From 43e2b69dfb0d37cce157ea78a35b47e54c85c7d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 12:13:08 -0700 Subject: Fix bad commit / other issues --- onformalpoetry.txt | 36 ------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 36 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 onformalpoetry.txt (limited to 'onformalpoetry.txt') diff --git a/onformalpoetry.txt b/onformalpoetry.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 7e654b4..0000000 --- a/onformalpoetry.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: On formal poetry -genre: verse - -project: - title: Elegies for alternate selves - css: elegies - order: 12 - prev: - title: Feeding the raven - link: feedingtheraven - next: - title: I am - link: i-am -... - -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