The Village Daybook, #37
This sonnet version of Spoon River is set in Bethel Grove, Illinois, circa 1935. Most of them are interconnected, but this one starts a new thread.ALVIN BURKEFor years they argued where to put the...
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Hi, Frank.Enjoyed this. Perhaps you could add a note as well about "The Spanish Flu", wiping out more people than World War I was able to.Regards, Crispin
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What a splendid sonnet Frank! Thanks for the little explanatory notes, I would have enjoyed it without, but having them helped my depth of understanding. Thanks for posting this one.Regards, Jude
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Great, Frank - impeccable i.p (assuming mayor is pronounced may-or in the U.S. Here in Oz, it's as in mare - we're known for our lazy speech), good use of enjambement. Love the ironic understatement...
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Frank,This speaks so starkly of our customs...most eloquently stated. I am also looking forward to more!Lary
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Thanks to all for the encouragement as I work through this project. Much of my work consists of linking the separate sonnets to give various perspectives on an action. The effects are distributed over...
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Hi, Frank.Well, I think you are working on a very interesting project, a real enterprise in sonnetry. Hope you share some more of this mosaic in progress. Good luck with it.Regards, Crispin
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Frank,I enjoyed reading this further addition to the Village Daybook. It's very nicely done. It's a wry commentary on small town politics, I think. I wonder if the mayor was aware of the irony of the...
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Malewis [Melody?]--The mayor might well have commented with some pride on the shabby nepotism in this action. But his sonnet occasion had him expressing doubt (in 193 to the pawnbroker, a refugee from...
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