…even single ones, that require so much thought, that it is far less painful to work on them a little at a time. Works such as this one take at least a few days of thinking upon. I would revisit the draft at least once per day, type a note or two, or a phrase I thought was usable. Anything that occurs between periods of sleep is always easier. It just comes together almost like magic all of a sudden. Continue reading
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And I have done…
The rearranging mentioned below. I pushed the other sonnets downward and brought the entire Xerex series up so it would be in line with its new member.
Also I have put all the forward/backward links in that series and the most recent work, and gone most of the way through august when I got tired of it. Continue reading
A note on how…
…this one was done:
This pair was begun, as often is the case (thought not always) with the sonnet itself. I jotted down 14 random words in a Petrarchan rhymescheme. These proceeded down the page, or screen, rather, on the right side. Then I read over our exchange, saw my subject, and then filled in all the other 120 syllables. Once I had 140 total, well, then I knew I was done! Continue reading
While penning another sonnet…
…I began to despair. But not due to the subject matter therein contained.
No.
It was something about the manner in which I must remain at electronic arm’s length from those to whom I have grown electronically close.
Closeness and separation are not only relative in this strange world of ours, but now have become virtualised as well. How far is one blog entry from another? How far is a comment from a post?
How far?
My sweetheart…
…left me the most beautiful thing on my Xerex sequence. I really thought it the fitting and most perfect end and answer to the thing. So beautiful. So now the sequence has seven sonnets. It sounds to me together like wedding bells and wedding vows and honeymoons and love everlasting.
And … what am I to do now with the order of things. Should I move the whole Xerex sequence–all seven brothers–up to the front to be with its sister? Something along those lines will have to be done, I think.
Well, now that I’m adding links to allow readers…
…to navigate from oldest to newest, I think I shall have to reverse all my sequences back to the way they were before. It makes more sense to change it back, so now I’ve made even more work for myself!
It was the poemet’s bellow…
Later is now, I suppose. The story goes this way:
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David Emeron: Sonnets 