[Writingworkshop] And?

[Adam Holland]

big fun for me, guys.  Nice work.

15 hours at wrestling tournament today.



my pain pours out
of me drop
by drop
staining
my roots and their ground
I grow stronger.
I  choose.
Pain.


(apologies to Sappho)

Best,
Adam
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"Now the skillful workman is very careful indeed as to what he takes into
his brain-attic. He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in
doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most
perfect order. "



On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 7:09 PM, Neale Morison <neale at nealemorison.com>wrote:

>  I like this one. There's a kind of onward Christian soldiers tone -
> forward to victory. The from is good. This one has a nice shifting rhythm
> and the from adds to it. I don't know if you do this on purpose but you
> always seem to break out of the rhythm on the last line.
>
> There was a young man of Japan
> Whose limericks never would scan
> When asked why this was
> He replied, "'Tis because
> I always try to fit as many syllables into the last line as I possibly
> can."
>
> Thanks for noticing Kernaghan and Strunk. Really the whole thing was an
> excuse to do that. I've got a touch up too.
>
> And?
>
> 2009-02-08
>
> Hot and Itchy
>
> Day and Night
> Kernaghan and Ritchie
> Strunk and White
>
> Fantasy and Horror
> Old and New
> Sodom and Gomorrah
> Black and Blue
>
> Fun and Flirty
> Sweet and Soft
> Down and Dirty
> Time and Oft
>
> Rough and Ready
> Young and Strong
> Slow and Steady
> Loud and Long
>
> Airs and Graces
> Good and Right
> Belt and Braces
> Stand and Fight
>
> Old and Rusty
> Hard and Fast
> Damp and Musty
> First and Last
>  Form and Function
> Tried and True
> Con and Junction
> Me and You
>
>
> Daniel Peters wrote:
>
> fuck.  already see a fix.
>
>
> come with the thunder
> *from *under whatever *you're* hiding
> where were you when
> who you were mattered
> only cause
> just because
> please don't suppose
> there is no way to find the way
> that finds the way you *want* to be
>
> maybe.  sticking over the "from"
>
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Daniel Peters <danieltpeters at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> come with the thunder
>> under whatever your hiding
>> where were you when
>> who you were mattered
>> only cause
>> just because
>> please don't suppose
>> there is no way to find the way
>> that finds the way you need to be
>>
>>
>> Love the K and R strunk and white reference.  Solid.
>>
>>   On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 4:57 AM, Neale Morison <neale at nealemorison.com>wrote:
>>
>>> And?
>>> 2009-02-05
>>>
>>> Down and Dirty
>>> Day and Night
>>> Kernaghan and Ritchie
>>> Strunk and White
>>>
>>> Gone and Forgotten
>>> Today and Tomorrah
>>> Woodward and Bernstein
>>> Sodom and Gomorrah
>>>
>>> Crime and Punishment
>>> Form and Function
>>> Old and Grey
>>> Con and Junction
>>>
>>> Astaire and Rogers
>>> Shake and Shiver
>>> King and Country
>>> Stand and Deliver
>>>
>>> Belt and Braces
>>> Old and New
>>> Airs and Graces
>>> Me and You
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Neale Morison
>>> neale at nealemorison.com
>>> http://www.nealemorison.com
>>> 35 Frazer St, Leichhardt NSW 2040
>>> +61 417 661 427
>>>
>>>
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