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A45807924 - A Wint'ry Tale Of Misery
Malabarista - now with added pony Started conversation Jan 10, 2009
Entry: A Wint'ry Tale Of Misery - A45807924
Author: Malabarista - U1528154
A dramatic poem.
I know it's poetry because it has 'twas in it.
I know it's dramatic because it uses about two exclamation marks per verse.
A45807924 - A Wint'ry Tale Of Misery
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Jan 10, 2009
One is led to the ineluctable conclusion that this hapless rider was friends with the Knickerbockers of Old New York.
It has that 19th-Century feel about it.
I can see it in an illustrated book of the period, with a woodcut, heaven help us...the man has his top hat tied on with a scarf, the horse looks snide...
Not many of our writers engage in literary re-enactment. Congratulations!
A45807924 - A Wint'ry Tale Of Misery
Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jan 11, 2009
Pedestrian. Hapless pedestrian. 
I like the woodcut image!
So you won't believe me if I say I was trying for beat poetry? 
A45807924 - A Wint'ry Tale Of Misery
minorvogonpoet Posted Jan 11, 2009
This is a good bit of parody. Not sure which 19th Century writer -Hardy perhaps. 
A45807924 - A Wint'ry Tale Of Misery
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Jan 11, 2009
I was thinking Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Who, by the way, had a great potential entry for The Stretcher:
http://www.poetry-archive.com/h/the_chambered_nautilus.html
A45807924 - A Wint'ry Tale Of Misery
Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jan 11, 2009
Is he in the competition, then?
I didn't really have a specific poet in mind, more a general feel, if that makes sense.
A45807924 - A Wint'ry Tale Of Misery
LL Waz Posted Jan 14, 2009
great fun.
The first two verses are really good. I love the backhanders aimed at poetic devices.
Don't know if you want crit on a fun piece like this, but if so, I'd cut the hole in the stocking and concentrate on horse, snow and poetic nonsenses.
A45807924 - A Wint'ry Tale Of Misery
Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jan 14, 2009
Get rid of the sock? But I believe its very banalness (banality?) to be essential!
A45807924 - A Wint'ry Tale Of Misery
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Jan 14, 2009
Banality.
I agree: you cannot remove the socks.
Socks with holes are a significant leitmotif in the oeuvre of this particular author...
Why, it would be like removing felt and fat from the works of Joseph Beuys...
http://neo.dmcs.p.lodz.pl/inf5/07_08/1/Joseph%20Beuys,%201966,%20Paris%20(o%20piano%20está%20em%20Paris).jpg
A45807924 - A Wint'ry Tale Of Misery
Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jan 14, 2009
I have a leitmotif? 
(Poor piano )
A45807924 - A Wint'ry Tale Of Misery
Tibley Bobley Posted Jan 15, 2009
Brilliant! The whole thing! I really enjoyed it. Thank you
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A45807924 - A Wint'ry Tale Of Misery
- 1: Malabarista - now with added pony (Jan 10, 2009)
- 2: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Jan 10, 2009)
- 3: Malabarista - now with added pony (Jan 11, 2009)
- 4: minorvogonpoet (Jan 11, 2009)
- 5: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Jan 11, 2009)
- 6: Malabarista - now with added pony (Jan 11, 2009)
- 7: LL Waz (Jan 14, 2009)
- 8: Malabarista - now with added pony (Jan 14, 2009)
- 9: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Jan 14, 2009)
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- 11: Tibley Bobley (Jan 15, 2009)
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