanier Merritt <br />(1879-1972) <br /><br /><br />What the helican! (grin)LKDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02171027823523187126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-18605568652028894652006-11-13T09:47:00.000-08:002006-11-13T09:47:00.000-08:00Tivo--my sibs have it, I'm just too lazy or cheap....Tivo--my sibs have it, I'm just too lazy or cheap. I use TV like a drug instead of controlling it by planning my viewing.<br /><br />Pelicans are entirely silent as far as I know; I never hear their cries, only the seagulls that flock around them.<br /><br />Thanks LKD and Inconsequential for cheering me.C. E. Chaffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02639448512282317750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-65035774477484973542006-11-13T07:30:00.000-08:002006-11-13T07:30:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.jzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04900728285377878851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-12684598728646200302006-11-12T23:46:00.000-08:002006-11-12T23:46:00.000-08:00I come to read the poems, as they are something i ...I come to read the poems, as they are something i fail at. ie, specific structures, I think i've said before, i wouldn't know a sonnet if it leapt out and bit me :)<br /><br />I do read the rest of the post as well, and have commented on the deprssion thing, as it is something i relate to on a personal level, but at the end of the day, mr chaffin bakes damn fine words.<br /><br />I like this blog, as it's a poetry site, with added food for thought.Inconsequentialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543390380268105131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-52852106019198606862006-11-12T15:54:00.000-08:002006-11-12T15:54:00.000-08:00I've never seen a pelican, let alone a line of the...I've never seen a pelican, let alone a line of them. 200 yards long? How many pelicans, do you think? Were they lined up and facing out to sea? I recall seeing a line of seagulls at dawn right at the water's edge in Massachusetts. They were all sitting there silently, facing the horizon as if waiting for the sun to rise.<br /><br />Do pelicans make a sound? I imagine it as being a raucous call.<br /><br />A week and no depression? Go, you! <br /><br />Oh, and I don't come here to read about your depression. I come here to read about you.LKDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02171027823523187126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-60264509601988136692006-11-12T14:31:00.000-08:002006-11-12T14:31:00.000-08:00If you really want to fritter your nights away in ...If you really want to fritter your nights away in front of the tube, get Tivo. My husband got it for me for Christmas, and I've been ruined.<br /><br />Although, I never realized there actually was some good stuff on television.<br /><br />Good to know you're still at RN.mareymercyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407666873261385487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-83960299534341471712006-11-12T13:50:00.000-08:002006-11-12T13:50:00.000-08:00I love the Maltese Falcon. What a great movie!
Th...I love the Maltese Falcon. What a great movie!<br /><br />The sonnet is good too. I won't quibble with the rhyme in "imagination" as to do so would be a failure of imagination on my part. Some fine lines in this one:<br /><br /><i>The rain is good but it won’t cleave the heart.<br />It can’t promote your longing into art.</i><br /><br />Nicely done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com