[New-Poetry] from the Writer's Almanac

[TheOldMole]

I'm chicken. I know there are people here so much more qualified than I 
to undertake this.

Chris Lott wrote:
> I'm curious about this-- can our resident experts come to agreement on
> the scansion of Baer's poem? Or is the whole process really as
> arbitrary as it feels?
>
> c
>
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 9:43 AM, TheOldMole <Opus40-01 at opus40.org> wrote:
>   
>> Your ear is probably better than mine. But how do you scan the second line?
>> Or the 6th without stressing the wrong syllables?
>>
>> Rsgwynn1 at cs.com wrote:
>>     
>>> In a message dated 4/29/2009 11:02:35 AM Central Daylight Time,
>>> Opus40-01 at opus40.org writes:
>>>       
>>>> Doesn't scan.
>>>>
>>>> Anny Ballardini wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>>     Letter of Resignation
>>>>>
>>>>> by William Baer
>>>>> <http://www.elabs7.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=fj6,fw37,dv,gctn,8fn9,3hrs,fxvj>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear [blank]: After much deliberation,
>>>>> without qualm, scruple, or further delay,
>>>>> I hereby tender my formal resignation
>>>>> as your lover and future fiancé.
>>>>> The job provides too little satisfaction:
>>>>> too many hours of unneeded duress,
>>>>> a paucity of productive interaction,
>>>>> uncertain working conditions, and endless stress.
>>>>> Pay-wise, I'm undervalued and disenchanted:
>>>>> advancement's slow, the bonus is routine,
>>>>> my "on-call" overtime is taken for granted,
>>>>> and benefits are few and far between.
>>>>> This document, I'm hopeful, underscores
>>>>> my deep regret. I'm very truly yours....
>>>>>
>>>>> "Letter of Resignation" by William Baer from /Bocage and Other
>>>>> Sonnets/. © Texas Review Press, 2008. Reprinted with permission. (buy
>>>>> now
>>>>> <http://www.elabs7.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=fj6,fw37,dv,8k38,fopj,3hrs,fxvj>)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Anny Ballardini
>>>>> http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/
>>>>> http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
>>>>> http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html
>>>>> I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a
>>>>> dancing star!
>>>>>
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>>> Scans pretty well for me, at least as well as a Donne sonnet.
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