"Poets are like baseball pitchers. They have their moments. The intervals are the tough things." --- Robert Frost
Poets are
like baseball
pitchers. They
have their
moments. The
intervals are
the tough
things.
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have theirmomentsthe
intervals
arethetough things.
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things.
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Baseball pitchers/ have their tough things/
Poets/ are the intervals.
Poetry Friday is hosted today by a wrung sponge. (Spend time in her photography/haiku archives, if you can. It's moment after moment of loveliness.)
This is my second time to come back here. The first time I wasn't so sure how to comment. This is terrifically clever, and I didn't want to sound hyperbolic AGAIN (your stuff is just good. Damn.)
ReplyDeleteSee, there I go again.
That second one is almost like a wind-up, pitch, and hit. I love it.
I love this poetic workout! Clever clever clever. Or should I say:
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Love it. :-)
ReplyDeleteJust felt like... uh...playing today. You know, tossing a ball up and down, pretending like I knew how pitch a slider, messing around.
ReplyDeleteI'd kind of like to try this again, with another quote. Is there a name for this kind of quote-poetry-doodling? It's not exactly found poetry.
I don't know what to call it, but I love it!
ReplyDeleteThe third "pitch" is the one that worked best for me!
ReplyDeleteIt was fun to look over your shoulder while you played around with Frost's words.
The quote of the day on my iGoogle page is by him:
The best way out is always through.
And my verification word is dutri -- do try -- a clear indication that we need to see more of this quote noodling!!!
It's a kind of meditation. Walking meditation. A kind of prayer. You do it so well!
ReplyDeleteI love how you are playing around the first three times and then throw the curve hard. Phew!
When I was in poetry workshops back in the day, one of my instructors used to say that the line breaks are more important than the words. I think William Stafford says something about this, too, but I can't remember what and Google is not helping me. Anyway, it's always struck me as true.
ReplyDeleteInteresting study on line breaks, lady. Clever, clever, clever.
ReplyDeleteEach "interval" brought different thoughts to mind! Wow! Very cool!
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