…in particular and the Xerex sequence, in general: It has long been rhapsodized by many throughout history that wine most fine produces vision most fine. It might appear, at first blush, that such a thing cannot possibly be the case; after all, such a notion seems to fly in the face of reason; the intoxicant in wine is ethanol; and one ethanol molecule conforms and behaves very much like any other. Why then do dreamers, poets, writers, painters, musicians–artists of all stripes–continue to entertain this notion; or rather, why do they continue to have just such an experience, be inspired by their awe of it, and subsequently, feel compelled to recount it? Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Regarding Xerex, I did, indeed…
…let an older sonnet drop down onto September 23. I didn’t truly need to, but otherwise, I would have posted “today’s” entry at maybe 8:00 pm. I think I prefer it this way though, because now I may think about the subsequent elements of the sequence. I’m posting this entry in real time but the sonnet and its introduction will not have posted until September 24, 2012, shortly before 1:00 am.
All this for a drop Oloroso Sherry? I know, It seems like It’s a big to-do about such a subject; but some things are like that. They’re bigger than you at first thought they would be.
Today’s offering…
…will be a sequence rather more ambitious than many entries here. Careful thought will be needed to do it justice. As such, I may have to allow an entry for a coma to drop. Of late, I have thought how these may be organized in a better way. But, I have a vested interest in the outcome either way it goes.
Extracting Love is…
…what this next entry is, technically. Here is the reverse of the last post. This time I start with a sonnet, and extract seven haiku which become the introduction to the aforementioned sonnet. There were no interim steps in this.
Today’s sonnet…
…is another example of one form being turned into another. There is no “old” material involved in this one. The seven haiku correspond to each of seven couplets. This is the sonnet I foreshadowed a few days ago. This is a self referencing project in that the haiku sequence is the introduction to the sonnet. Continue reading
See Dick Puff Jane….
Here’s to an old friend whose bawdy humour always made me uncomfortable. But all-in-all, he was a good-hearted lad and this morning finds me missing him and wondering what he might be up to these days–if in fact he is up to anything at all.
Also… a note on punctuation regarding…
…sonnets. My personal philosophy with punctuating poetry, in general is: “The more the merrier.” In prose, such punctuation would be distracting, although it is also useful in prose, and for the same reason; that being performance. Extra punctuation can be very helpful to the performer–even in prose wherein such punctuation would be distracting if one were reading to oneself. It is particularly useful in poetry. Continue reading
David Emeron: Sonnets 