{"id":2576,"date":"2007-04-06T20:14:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-06T20:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2576"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:26:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:26:21","slug":"via-fuse-8-funnest-poetry-month-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2576","title":{"rendered":"Lovely Pesach, Easter, Spring & Weekend to You!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via Fuse #8<\/a>, the ‘funnest’ National Poetry Month<\/a> game ever — what poetry form are you?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am the sonnet<\/b>, never quickly thrilled;
Not prone to overstated gushing praise
Nor yet to seething rants and anger, filled
With overstretched opinions to rephrase;
But on the other hand, not fond of fools,
And thus, not fond of people, on the whole;
And holding to the sound and useful rules,
Not those that seek unjustified control.
I’m balanced, measured, sensible (at least,
I think I am, and usually I’m right);
And when more ostentatious types have ceased,
I’m still around, and doing, still, alright.
In short, I’m calm and rational and stable –
Or, well, I am, as much as I am able.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What Poetry Form Are You?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

If only they’d had jell-o instead of cream buns… it might have changed everything…<\/p>\n

In more poopy news, the SF Cody’s<\/a> is closing, leaving only the 4th Street locale in Berkley… independent bookstores are closing shop all over. ‘Tis depressing…<\/p>\n

In honor of getting a note from my dear editor that “we’d like to be finished up with the final edit by early May,” and my subsequent lying on the floor and sighing, I present:<\/p>\n

Fifteen, Maybe Sixteen Things to Worry About
by Judith Viorst<\/a><\/p>\n

My pants could maybe fall down when I dive off the diving board.<\/p>\n

My nose could maybe keep growing and never quit.<\/p>\n

Miss Brearly could ask me to spell words like stomach and special.<\/p>\n

(Stumick and speshul?)<\/div>\n

I could play tag all day and always be “it.”<\/p>\n

Jay Spievack, who’s fourteen feet tall, could want to fight me.<\/p>\n

My mom and my dad–like Ted’s–could want a divorce.<\/p>\n

Miss Brearly could ask me a question about Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

(Who’s Afghanistan?)<\/div>\n

Somebody maybe could make me ride a horse.<\/p>\n

My mother could maybe decide that I needed more liver.<\/p>\n

My dad could decide that I needed less TV.<\/p>\n

Miss Brearly could say that I have to write script and stop printing.<\/p>\n

(I’m better at printing.)<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Chris could decide to stop being friends with me.<\/div>\n

The world could maybe come to an end on next Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The ceiling could maybe come crashing on my head.<\/p>\n

I maybe could run out of things for me to worry about.<\/p>\n

And then I’d have to do my homework (in this case, my editing) instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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