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Sonnet XLIII: We Must Labour

Sometimes a poet polishes it all,  Attempting to have said his perfect word –  To capture one with his poetic call  For love – the clarion his love had heard.  And after I had showered and dried last night,  My eyes lay on a book of Yeats’s verse;  Salt in my eyes, I wept my heart to blight  As my lips muttered softly “Adam’s Curse”.  There stated what I’d tried to write so much,  Yet all I yielded was a pool of tears.  Then in my bed did I recall your touch,  And had a thought for no one’s but your ears:  That you were beautiful, but that I strove  To love you in the old, high

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Howard contra de QuinceyOn the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth  by Thomas de Quincey   
 
From my boyish days I had always felt a great perplexity on one point in Macbeth. It was this: the knocking at the gate, which succeeds to the murder of Duncan, produced to my feelings an effect for which I never could account. The effect was, that it reflected back upon the murderer a peculiar awfulness and a depth of solemnity; yet, however obstinately I endeavoured with my understanding to comprehend this, for many years I never could see why it should produce such an effect.   
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Precipitating JewelsUpon this lash of innocence demure,  Lie liquid crystals, born of heaven’s sighs.  A fluid ribbon's subtlety implies  An understated, succulent couture.   
And every drop upon my skin so pure  Brings forth such lustful flames within thine eyes.  Each watery pearl belying glor'ous prize-  The promised wealth naiad bodies ensure.     
Bejeweled wrists and neck enhance allure.  My image serves like heady, sweet champagne-  All thoughts but one slip, fall, become obscure.  This maiden’s heart you shall quite soon secure.   
Yet thy appraising gaze cannot see plain  My Precipitating Jewels
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breathing firequiet though it burns,  a gentle fire does not cease until          prohibition of consumption renders it useless   
so too burns within me a          desire previously unknown, an          innocent longing that i gently          pat on the cheek and whisper not yet   
but when i cast the occasional  glance at your eyes, brown pools of infinity,          the hook catches  and you reel me breathing fire
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Journal Entry: Wed Jan 30, 2008, 4:48 PM
  • Mood: Tired
  • Listening to: BWV 528
  • Reading: Plato
  • Playing: "Down Under"
  • Eating: Meat
  • Drinking: The occasional Sirah wines, lov'em!
Just thought it was time to get rid of my previous, depressing entry.

So here's a little sonnet I wrote today; though far from optimistic, it's still something. Might post it as a deviation sometime soon. Bonus points for locating quotes and references. Apologies for the excessive alliteration and assonance, I'm still working on those skills relatively intensely.

Sonnet LXII: Filial Faith

I shall end like my father, there’s no doubt:
all tell I lack the touch for ivory;
earth’s springs fail cultivating that proud sprout
of music running through my pedigree.
Nor any pedagogy to contend
shall straighten slants to fluency, but frown;
nor zeal or might or piety would tend
a rope-throw as between the staves I drown –
Nor you who claimed a prodigy within.
What’s starving talent with no fruits to prove?
or pomp of power when I am cursed by kin
and cannot bend with movers to be moved?
My father played piano with a grunt;
in filial faith, my fingers are all blunt.

Yes, Ed, I'm sorry; this is an English sonnet. Though I did move the volta to line 10 for variety...

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  • Current Age: 17 (born 16/05/1990)
  • Current Residence: Jerusalem, Israel
  • Interests: Too many to state - a little of everything, in short
  • Favourite movie: Right now? Duel (USA, 1971)
  • Favourite band or musician: Composer: JS Bach; Singer: Carlo Bergonzi
  • Favourite genre of music: Renaissance ensembles
  • Favourite artist: MC Escher
  • Favourite poet or writer: WB Yeats
  • Favourite photographer: My anal-about-photography friend Eran
  • Operating System: Probably to be changed soon
  • MP3 player of choice: Creative Zen Nano Plus, I own one. :-D
  • Wallpaper of choice: SuperKril2000 paint
  • Skin of choice: Epidermis
  • Favourite game: <censored due to obscenity>
  • Favourite gaming platform: <censored due to obscenity>
  • Favourite cartoon character: Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbs)
  • Personal Quote: English actors are so good! You've got Jeremy Irons, Rowan Atkinson, Alan Rickman, Ashley Giles
  • Tools of the Trade: So many cognitive ones... Just to name a few!

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~stillherelove:iconstillherelove: Dec 4, 2007, 1:15:37 PM
:salute: Alright. Thank you for your patience. :)

[PS: They CAPITALIZED e. e. cummings IN THE WIKI ARTICLE!! :ohnoes: :O]

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:invisible: we're drowning in blank spaces
~Jmas:iconJmas: Dec 3, 2007, 11:35:46 AM
"It's you, who claim seduction to my pen
And teeming brain and heart, who never did
Yet promised. You, who called my talents hidden
In a tarnished mind..."

These are the beginnings of a sonnet I tried to write this afternoon. Notice how the punctuation tends to be in the middle of the line? That's enjambment.

