Re: Fwd: www.killdevilhill.com Drake's Sonnet of The Day Thu Oct 9

Malcolm Lawrence (malcolm@wolfenet.com)
Thu, 09 Oct 1997 18:07:36 -0700

A little knowledge of pentameter can be a dangerous thing...especially in
the hands of a youngster filled with enmity, stuck at that level of maturity
where one can only destroy what others do, yet hasn't the guts to create
something of their own that would reveal their command of the language,
human nature, dignity and integrity.

Jolly Roger needs to be sponsored by Clearasil, eh wot?

Malcolm


Matthew_Stevenson@baylor.edu wrote:

> here's a little surprising crossover of my list subscriptions.  please
> remember not to kill the messenger.--matt
>
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> ccxxxiii.
> So Holden called everyone a phony,
> Don't you know JD's a millionaire,
> Who rolled the Devil's dice to make us see,
> A Catcher in the Rye when nothing's there.
> No worse than you or me, talent divine,
> Naive enough to believe in himself,
> A naive genius that did define,
> A brave new world not yet found on the shelf.
> Now it's on the shelf, the world beats forward,
> And Salinger is running from Holden,
> Holden's grown horns and a tail, reaching toward,
> The empty air within all rings golden.
>       Catcher in the Rye's half a tragedy,
>       JD Salinger's the greatest phony.
>                 --By Drake Raft 1969-1994
>
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