These are Johnee sonnets, written in Johnee meter etc! John Dr. John M. Bennett Curator, Avant Writing Collection Rare Books & Manuscripts Library The Ohio State University Libraries 1858 Neil Av Mall Columbus, OH 43210 USA
(614) 292-3029 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.johnmbennett.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Roger Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, November 18, 2005 1:07 pm Subject: RE: FLUXLIST: Jack A. Withers Smote poem > Okay - the two short lines are released to float amidst the three > quatrains. fine > > And the ends of the lines rhyme, in a relaxed way - in the > Shakespeareanstyle actually - > > But what about the meter and the rhythm? Answer me that! > > > > It's a blog! <" target="l">http://rogerstevens.blogspot.com> > http://rogerstevens.blogspot.com > > Wonky Finger - Live at Staplecroft Village Hall > Order your copy at <" target="l">http://www.rabbitpress.com> > http://www.rabbitpress.com > > Visit The Poetry Zone > http://www.poetryzone.co.uk > > > > <" target="l">http://rogerstevens.blogspot.com> > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of John M. Bennett > Sent: 18 November 2005 15:16 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: FLUXLIST: Jack A. Withers Smote poem > > Uh, it is a sonnet unless you define sonnet in strictly narrow > terms, as > being only a "Shakespearean" or "Petrarchan". This is one of > Bennett'ssonnet forms, as seen by Smote. But it's got the 14 > lines, 3 quatrains, > and a couplet consisting of the 2 short lines. A fairly traditional > sonnet in form in my book. Bennett is getting reactionary perhaps? > > John > > At 05:23 AM 11/18/2005, you wrote: > > > I don't wish to be pedantic (or maybe I do) > > Or maybe I'm missing something > > But this doesn't bear any relation to a sonnet. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ <')" >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John M. Bennett > Sent: 17 November 2005 21:07 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: FLUXLIST: Jack A. Withers Smote poem > > Smote sent me this, seems he's trying out my recent "sonnet" form: > > > > Whip > > > With the sardines of your neighbors > those very pretty plastic balls like > hosers on the shore strong models of your > jungle verbiage in the cellphone lake > > Lick every entity > > Organ hand and legless jokes some > jackoff zoo with puddles of cough syrup you > stirred the long mud clues and stacked > gum smokes, the eggless hands and doormen > > Lentils' heavy dick > > Cake dome hell on the swim curbbage's bumbled > glove your yodels snore the bomb closers > petting every wall in spastic clothes: oh > neighing floor of hard beans: "the whip"! > > > > > Jack A. Withers Smote > > After Blaster Al Ackerman's > "The Sardines of Your Neighbors" > > > __________________________________________ > Dr. John M. Bennett Curator, Avant Writing Collection > Rare Books & Manuscripts Library > The Ohio State University Libraries > 1858 Neil Av Mall > Columbus, OH 43210 USA > > (614) 292-3029 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.johnmbennett.net > ___________________________________________ > __________________________________________ > Dr. John M. Bennett > Curator, Avant Writing Collection > Rare Books & Manuscripts Library > The Ohio State University Libraries > 1858 Neil Av Mall > Columbus, OH 43210 USA > > (614) 292-3029 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.johnmbennett.net > ___________________________________________ >
