Wbiro

• Last seen on Jul 31 9:44 AM. Member since February 14, 2006.
• I have 4 comments, 1,534 poems, 22 stories, 4 philosophies, 2 journals

My other items

• Column: Sonnets- The Innovator vs. The Purist at allpoetry
  based on an encounter over the Sonnet between an innovator and a purist, right here on AP no less...
• Column: A Few Notes on Prettiness, Symbolism, Metaphor, Meter, and Rhythm at allpoetry
  on the emphasis placed on these devices...
• Column: How to Write a Feminine Version of a Poem at allpoetry
  a study in technique.

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• on The Twa Dogs by Robert Burns, on January 24

  I liked this enough to submit it to Oldpoetry back in '05, and what do you know, it hasn't changed...
• on Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori by Wilfred Owen, on August 15, 2006

  I think Patton and I agree about this one- it is better to make the enemy die for his country in writhing, abject pain and suffering! Thanks, von, for linking me to this gem of its times...
• on The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, on August 3, 2006

  Great as Lyrics

  If you want a real treat, Lorenna McKennitt put it to Celtic-like music when she was reaching her peak as an artist... enchanting! I've been listening to the sampler for a half hour now (can't find it on the Internet, lol) So this poem may be better listening to it over reading it, is what I am saying...
• on Prometheus Unbound by Percy Bysshe Shelley, on February 2, 2005

  Ah, there is more here now- maybe the entire thing- I don't know- never read it all! I see the section that I drew from for a free-form song I did... "Evil minds change good to their..." own nature, lots of cool words to draw from...