• PPB: March / Rebecca Hey

    From George J. Dance@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 27 12:14:29 2022
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    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
    March, by Rebecca Hey


    Could sullen Winter, in his mid career,
    Call from his magazine of storm and cloud
    A ruder gale than this? How shrill, how loud,
    Its angry dissonance assails the ear!
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/03/march-rebecca-hey.html

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Sun Mar 27 21:12:15 2022
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    George J. Dance wrote:

    On 2022-03-27 3:03 p.m., Zod wrote:
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 12:14:30 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote: >>>
    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
    March, by Rebecca Hey


    Could sullen Winter, in his mid career,
    Call from his magazine of storm and cloud
    A ruder gale than this? How shrill, how loud,
    Its angry dissonance assails the ear!
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/03/march-rebecca-hey.html

    Rebecca Hey is darned good....

    She is, and her sonnets fit in well. Like here, March starts with the
    windy day, but the theme is that the weather's changing and the good weather's coming; a good introductory poem to the month, and a good lead
    into Wordsworth's about the first good day of the month.

    I like putting in "calendars", poem series for each month of the year. I couldn't do that before, because her whole series wasn't available; but
    I think I can fill in the holes now. So for most of this year I'll be
    running 2 calendars: her calendar of sonnets, and Spenser's pastoral calendar.


    Seems to be a good project.

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to Will Dockery on Mon Mar 28 21:45:01 2022
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    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 5:15:21 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
    George J. Dance wrote:

    On 2022-03-27 3:03 p.m., Zod wrote:
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 12:14:30 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote: >>>
    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
    March, by Rebecca Hey


    Could sullen Winter, in his mid career,
    Call from his magazine of storm and cloud
    A ruder gale than this? How shrill, how loud,
    Its angry dissonance assails the ear!
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/03/march-rebecca-hey.html

    Rebecca Hey is darned good....

    She is, and her sonnets fit in well. Like here, March starts with the
    windy day, but the theme is that the weather's changing and the good weather's coming; a good introductory poem to the month, and a good lead into Wordsworth's about the first good day of the month.

    I like putting in "calendars", poem series for each month of the year. I couldn't do that before, because her whole series wasn't available; but
    I think I can fill in the holes now. So for most of this year I'll be running 2 calendars: her calendar of sonnets, and Spenser's pastoral calendar.
    Seems to be a good project.

    Agreed and seconded

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Tue Mar 29 21:22:02 2022
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    George J. Dance wrote:

    On 2022-03-27 3:38 p.m., Michael Pendragon wrote:

    This sonnet is a cut above PPB's usual fare (and infinitely better than the entries by you know who). The first eight lines offer a fresh take on the fickle weather of early Spring, despairingly asking where the first buds have gone (apparently
    having been killed by an unexpected March snow). The remaining six lines slip into the hopeful renewal of Spring cliché, and end on a weak note by quoting another poem: the "Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity" from John Keble's book "The Christian Year."
    Stylistically, the poem reminds me of a Shakespearean monologue (which I consider to be in its favor). Had the last six lines maintained the tone of the first eight, this might have been one of the greats. As is, it makes for a very enjoyable read.

    Thank you for the read and the comment; I was very glad to see you doing
    both early on, before the inevitable thread drift.

    Your comments are dead on. It's very much a transition poem, with, an
    ending in the 19th century trope (cliche is harsh, but understandable)
    of the sweet spring; while the octet, with the wind as the symbol of
    change, is in line with what became the 20th century trope.


    Writing in tropes is something I do find a lot, with the minor poets, in
    the 19th-century verse; maybe it is the individual poets (which is why they're minor), or maybe it's the venue; this was the time new poets
    were emerging through magazine verse, which is a bit more constraining;
    but it is common. (Dodge's poem, which ends the month, has much the same message, so I used those two sort of bookend the month.)

    I was impressed with your spotting the Keble quotation, which I hadn't recognized. XI probably should have recognized it, since I have the "Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity" blogged (the only Keble poem on the
    blog at this point):

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2016/11/twenty-third-sunday-after-trinity-john.html

    "The Christian Year" was a big seller, said to have sold ~ a million
    copies, so that tells us a bit about Rebecca Hey's own reading and
    thoughts. Unfortunately, there's still a lot I don't know about her.

    Quite cool....

