[New-Poetry] Sonnet: White Man's Burden

James Cervantes cervantes.james at gmail.com
Sat Sep 15 19:57:09 EDT 2007


And that cute little turn in the 10th line. And that first one in the
final couplet. And that . . .  Hell, you're tryin to trick me, uh?

- Squintin Jim

On 9/15/07, James Cervantes <cervantes.james at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thinkin t'getme with that penultimate word, huh?
>
> O.K., buddy, noon at the jardin in April.
>
> - Jim
>
> On 9/15/07, Halvard Johnson <halvard at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Maybe more of a challenge than you think, Jim. I'll
> > test you next time we meet.
> >
> > Hal
> >
> > "I can see that you are the kind of young man who
> >   is accustomed to winning arguments."
> >                   --Gertrude Stein to Mortimer Adler
> >
> > Halvard Johnson
> > ================
> > halvard at earthlink.net
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard/index.html
> > http://entropyandme.blogspot.com
> > http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
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> > http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard/vidalocabooks.html
> >
> >
> > On Sep 15, 2007, at 6:03 PM, James Cervantes wrote:
> >
> > > No challenge to memorization.  Please revise for clarity or obscurity.
> > >
> > > - Jim
> > >
> > > On 9/15/07, Halvard Johnson <halvard at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Sonnet: White Man's Burden
> > >>
> > >>  darkness darkness darkness darkness darkness darkness
> > >>  darkness darkness darkness darkness darkness darkness
> > >>  darkness darkness darkness darkness darkness darkness
> > >>  darkness darkness darkness darkness darkness darkness
> > >>
> > >>  darkness darkless darkness darkness darkness darkness
> > >>  darkness darkness darkness darkness darkness darkness
> > >>  darkness darkness darkness darkness darkiness darkness
> > >>  darkness darkness darkness darkness darkness darkness
> > >>
> > >>  darkness darkness darkness darkness darkness darkness
> > >>  darkness darkness darkness darkness darkling darkness
> > >>  darkness darkness darkness darkness darkness darkness
> > >>  darkness darkness darkness darkness darkness darkness
> > >>
> > >>  darkish darkness darkness darkness darkness darkness
> > >>  darkness darkness darkness darkness darkest darkness
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Hal
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Halvard Johnson
> > >> ================
> > >> halvard at earthlink.net
> > >> http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard/index.html
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> > >> http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.comhttp://www.hamiltonstone.org
> > >> http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard/vidalocabooks.html
> > >>
> > >>
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