Rallentanda

Rallentanda

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Byron, Blake and the Drunken Sailor

Napowrimo poem day 14
Prompt: Cleave Poem

And did those feet in Ancient time
She walked in beauty
But what shall we do with the drunken sailor ?
Walk upon England's mountain green
like the night
What shall we do with the drunken sailor ?
And was the holy lamb of God
of cloudless climes and starry skies
What shall we do with the drunken sailor ?
On England's pleasant pastures seen
and all that 's best of dark and bright
Ear-ly in the morning

12 comments:

  1. I can't do that... clever Cleaver thing...
    And it's Songkhran so this drunken sailor/soldier/tinker/tailor is not too worried about morning...

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  2. Course you can Stan.After a few beers under the belt for Songkhran you'll be cleavering
    yourself til the cows come home.

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  3. So, is this cheating?! Just jealous cos I didn't think of it!

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  4. We are not playing cards here Derrick!

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  5. Looks to me that you have 4 poems here, or am I seeing double? Great work!

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  6. No F Prints I made a mistake did 4 instead of 3

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  7. Oh my de-ah! This is so very clever!!!

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  8. But the "mistake" worked well. I've done something like this, a triptych (which is four poems in one, working on the same premise as the cleave). You weaved together these three very well.

    -Nicole

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  9. Thanks to everyone (except Derrick:)

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  10. Rall,
    You are sooo very clever my dear!
    Pamela

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  11. I'm all green around the gills from jealousy - or is that indigestion? This is very cleverly done. Wish I had thought of it.

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