Poetry Break: Big Issue
Don't even think about it!
Big IssueEasy come, easy go? Don't touch this with a four-foot pole!
At a loss for words . . .
Labels: Poetry Break
posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 4:10 AM
4 comments
Gypsy Scholar
Brainstorming about history, politics, literature, religion, and other topics from a 'gypsy' scholar on a wagon hitched to a star.
Friday, May 13, 2016
Don't even think about it!
At a loss for words . . .
About Me
- Name: Horace Jeffery Hodges
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
I am a retired professor. I last taught at Ewha Womans University, mostly composition, research writing, and cultural issues, but also the occasional graduate seminar on Gnosticism and Johannine theology and the occasional undergraduate course on European history. My doctorate is in history (U.C. Berkeley), with emphasis on religion and science. My thesis is on John's gospel and Gnosticism. I'm also an award-winning writer, and I recommend my novella, The Bottomless Bottle of Beer, to anyone interested. I'm originally from the Arkansas Ozarks, but my academic career -- funded through doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships (e.g., Fulbright, Naumann, Lady Davis) -- has taken me through Texas, California, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, and Israel and has landed me in Seoul, South Korea. I've also traveled to Mexico, visited much of Europe, including Moscow, and touched down briefly in a few East Asian countries. Hence: "Gypsy Scholar."
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4 Comments:
Heeeeey—this feels like a cheat. Is this still a one-sentence poem? I'm not saying it's two sentences, but it's certainly more than one sentence. (A command is also called an imperative sentence, so I'm counting "Don't touch this..." as a sentence.)
But it's still a one-liner! And note that the imperative is, metrically, four feet. I warned you not to touch this with a four-foot pole!
Jeffery Hodges
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Right—a one-liner, not a one-sentencer. My mistake.
But we'll have no more naughty references to my four-foot pole. Don't want to frighten the ladies.
Agreed. No more references to poetic meater.
Jeffery Hodges
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