Comments on: Centenary https://robertspcole.com/centenary/ London Poems Mon, 29 Jun 2020 14:03:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: robertspcole https://robertspcole.com/centenary/#comment-48 Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:40:01 +0000 http://robertspcole.com/?p=1648#comment-48 In reply to robertspcole.

Also, this is a 24 line sonnet! My definition here being that a sonnet is a poem that takes a sharp turn toward the end. Here I have 16 lines of ‘preamble’ and then resolution in the last 8 lines. So there.

]]> By: robertspcole https://robertspcole.com/centenary/#comment-47 Mon, 12 Nov 2018 14:02:26 +0000 http://robertspcole.com/?p=1648#comment-47 Note to self. I revised the ending to make more of the parallel between soldiers and footballers. I also want to record that I watched the remembrance ahead of the Palace/Spurs match in the Blythe. The pub was loud and crowded. The sound of the telly was turned off. Amid the noise, and the absent absence of silence/sound, I remembered.

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