...and a few more thoughts pertaining to the world of arts and letters...

Some time later, after I posted that cute l'il bit of jotting below, two more wonderful sites provided further fodder for my fertile imagination.  Poets United Think Tank Thursday was looking for poems inspired by quotes and quotations, and Theme Thursday's prompt was books.

Taking that as her cue, my muse whispered, "Carl Sandburg," in my ear, and the rest is epigraph history.

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Clerihew for a Poet

I’ve written some poetry I don’t understand myself. ~Carl Sandburg

Thus, Carl Sandburg wrote,

(to paraphrase his quote)

“I don’t always ‘git it’

even if I writ it.”

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A Shore Thing*

A book is never a masterpiece; it becomes one. ~Carl Sandburg

There once was a woman named Snooki

who was kind of an arts/letters rookie.

But she got a book deal

which I still find surreal

since her talent is more about nookie.

I doubt that her book makes ‘the list’

and in fact, it should just be dismissed.

But this stuff seems to sell

even if it is hell

and it’s penned by a true solipsist.

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(*Not in this case.)

Sonnet XX!!!

Photographic image courtesy of Miss_Robot

Today, Writer's Island gave the prompt of "Courage."

Yesterday, Poetic Asides posted an informative discussion on the subject of the poetic form, sonnet.

I decided to try and combine the two for my post today.

So, the first thing I did was Google  - sorry...I know, it's a banned, trite word, but necessary, nonetheless - 'Shakespearean sonnets about courage.' From the results, I chose one sonnet in particular (Sonnet XXIII) which I thought might work (with a bit of tweaking here and there) with a couple of quotes I found when I also Googled 'humorous courage quotes'.

Sonnet XX!!!

I'm not funny.  What I am is brave.  ~Lucille Ball

Read what my medal says: "Courage". Ain't it the truth? Ain't it the truth? ~The Cowardly Lion

As an unperfect actor on life’s stage,
I sometimes fear I’ve forgotten my part.,
Where is the green room?  Can I disengage

myself from the scene?  I need a kick start.
So I think of those things that I must say

even if difficult, to make it right.
And in that moment, my fears go away

and then I know I’ve conquered my stage fright.

The Cowardly Lion and Lucille Ball

each found courage with a word or a deed.

It’s not yet time for the last curtain call

so I have to 'just do it' to succeed.

   Even if nerve has departed, forsooth,         

   I can be courageous.  Ain’t it the truth.

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