My seatmate said, “That book is pretty big- What's it about?” I truly wish I knew How to describe without seeming a prig Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu. “The longest greatest longest novel ever written?” “Reflections on names and shifting perceptions That chronicle the joy of being smitten By literature and love … Continue reading June 10: Summarize Proust
Month: June 2014
June 9: Fifty Meter Freestyle
With plays and poems Shakespeare did decree The iamb as the undisputed king Of metered feet, disdaining the spondee And anapests to make his poems sing. Verses sound unbalanced with a trochee Swapped for each iamb, one foot left over, And lines that are all spondees can't not be Bland stuff that could not urge … Continue reading June 9: Fifty Meter Freestyle
June 8: Least of All Possible Evils
When deadlines change from three weeks into one Priorities must then be rearranged: Allot the maximum that can be done And hope that no one task will be shortchanged; For when there are three tasks, and two of them Involve a partner, you'll be glad you worked The solo parts: strategically condemn The groups and … Continue reading June 8: Least of All Possible Evils
June 7: The Cliff
One's first activity in several weeks That works to stretch the body and the mind Is sure to put some roses in one's cheeks And afterward will help one to unwind, Endorphin clouds in which the body drifts, Warm muscles loose, the brain demanding naps, All make one blissfully oblivious To immanent and foreordained collapse. … Continue reading June 7: The Cliff
June 6: Grr
Through growling grogginess I do perceive A growing groundswell of determined grit To grab with gruffness, nevermore to grieve For time lost as in gross gridlock we sit. Grandiloquent is our collective grouse, With gravitas our grievances we air, Grappling regret we ever left the house, Exchanging the most gratifying glares. It's said that misery … Continue reading June 6: Grr
June 5: Craft
It's pleasurable to take a single word And craft a couplet that conveys a thought That won't seem obvious or too absurd, And won't result in language overwrought. So when a thought's expressed in prosody That mimics a vernacular expression, By means of dictional simplicity, That stylish choice can cloud lines of succession- For oh, … Continue reading June 5: Craft
June 4: Setec Astronomy
When by the wacky vagaries of fate You find yourself possessed of evidence That, generally known, would stir up great Hilarity and laughter at events- How difficult it is remaining mum When you just want to holler from on high, And bite at probability your thumb, Thus bidding secrecy a fond goodbye. Intolerable to have … Continue reading June 4: Setec Astronomy
June 3: Sonnet 154
By means of online dictionaries paired With equal measures of tenacity And stubbornness, for five months I have bared My life in sonnets for the world to see. Though my ambitions sometimes fall quite short Of what I dearly hope they will become, Whether by concepts I fail to comport, Or elements that cannot make … Continue reading June 3: Sonnet 154
June 2: Positive Reinforcement
When stopping silly arguments results In finding unexpected things to read, And when returning calls like an adult To lovely meals with dearest friends may lead, And sharing supper with a transient Precedes escaping my rehearsal early; Instead of grousing, currying content In dogs, who spread their joy amongst the surly. Magical thinking, this, to … Continue reading June 2: Positive Reinforcement
June 1: Unmitigated Gull
A solitary gull ignores the water In hopes that tasty tidbits come his way From those who crowd the rocks to spot an otter Along the kelp-choked edges of the bay. Disdainfully regarding all the squirrels Whose antic japes delight the human flocks, He claps his wings, demanding their deferral, And sends them scurrying among … Continue reading June 1: Unmitigated Gull
Libby Weber 