I like this better
After thinking about it
for a few hours.
Tag Archives: Sonnet Writing
Phone/PDA writing.
Although I do have some considerable experience writing prose on my now seldom used “wince” PDA with a collapsible keyboard. And, since my recalcitrant Samsung Galaxy seems to be resistant to bluetooth keyboards–I have even been inside it via a root terminal app, and still cannot “make it go”–I have, of late, tried “thumbing.” Because I do not have full command of the screen due to the virtual keypad, I felt it might be a bit of a chore, at least for the first few attempts, to try something beyond a Shakespearian. So Dec. 3rd, and Dec 6th. are both done in the car while waiting for this or that, or eating a Big Mac. I had little confidence at first, but I am good with my fingers. So even though I may be an old dog; I usually have little trouble learning new tricks.
I believe I might try a harder one next time (longer, with more perpetual rhymes;) because for the second entry (on the 6th) I used the WordPress app (for Android) on my Galaxy. And I even had some reference material up on Firefox for android, which is shaping up to work fairly well. I was quite happy to have it finally released fully functional because I am able to sync my settings and whatever addons may be synced cross-platform.
In any case, it was not as annoying as I first thought it would be, which gives me confidence to try something more involved on my phone. Still I should like to get a full sized keyboard working with it, as I am much faster with all 10 of my fingers than I am with my thumbs alone–though this is not the case with everyone. I am lucky enough to have learned how to touch-type properly long ago, and as I also may have posted somewhere, I had no idea when I learned this skill how important it would be in the years to come.
So, the “bottom line,” as it were: Thumbing is workable. I am already using an app which allows me to make the system fonts bigger or smaller, which comes in handy for a great many things. It makes things easier to read, when I don’t have my reading glasses on, naturally; but it also makes it easier to see more in the tiny text-box on the screen when one is typing/thumbing with the virtual keyboard. So when I have a strong enough pair of glasses on, I can make the default text entry font quite small and see more than four lines at once. I found I’m getting better at moving the cursor around using Android’s rather wonky interface. I had little trouble fixing spelling, punctuation, missing words, wrong words, mispelled words, etc.
Sonnet: Hidden Virtue
I thought, one day, I wrote a thing of beauty.
Later on, when taking it in hand,
And sharing it with those, as was my duty;
Neither they, nor I, could understand.
The virtue of a verse is that its meaning,
Often may completely hidden be.
And God, it seems, prefers a lack of gleaning;
With His truth revealed more cryptically.
I thought I could, from Heaven, feel Him looking;
Sung my hymn about it, none could hear;
Though none would deign to join me in my brooking;
Never did a votary appear.
I read, again, my words much later; and
I finally began to understand.
Intro: One Thing
Once I wrote a thing
I thought very beautiful.
I read it later.
Did not understand.
All its meaning was hidden
From me and others.
The virtue of verse
Is that its meaning may be
Completely hidden.
God seems to like it,
Almost always, done that way.
He watches it all
From above. I saw
Also, and sung about it,
And no one heard me,
And no one sang back.
I listened very closely,
And I heard nothing.
I read it again
Much later; and finally,
I understood it.
Intro 4: Once More?
Back, perhaps by popular demand,
Once again, shall my pen turn rainward,
To wash away one desire;
To cleanse its paper palette,
Making way for others quite the opposite,
Although every bit as lovely.
Intro 4: Take me home
bring me home
home to where you are
my heart aches
Sonnet: The Evolution Of…
Things in life evolve. I, now uncaught on
Detail, resolve that haiku, when planned more
Strictly, will not break a single thought on
Separate lines. On the other hand, for
Sonnets, great shrines more strict, more pursuing
Sound; the stricture of both could recombine
With pressure when mixed together. Doing
Round numbers of haiku, would misalign
Within a sonnet. It makes me sigh, too;
For, on my honour, I’d cry if that myth
Were true. Instead, there must be eight haiku
To see it through; and then I combat with
Four pale sounds. And its sextet, for a
Tail, sports “etcetera, etcetera.”
David Emeron: Sonnets 