tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post4289880827634228297..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: bad late-night haiku for the start of the semesterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75676810224182470142013-01-09T15:48:36.885-05:002013-01-09T15:48:36.885-05:00Brilliant!Brilliant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67002896762794473282013-01-09T15:34:09.997-05:002013-01-09T15:34:09.997-05:00I nominate Greata as Poet Laureate of CM.
On a sl...I nominate Greata as Poet Laureate of CM.<br /><br />On a slightly different note, one of my favorite sayings comes from a story about three different shoguns of Japan. "If the nightingale will not sing, wait."Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331203839723194193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90287925677685474652013-01-09T13:45:25.030-05:002013-01-09T13:45:25.030-05:00Really beautiful.Really beautiful.Vampire Accountanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144354173991287613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90268124836766591332013-01-09T13:11:07.763-05:002013-01-09T13:11:07.763-05:00Contingent Cassandra, you are correct--and thank y...Contingent Cassandra, you are correct--and thank you! I drafted this late last night and knew that something was bugging me about it. I've made the change and I think it improves the verse beyond just making it correct. I did have to sacrifice something in one line to do so, but I don't think it's anything that anyone notices about my poems anyway, so it's no big deal. Thank Great Lakes Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101613060478193833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-33191899988425898972013-01-09T11:07:17.448-05:002013-01-09T11:07:17.448-05:00Wonderful! Beautiful image, Greta, and beautiful e...Wonderful! Beautiful image, Greta, and beautiful execution (though I worry about the note of despair -- not just misery -- conveyed therein; I hope the writing itself helps, even a bit). <br /><br />One very minor quibble: on this side of the pond, I think you've got a <a href="http://craigglenn.blogspot.com/2009/01/american-nightingale.html" rel="nofollow">mockingbird</a>, rather than a Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84416696978789335202013-01-09T10:02:31.171-05:002013-01-09T10:02:31.171-05:00I'm in awe, Greta.I'm in awe, Greta. Annie Oakleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396950355961607377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8090963415485168802013-01-09T09:08:59.718-05:002013-01-09T09:08:59.718-05:00Wonderful. Moving. Thank you.Wonderful. Moving. Thank you.BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81015966218766649322013-01-09T02:12:23.777-05:002013-01-09T02:12:23.777-05:00This is really remarkable. I mean I love it. Tha...This is really remarkable. I mean I love it. Thank you for posting it. Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.com