Also, read the uber-correct and hyper-excellent Wiki article: [link]

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"In vain doth valour breed" - Milton
~stillherelove:iconstillherelove: Dec 3, 2007, 10:46:18 AM
Alright. I see. Care to give me an example? :D

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:invisible: we're drowning in blank spaces
~Jmas:iconJmas: Dec 3, 2007, 7:49:18 AM
Enjambment is essentially the technique where you don't have a pause at the end of a line (such as a comma or full stop), but where the line breaks in the middle - resulting in a bit of a rushed effect. In freeverse it lets you highlight certain words or phrases. :-)

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"In vain doth valour breed" - Milton
~stillherelove:iconstillherelove: Dec 2, 2007, 9:17:30 AM
:wave:

Care to explain enjambment?

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:invisible: we're drowning in blank spaces
~Jmas:iconJmas: May 22, 2007, 12:14:03 AM
I'm very Biblical in my language - though I've done some Mishnaic and mediaeval stuff.

Facebook me (Jonathan Howard, S.A.R. '08 and Israel), or e-mail me if you want anything.

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"In vain doth valour breed" - Milton
~cranberrymelon:iconcranberrymelon: May 21, 2007, 7:13:20 PM
Hebrew was my first language (not that that really proves anything), and I still know non-big English words. True, I know more people speaking English but still, your poems are great as they are and I think that the big words make them special.

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SLYTHERIN dorm: [link] :strip:
Admin for ~HogwartsRP
I :hug: the fellow Dramione shipper
You’re not my type. Come back after a sex change
:roll::strong::flirty::threaten::wow: :painter::tunes: ::pride:
~Jmas:iconJmas: May 21, 2007, 8:59:29 AM
I'm more into Hebrew right now; and so far, I have to rely on some big words - as I'm not yet at the level of Yeats of beauty through simplicity...

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"In vain doth valour breed" - Milton
~cranberrymelon:iconcranberrymelon: May 19, 2007, 6:10:01 PM
I love your poetry, even thought it has big words in them sometimes. (I'm not too fond of that.) But your poetry makes those big words come to life, and it makes me happy.

Keep up with all the good stuff you have here!

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Admin for ~HogwartsRP
I :hug: the fellow Dramione shipper
You’re not my type. Come back after a sex change
:roll::strong::flirty::threaten::wow: :painter::tunes: ::pride:
~Jmas:iconJmas: Mar 19, 2007, 2:51:57 PM
And I end up with a depressing love poem. :P

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"In vain doth valour breed" - Milton
~xsinsx:iconxsinsx: Mar 19, 2007, 2:37:54 AM Mood: Affection
Awww.
Wellll, you take a pen...then you take some paper...
Hehehehe
<3

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My parachute didn't open, and when my back up failed.
Pixie dust prevailed.
~Jmas:iconJmas: Mar 17, 2007, 1:19:23 PM
:D

DO I REMEMBER YOU?! Are you kidding?

Teach me how to write short stories, please... :P

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"In vain doth valour breed" - Milton
~xsinsx:iconxsinsx: Mar 15, 2007, 6:37:56 PM
BOO.
Remember me?
xD
I'm back.
<3333
Priya

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My parachute didn't open, and when my back up failed.
Pixie dust prevailed.
~Jmas:iconJmas: Dec 19, 2006, 11:00:02 AM
Check comment.

And thanks a lot for letting me know! :D

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"In vain doth valour breed" - Milton
!SlavicPolymath:iconSlavicPolymath: Dec 17, 2006, 6:05:56 PM
Do you remember me? We had a fav-ing, favorable commenting spree a few months ago...

In any case, I wrote a sonnet the other day, and it struck me as very "Jmas-y". Here you go.
~Jmas:iconJmas: Nov 25, 2006, 11:34:26 AM
Thank you. I'm flattered. :)

Every piece of mine (I try to make it so, at least) contains an argument, a message, some concept to deliver.

Words don't stand on their own if there's no meaning - that's the rule that guides me.

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"In vain doth valour breed" - Milton
~clairehabib:iconclairehabib: Nov 14, 2006, 8:10:34 AM
You write such beautiful words.

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"claire - will do art for rum"
~bbgothgal:iconbbgothgal: Oct 5, 2006, 1:30:20 PM
lol im sure you do!! :D

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Evee.*ETERNITY*

yehh.
a new me.
i guess change doesnt always have to be badd.
~Jmas:iconJmas: Oct 4, 2006, 9:44:20 AM
Populist, I have better things to do! ;)

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"In vain doth valour breed" - Milton
~bbgothgal:iconbbgothgal: Sep 30, 2006, 12:40:15 PM
n_n!!!

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manda esta rosa a todos aquellos a los que quieras incluyendome a mi si tu quieres. vee cuantas veces obtienes esta rosa. si obtienes una docena, significa que eres querido n__n

Translation:[ Send this rose to those who you love including me if you want, And see how many times you get this rose back. If you get a dozen roses, you are dearly loved!]

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Evee.*ETERNITY*

yehh.
a new me.
i guess change doesnt always have to be badd.
~originill:iconoriginill: Sep 18, 2006, 6:22:24 AM
guess, if you must.

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my enemy said to me, "love your enemy."
and i obeyed him and loved myself. gibran
~Jmas:iconJmas: Sep 16, 2006, 8:44:51 PM
Umm... OK. Thanks, I guess?

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"In vain doth valour breed" - Milton
~originill:iconoriginill: Sep 14, 2006, 10:26:21 AM
bravo.

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my enemy said to me, "love your enemy."
and i obeyed him and loved myself. gibran
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