| Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2001 : 28 April 2001 |
Thank you, Sappho. Thanks for the gorgeous stanza.
Thanks for dropping down in a whir of wings to
Bless the free-verse age with expensive doodads.
How did you ever
Find a way to write in Aeolic Greek that
Works in English? It's a completely different
Rhythmic system! You, young woman, are plainly
Some kinda genius.
Say the white implacable textbook authors,
"Iambs, trochees, dactyls and anapests are
All there is." But where is the wild disorder?
You and me, let's offer the prosy dogs a
Kick in the booty!
give me a clue so sweet and true
copyright 2001, 2003 Jay J.P. Scott
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