Monday, May 22, 2017

My Yearning For Knowledge Comments

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My yearning for knowledge only does seem to grow
But the more i do learn the more i realize so little i do know
About anything but as the wise one does say
We learn as we live till our last night and day
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Francis Duggan
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Jefferson Carter 22 May 2017

Francis, if you're going to write in form (rhyming couplets and some kind of meter) , you really need to stop composing and read some books on form. The best one i know is Poetic Meter and Poetic Form, by Paul Fussell. If you don't study poetry as an art form, you won't improve by writing the same awkward rhythms and sing-songy rhymes. If you'd like, check out my new website: jeffersoncarterverse.com Tell me what you think of it. Yrs, JC

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