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to Michael Pendragon on Wed Mar 30 20:27:48 2022
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    Michael Pendragon wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 12:31:17 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 12:26:24 PM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 12:17:35 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 9:45:57 AM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:

    This sonnet is a cut above PPB's usual fare (and infinitely better than the entries by you know who
    You mean your sing song rhymes and second handed tropes?
    Guess again, Donkey.
    In my opinion, no reason to, Peter Keating.
    We were discussing my opinion
    And I gave my opinion, you shit slinging little monkey.

    You asked me who I had been referring to

    I answered the question for you, you shit slinging little monkey.

    :)

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Wed Mar 30 20:59:57 2022
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    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
    March, by Rebecca Hey


    Could sullen Winter, in his mid career,
    Call from his magazine of storm and cloud
    A ruder gale than this? How shrill, how loud,
    Its angry dissonance assails the ear!
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/03/march-rebecca-hey.html

    Better and better with each new read....

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to W.Dockery on Fri Apr 1 21:01:59 2022
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    W.Dockery wrote:

    Michael Pendragon wrote:

    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 12:31:17 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 12:26:24 PM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 12:17:35 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote: >>> > > On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 9:45:57 AM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:

    This sonnet is a cut above PPB's usual fare (and infinitely better than the entries by you know who
    You mean your sing song rhymes and second handed tropes?
    Guess again, Donkey.
    In my opinion, no reason to, Peter Keating.
    We were discussing my opinion
    And I gave my opinion, you shit slinging little monkey.

    You asked me who I had been referring to

    I answered the question for you, you shit slinging little monkey.

    :)


    Fuck the Voodoo Boy, he is a nut....

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to Michael Pendragon on Fri Apr 8 10:35:29 2022
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    Michael Pendragon wrote:

    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 3:40:00 PM UTC-4, genera...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 3:39:00 PM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:

    This sonnet is a cut above PPB's usual fare (and infinitely better than the entries by you know who). The first eight lines offer a fresh take on the fickle weather of early Spring, despairingly asking where the first buds have gone (apparently
    having been killed by an unexpected March snow). The remaining six lines slip into the hopeful renewal of Spring cliché, and end on a weak note by quoting another poem: the "Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity" from John Keble's book "The Christian Year."
    Stylistically, the poem reminds me of a Shakespearean monologue (which I consider to be in its favor). Had the last six lines maintained the tone of the first eight, this might have been one of the greats. As is, it makes for a very enjoyable read.
    Agreed.......

    Shut up, Todd.

    So much for pretending to ignore Zod, eh, Pendragon?

    🙂

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Mon Apr 11 21:47:43 2022
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    George J. Dance wrote:

    On 2022-03-27 3:03 p.m., Zod wrote:
    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 12:14:30 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote: >>>
    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
    March, by Rebecca Hey


    Could sullen Winter, in his mid career,
    Call from his magazine of storm and cloud
    A ruder gale than this? How shrill, how loud,
    Its angry dissonance assails the ear!
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/03/march-rebecca-hey.html

    Rebecca Hey is darned good....

    She is, and her sonnets fit in well. Like here, March starts with the
    windy day, but the theme is that the weather's changing and the good weather's coming; a good introductory poem to the month, and a good lead
    into Wordsworth's about the first good day of the month.

    I like putting in "calendars", poem series for each month of the year. I couldn't do that before, because her whole series wasn't available; but
    I think I can fill in the holes now. So for most of this year I'll be
    running 2 calendars: her calendar of sonnets, and Spenser's pastoral calendar.


    Agreed......

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  • From W-Dockery@21:1/5 to Zod on Fri Apr 15 04:47:21 2022
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    Zod wrote:

    On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 12:14:30 PM UTC-4, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
    March, by Rebecca Hey


    Could sullen Winter, in his mid career,
    Call from his magazine of storm and cloud
    A ruder gale than this? How shrill, how loud,
    Its angry dissonance assails the ear!
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/03/march-rebecca-hey.html

    Rebecca Hey is darned good....

    Agreed.

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Fri Apr 15 21:03:11 2022
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    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
    March, by Rebecca Hey


    Could sullen Winter, in his mid career,
    Call from his magazine of storm and cloud
    A ruder gale than this? How shrill, how loud,
    Its angry dissonance assails the ear!
    [...]

    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/03/march-rebecca-hey.html

    Second read..... quite lovely.....

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