Rose,
thank you for breaking the rules. I fully concur with what you say about this deserving to be seen.
It's a clever thing that Mike pulls off here, to my mind the variation in diction - contrasting 'musick' with 'prosaic' mirrors the central theme of the poem - so aptly summarised by Mark and Janet.
Since it was you who started this rule breaking business - can I risk adding to the deliquency by adding a short comment regarding Mike?
He is an unsung hero of the contemporary sonnet world - from 'mission control' in Houston he steadfastly refuses to limit access to Sonnet Central and gives unstinting wise advice to new writers and old hands alike; he is patient with the inept, challenging to the experienced, and tolerant of the barking mad. In all that it's easy to overlook what damn fine poet he is.
Alan
|