Nov. 11 Good as Dead (triolet on a line from Ashbery)

November 11, 2009, 11:51 pm

Good as Dead . . . . On a line by John Ashbery Once forgotten, you're as good as dead, even if you still feel quite alive. No one calls, or writes, or warms your bed when you're forgotten. You're as...

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Re: Nov. 11 Good as Dead (triolet on a line from Ashbery)

November 12, 2009, 12:57 am

Very true and well said. If you're forgotten, you're good as dead. And it takes a lot of energy, as you said, to keep relationships, it just flies out your head, but minus address books and books your...

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Re: Nov. 11 Good as Dead (triolet on a line from Ashbery)

November 12, 2009, 3:15 am

Toni, well written! And also true! Greta, you're writing crits now in triolet form?

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Re: Nov. 11 Good as Dead (triolet on a line from Ashbery)

November 12, 2009, 5:53 am

clever toni - enjoyed this! Is it a trioloni?

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Re: Nov. 11 Good as Dead (triolet on a line from Ashbery)

November 12, 2009, 11:38 am

No, I think it's pretty strict triolet form. But I should invent a trioloni!! I like that! I think Greta's comment tops my triolet!! See? it's irresistible.

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Re: Nov. 11 Good as Dead (triolet on a line from Ashbery)

November 12, 2009, 2:36 pm

I just ordered a book by John Ashberry, his latest I believe.

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Re: Nov. 11 Good as Dead (triolet on a line from Ashbery)

November 12, 2009, 3:56 pm

ah! so that's why there are xmas letters, people want me to remember them and vice versa...(?!) toni, this was well paced and i'm envious of your ability to make something like this your own. in a...

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Re: Nov. 11 Good as Dead (triolet on a line from Ashbery)

November 12, 2009, 4:02 pm

Sherry, that's a hoot. And sad, too. Oh, I'm the triolet queen. Did you ever read my triolet sequence in which each includes a line from the movie, "Gilda"? I can send you a link.

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