Shaun, his “To His Coy Mistress” is all very nice, and justly famous among mistresses and misters I suppose, but for some great little images I think it’s hard to beat The Mower to the Glo-Worms . C. Day Lewis stole a march on me by titling a book “Country Comets.” Did Marvell ever actually marry? His housekeeper claimed they had a secret wedding. We will never know, I guess, but my thought is that he did not, really. Just a hunch.

Congratulations, Shaun!

The bad news is that the ocean off San Diego is pretty stinky.

The good news is that the ocean off San Diego is pretty, stinky.

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"The good news is that the ocean off San Diego pretty, stinky."


All that stands between good and bad is the comma : )

I had heard about this but not seen (or smelled). Wow. The ocean is chameleon. Oddly, it's red tide, right?
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Well, in the daytime, it's sort of a murky reddish brown.

It's probably been many years since I have visited Eratosphere, since I lost the custom of doing so over some difficult years, but I just mentioned Eratosphere as my alma mater for learning to write in meter, in a memoir written in rhyming heroic couplets up on my blog. The Chapter, which is an hour long, was the hardest to write, because it deals with OCD and related afflictions, but I think it qualifies as good news in the sense that I am glad to have finally been able to get the story off my chest in a way that I hope will be engaging and possibly helpful to others with similar or different afflictions...

https://snapshotcouplets.wordpress.c...7/thorn-crown/

Mario

Hey, Mario! Very good to see you!

Congratulations on making it through so much, and for finding a way to share your story, which I have no doubt will help a lot of people. I particularly like your witty juxtapositions of text and photos.

Mario, you have written a remarkable poem, and a courageous one as well. An achievement you can be proud of.

A doubled thank you to each of you, Julie and Roger, one for your comments, and another because I remember and I am still grateful for help with my writing that both of you gave me here at Eratosphere more than a decade ago!!

Mario

Mario, I have just finished reading it, and come back to this thread, to see Roger has used the two words that came to me -- 'remarkable' and 'courageous'. This is a remarkable project. And the courage it shows comes trailing so much love and warmth. For all the darkness, there is such warmth and openness in the telling.

Thank you, Mario! Thank you.

Cally