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pameladean) wrote2009-03-19 12:58 pm
pameladean) wrote2009-03-19 12:58 pm
There was a goblin page-boy in it... .
And now for something completely different.
As those of you who have read the Secret Country books know, in that universe, what we would call poetry operates rather as spells. I need a location spell (for illicit use, but never mind that now) and am not having much luck thinking of a fragment of verse that would serve.
I'm not asking anybody to do my research for me. Rather, if you happen to have in your head a bit of verse about finding something or someone, and would think of it at once if you were reading a book in which someone is trying to put together a location spell, by all means leave me a comment.
Have fun, if this is the kind of thing that strikes you as entertaining.
If I use your idea, I'll put you in the acknowledgements to the book.
Which reminds me, I haven't forgotten the dozens of you who kindly wrote at my request to tell me what it was like being a teenager in the 1980's, and at some point in the next few months I'll be asking you to email me about whether you want to be in the acknowledgements and if so under what name.
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As those of you who have read the Secret Country books know, in that universe, what we would call poetry operates rather as spells. I need a location spell (for illicit use, but never mind that now) and am not having much luck thinking of a fragment of verse that would serve.
I'm not asking anybody to do my research for me. Rather, if you happen to have in your head a bit of verse about finding something or someone, and would think of it at once if you were reading a book in which someone is trying to put together a location spell, by all means leave me a comment.
Have fun, if this is the kind of thing that strikes you as entertaining.
If I use your idea, I'll put you in the acknowledgements to the book.
Which reminds me, I haven't forgotten the dozens of you who kindly wrote at my request to tell me what it was like being a teenager in the 1980's, and at some point in the next few months I'll be asking you to email me about whether you want to be in the acknowledgements and if so under what name.
P.
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Despite the fact that I'm not Catholic I've used the standard Anthony rhyme: "Tony, Tony, turn around,/Something's lost that must be found." And the "Responsory for St Anthony" has these lines in it that were used by a friend's family: "The sea obeys and fetters break,/And lifeless limbs thou dost restore;/Whilst treasures lost are found again/When young or old thine aid implore."
What about John Newton's "Amazing Grace"? "I once was lost but now am found,/Was blind but now I see"?
Not necessarily poetry, but all rhymey things than can be used.
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The Mother Cabrini shrine above Denver has lots of parking, FWIW.
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And I definitely meant rhymey things that can be used. Lesser poetry has different effects, but it works.
P.
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The ease with which characters quote in all your works is one of the things I love about them. I thought I was an unusual teenager, but reading The Secret Country books when they were originally released restored my faith in humanity. And I suspect Tam Lin was one of the reasons I went into liberal arts.
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I would actually like to mix it up a bit more between high and low poetry, but high is more likely to be out of copyright.
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