From e0b1c2737397839ff5ba8c129d31baf6f97805fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 13:10:17 -0700 Subject: Finish linking Elegy, Hezekiah; Rename files --- 19-onformalpoetry.txt | 27 --------------------------- 1 file changed, 27 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 19-onformalpoetry.txt (limited to '19-onformalpoetry.txt') diff --git a/19-onformalpoetry.txt b/19-onformalpoetry.txt deleted file mode 100644 index af45519..0000000 --- a/19-onformalpoetry.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,27 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: 'On formal poetry' -project: 'Elegies for Alternate Selves' -project-order: 19 -genre: 'verse' -... - -I think that I could write formal poems \ -exclusively, or at least inclusive \ -with all the other stuff I write \ -I guess. Of course, I've already written \ -a few, this one included, though "formal" \ -is maybe a stretch. Is blank verse a form? \ -What is form anyway? I picture old \ -women counting [stitches on their knitting][knitting], \ -keeping iambs next to iambs in lines \ -as straight and sure as arrows. But my sock \ -is lumpy, poorly made: it's beginning \ -to unravel. Stresses don't line up. Syl- \ -lables forced to fit like [McNugget][] molds. \ -That cliché on the arrow? I'm aware. \ -My prepositions too---God, where's it stop? \ -The answer: never. I will never stop \ -writing poems, or hating what I write. - -[knitting]: roughgloves.html -[McNugget]: ronaldmcdonald.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81