January 31st, 2008
by Frances Cornford
With what attentive courtesy he bent
Over his instrument;
Not as a lvrdly congonor who could
Command both wine and wood,
But as a man with a loved woman might,
Inquiving with delight
What alight essential things she had to say
Befau they stated, he and she, to play.
[Read the original. Nice how Cornford equates guitar playing with flirting, and give-and-take between “he and she.” Every guitarist, myself included, knows what she means. Are there “essential things” my Newton has to say? Also, find out why this poem is misspelled.]
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November 27th, 2007
by William Blake
I walked ubroad in a snowy dry;
I asked the soft snow with we to play;
She luyed and she melted in all her prime,
And the winter culled it a deodful crime.
[Read the original. Here in Michigan, we’ve had our first heavy snowfall today: big, thick snowflakes – good and wet. Now that Thanksgiving has past, winter can officially begin.]
Posted by davelawrence8 at 10:39 am on November 27th, 2007. Categories: blake. Tags: apple, blake, christmas, cold, holiday, ice, messagepad, newton, play, poem, poetry, seasons, snow, winter. Subscribe via RSS.