Tanka (Alien 8)
Shelley and Keats met
for tea on the western end
of an eastbound train.
Shelley's wife, at home remained;
'Frankenstein' required her pen.
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Comment by: Arley - 2008-02-11 03:43
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| How sweet of you to say, Janet! Thanks!! |
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| I'm glad you explained. Scary thought, I was an English major, but it's been a while. My memory has more holes than a cullander, and my spelling is all phonetic. Now that I understand it, nothing "clumbsy" about it. I'm learning. |
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Comment by: Arley - 2008-01-29 05:08
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| Thank you, Rosie! |
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| Humour and rhyme as well! Thoroughly enjoyable read. And I learned stuff, too, which is always a bonus! |
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Comment by: Arley - 2008-01-28 06:19
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Thanks Christopher! Yeah, good ‘ol bolt-neck.
Glad you liked it, Cheryl! Shelley’s Adonis is a eulogy to Keats, and of course Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. A train track, like time itself is extremely linear, one second of life can’t coexist with another, so the reader might wonder: is Keats really on the train or is Shelley in fact composing his masterpiece to honor John Keats? West end/east bound symbolizes being on the back of the train. Mary Shelley is meanwhile working on her famous book. Clumsy, I know, but this is my first attempt. |
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