I love it! I wish I could say more about how you conjure the scene like a one-act play–full of humor, yes, but also of innuendo and your own commentary on the unintended pretenses (pretensions?)thus the vacuity of the high life.
Not the NYC I recognise (being ever the tourist) but a welcome and amusing aspect nonetheless. The words are well-chosen and it seems to me the sonnet requires careful reading – the recording is definitely a plus. Thanks for sharing.
for me, poetry is best when it is about what you know/experience but after you have stirred or shaken that a little or a lot… and, as for being out of your depth, the sonnet seems to turn the table with your playful regard for that not so high society :-)
Hey Rob, thanks for reading! I’ve been working on a novel, so I haven’t posting much of anything. I owe another book review though — so I need to get busy on that. This sonnet was a lot of fun to write. It stymied me in a couple places though – made me sweat.
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I love it! I wish I could say more about how you conjure the scene like a one-act play–full of humor, yes, but also of innuendo and your own commentary on the unintended pretenses (pretensions?)thus the vacuity of the high life.
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Thank you Alegria. :-) It’s a lonely world without a few friends.
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Not the NYC I recognise (being ever the tourist) but a welcome and amusing aspect nonetheless. The words are well-chosen and it seems to me the sonnet requires careful reading – the recording is definitely a plus. Thanks for sharing.
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I went to Sarah Lawrence College, just North of NYC.
In and around New York City I managed to glimpse high society (way out of my depth). The sonnet is fantasy but there’s also some truth to it.
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for me, poetry is best when it is about what you know/experience but after you have stirred or shaken that a little or a lot… and, as for being out of your depth, the sonnet seems to turn the table with your playful regard for that not so high society :-)
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Thank goodness for the recording; my pronunciation was totally off while reading to myself.
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That’s interesting. I worry that my pronunciation might be off. It’s been awhile since I’ve studied French (about four years of it altogether).
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lol-Great sonnet; I admire especially line 8, and the surprise ending is just perfect. I mean, what does a guy have to DO?
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Hey Rob, thanks for reading! I’ve been working on a novel, so I haven’t posting much of anything. I owe another book review though — so I need to get busy on that. This sonnet was a lot of fun to write. It stymied me in a couple places though – made me sweat.
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love the feel of this sonnet…very high brow
the font and title lend to this feeling…so much
communicated with so few words…as if~
cheers and ooo la la~dulcy
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