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Nov 9 03, 12:05
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Hi all. YEP - here I go again!
I thought it might be fun to try and use several of James Joyce's Poetry snippets and form a new poem using partial lines from his various poems.
I will supply the lines. You can use them as the beginning of a line or mix them up as long as the snippets remain intact. Good luck!
Here are the snippets you must use in your poem (in any order). Feel free to rhyme or write free verse or any other type of poetry style to your liking! There are 12 snippets. You must use at least 8.
Cheers and good luck!
~Cleo
thunder of horses A child is moondew stars bugles of the cherubim a flowering branch the white rose upon the sea come to woo A starknell tolls muttering rain soon we'll bonfire along the river
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Nov 9 03, 15:05
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THE WHITE ROSE BUD
The bugles of the cherubim are heard muffled by a thunder of horses along the river, halted abruptly when they come upon the sea.
The white rose bud, a child, is arraigned against the dark forces; a flowering branch of hope facing the grimly moondew stars.
A starknell tolls the end of day; rampant evil's come to woo the night, muttering rain, speaking hail, and screaming pestilence
to no avail. That bud of rose, so white and pure, and in the hearts of men, is unassailable : soon we'll bonfire the fiercest of hell's blazes !
Alan McAlpine Douglas
James Joyce phrases used :
bugles of the cherubim thunder of horses along the river upon the sea the white rose A child is a flowering branch moondew stars A starknell tolls come to woo muttering rain soon we'll bonfire
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Mar 25 16, 13:08
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Happy Easter to everyone, Larry
James Joyce Snippets
His Return – A Huitain
Along the river and upon the sea bright bugles of the cherubim will sound and all who come to woo those depths shall be released. Their souls and bodies, when unbound shall rise, for now as pledged a Child is crowned. The white Rose on a flowering branch will bloom like moondew stars. Thunder of horses drowned in loud hosannas for the virgin’s womb.
Snippets used: along the river, upon the sea, bugles of the cherubim, come to woo, a child is, the white rose, a flowering branch, moondew stars, thunder of horses
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Mar 26 16, 10:26
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An excellent snipper response, Larry. Well done and perfectly seasonal.
I keep getting those Joyces mixed up - I think that I shall never see... myself clear of that.
Perhaps I'll attempt a snipper again also.
Happy Easter.
Merlin
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Mar 26 16, 11:21
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Nightpiece, by James Joyce <<<Click Oh Boy! Made me scratch my thurible! Whatever JJ's poem means – I haven't a clue. From the title, it's most probably a nightmare after a bottle of bad whiskey. Small wonder the Joyces were never high on my list. I searched the word “ starknell” to see what JJ might have meant since dictionaries have no listing. Was it “star-knell” or “stark-nell”? “Stark Nell” is a great image, as JJ tolls. Hoo nose? That's how the entire poem came up on Bing(o). Google is doing weird things to me, telling that I don't have permission to search for things, even if it is the first after turning the pewter on in the morning. Therefore I Bing(o). Stand by… I might create something yet.
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Mar 26 16, 12:10
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James Joyce, move over - I dunit! Ya can't Kilmer me, haha! All snips used, plus a few invented, yeah!
Here tis.
Cherubs on a Flowering Branch
I'd hear them pass along the river free as moondew stars by night, alluring as bugles of the cherubim, thunder of horses – wild foothill mustang rovers.
A stark Nell tolls, a child is starkers, too; weave come to woo a flowering branch and muted, muttering rain.
How warm this night with Nell, our child, and me, a horseherd off atop those moondew starry hills, we three, soon we'll bonfire here and drink the white rose tea, then light a smoke, sail off upon the sea… we three.
=== along the river - moondew stars - bugles of the cherubim - thunder of horses - a starknell tolls - a child is - come to woo - a flowering branch - muttering rain - soon we'll bonfire - the white rose - upon the sea ===
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Mar 27 16, 09:19
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Hi Merlin,
That was a good one. I tried to look up "starknell" also but could find nothing in my reference library or online. Stark Nell brought to mind a naked lass running about and although I've seen stars and heard bells ring when hit in the head, I've never heard a star knell so I toll myself to leave it alone.
Larry
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