This unforthright haunter of my space and my soul.
This slow witted student of naught to whom in vain
I sought to teach, to reach beyond its disdain.
But the one worded raven would not be taught...
And in the end was killed and stuffed, bearable no more.
In its stead an echo in a shell and a canary were bought.
The canary now sings as it sits atop the stuffed raven,
Atop the placid bust of Pallas, atop my chamber door,
Far stranded from seashore
the shell whispers its echo again and again-
Nevermore...
Nevermore...Nevermore...
VERY clever! Great picture.
ReplyDeleteI realise that you're from Ut. so that it doesn't apply, but still, your saying that reminded me of this (http://f2.org/humour/howalien.html#Clever) part of Georges Mikes' hilarious book.
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it.
I hope you know what I meant. I think you did a great job of being Poe-like with a twist - does that clarify it. Where do you live? Are you Canadian?
ReplyDeleteOf course, I understood what you meant!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't have said "Glad you liked it." if you had used clever in the sense described by Mikes (unless of course I were being sarcastic which is not the case (for once)).
The word "clever" just triggered a moment's laughter in the remembrance of that paragraph.
I do apologize if it threw you for a loop.
Nope not Canadian.
I live hidden away from English speakers... The jubilant story teller in me sees a story hook there: "I cannot say where I live because no one must know. If anyone were to find out I would be stripped of my magical cooking powers."
But in fact it is nothing so entertaining...
Oh well.
So you do check back after commenting... I was wondering. Most people don't, I find. Thanks for being my most frequent and regular visitor. : j
I like Poe too, and I think he'd like you too. This is both hilarious and rather dark.
ReplyDeleteI always mean to check back after commenting but tend to get waylaid.
If you use gmail, subscribing to comments simplifies the whole process. I subscribe to every post I comment in. That way ,at a glance I have all the developments for one post listed as one conversation in my mail box, its rather convenient.
ReplyDeleteHa, I think Poe would detest my flippancy. From what I read of his life and work, he seemed to be a person who took things seriously... But who knows what historical people were really like, after all we get through time are first, second, and third hand echoes. I'll get back to you on that once I complete my time machine.
Oh yes, and Eryl, you aren't most people.
ReplyDeleteI was going to write a fair amount more, but then I realized I had a post's worth so I might as well put it up as a post.
Is it only gmail that lets you subscribe like that? Or do you even know? I just look at my RSS feed in Dashboard to see who is posting. I'm going to click on the "Subscribe by email link" at the bottom here and see what happens. Thanks for the tip (that is, if it works).
ReplyDeleteDepends on your email service, most email services (at least out of the six I've tried and the four I use) don't offer emails grouped by conversations, meaning that you'll get an email for each post and/or comment.
ReplyDeleteGmail will, for instance if you subscribe to this post by email, give you all of the subsequent comments grouped by subscription. In case you are wondering, I don't work for google, it's just that their products have this uncanny characteristic of working properly and containing good ideas (some of their products at any rate). I'll post a second comment right after this so you can see if you get another email or you get a conversation group.
So Kass, are you going to put artwork up in the teahouse? : D
ReplyDeleteOK, so I'm going to try this, as I do use gmail.
ReplyDeleteIf you already use gmail, you might want to create a filter for blogmail, or else you may find your regular mail swamped... unless you systematically delete stuff once you've skimmed/read it.
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of The Raven. This was fun to read, and I'm sure Poe would think so too.
ReplyDeleteHa, thanks Theresa! ; j
ReplyDeleteFrom what I recall of what I've read about him, he wasn't known his sense of humor.
But at any rate the point is completely and it isn't written for him (well not personally at any rate;)).