http://www.answerbag.com/profile/116733 New Answerbag answers from hijklmno Mon, 28 May 2012 18:04:40 -0700 Mon, 28 May 2012 18:04:40 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5125254 Which poems do you prefer: those by Robert Burns or Robert Frost? Which one(s)?<br /><br />I&#039;ve no great love of either. But if I had to choose and as my great-grandmother claimed we were related to him I&#039;ll go for Burns (my great grand-father was a Mr Burns from Ayrshire... so there probably will be some link.) Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:33:42 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5125254 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5042358 What would God say to evolutionists?<br /><br />&quot;Oooh, you managed to work out that I set this universe up on an evolutionary system. I&#039;m glad creatures like you came out of it, but stop killing one another, yeah?&quot; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:50:59 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5042358 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5042355 What would God say to evolutionists?<br /><br />&quot;Oooh, you managed to work out that I set this universe up on an evolutionary system. I&#039;m glad creatures like you came out of it, but stop killing one another, yeah?&quot; Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:49:56 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5042355 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4907205 What are 7 poems that I can write?<br /><br />You could write one each for the days of the week. Or the deadly sins. Or the colours of the rainbow. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:31:32 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4907205 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4907178 Why doesn't Panamarhyme with pajama?<br /><br />In my accent, &quot;Panama&quot; is said with the stress on the first syllable: PAN-a-ma. &quot;Pyjama&quot; is said with the stress on the middle syllable: py-JA-ma. So they&#039;re not strict rhymes. But I&#039;d happilly let anyone away with it. :) Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:28:22 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4907178 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4907158 Is it "poetry" to simply write disconnected words in a big circle? I saw a lesson for children that said this is poetry.<br /><br />If poetry is defined as &quot;doing interesting things with words&quot; then yes, it is poetry. Similarly: is it poetry to write three lines, the first with 5 syllables, the second with 7 and the last again with 7? That&#039;s just as arbitrary. And this?... Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:25:29 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4907158 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4907086 In Iraq why are the Americans still called the enemies when most the killing is now by Iraqi militants killing Iraqi civilians?<br /><br />It&#039;s 50 years in the future, the balance of world power has altered. Jamaica are now the only world super power. For complicated reasons they invade the US. In the chaos that follows, Americans are fighting Americans and the Jamaicans are an occupying force. Who are the &quot;bad... Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:14:44 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4907086 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4630455 Whats your favourite word from the poem Jabberwocky?<br /><br />The second: brillig. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:39:54 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4630455 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4387791 In an epic poem, is there a standard framework for each canto, or does this vary with the poem and the poem's purpose?<br /><br />I&#039;d say it varies with the poem and the poem&#039;s purpose. Lots through the years have followed the pattern of Homer. 24 books, each starting in the middle of thae action. But when you consider epic poems like Beowulf, Gilgamesh, the Book of Job, the Mahabharata and Ramayana, the... Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:37:21 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4387791 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4387716 How does the title "Personal Helicon" relate to the poem by Seamus Heaney?<br /><br />Here&#039;s the poem: http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/883.html Helicon is a mountain in Greece. It&#039;s where the Muses are said to have lived. So Heaney is saying that this childhood love of dirty wells and pumps and water is where he derives his own inspiration from. Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:29:27 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4387716 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4387685 I searched for "there was a child went forth every day" by walt whitman and the last line was missing in nearly every version i saw. why?<br /><br />What do you consider the last line? I have: &quot;These became part of that child who went forth every day, and who now goes, and will always go forth every day.&quot; It&#039;s the same in the two books of Whitman I&#039;ve got - one from the mid-90s and one from, I suspect, the... Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:25:14 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/4387685 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3938674 Who is your favorite poet, and why? Mine is 'surprise', by Wordsworth! it is the best poem ever that describes the painful reality of death I also like the poems of Shakesphere! Especially the Sonnets! Thank you for your answers<br /><br />I don&#039;t have one favourite. But I like: RS Thomas George Mackay Brown Gwyneth Lewis Alice Oswald Ivor Gurney And lots more... :) Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:34:37 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3938674 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3938634 What kind of rhyme scheme is: A B B C C D D A E F G E F G? I am referring to Edna Millay's "Sonnet I" ("Thou art not lovelier than lilacs,-no,...")<br /><br />This is a Petrarchan sonnet - usually split into an octet (the first 8 lines) and a sestet (the last six). Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:28:29 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3938634 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3938613 Most overrated poets: Most underrated poets: Please try to keep your lists to 10 or fewer.<br /><br />There are poets I like and poets I don&#039;t like. It&#039;s not really my place to say if they&#039;re over- or under-rated or not. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:25:11 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3938613 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3529702 Are red foxes dangerous?<br /><br />Only if they&#039;re armed with some kind of weapon. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:34:35 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3529702 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3346546 Do you like little kids?<br /><br />Yes. Especially en masse. Like this: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:51:06 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3346546 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3332922 What do you believe, but cannot prove?<br /><br />Most everything. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:36:47 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3332922 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3273308 Where was the last place you took an airplane to?<br /><br />Cologne. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:15:36 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3273308 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3248527 What books, if any, are you currently reading?<br /><br />I&#039;m currently reading Waterlog by Roger Deakin. The blurb says: &quot;Inspired by John Cheever&#039;s classic short story &#039;The Swimmer&#039;, Roger Deakin set out from his moat in Suffolk to swim through the British Isles. The result of his journey is a maverick work of observation... Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:28:59 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3248527 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3247336 Which inspires more poignant poetry, love or pain?<br /><br />Just to be awkward, I&#039;d say death and loss. But that may just be me looking at things from a slightly higher level. Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:28:40 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3247336 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3245070 Do you have a beautifully composed picture of a flower (in color) that you could post?<br /><br />I&#039;ve got lots of photos of flowers in here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/deemikay/sets/72157600289038062/ Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:02:03 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3245070 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3245063 What kind of photographer are you?<br /><br />Enthusiastic, but lacking in quite a few technical aspects. Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:00:23 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3245063 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3245052 On a scale of 1-10, how good are you at photography? EDIT: Include an example or two if you can, please.<br /><br />I don&#039;t want to grade myself... I&#039;ll post a few photos instead. Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:56:25 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3245052 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3244898 Need poem name: about a young Jesus, talks to a young Roman about the Messiah. Roman says he would like to build His throne one day- when grown up, ends up building Jesus' cross. Free-verse, fairly long. Any help would be greatly appreciated.<br /><br />What about just &quot;Throne&quot;? I like monosyllables. :) Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:04:04 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3244898 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3244889 If life began with one organism but then diversified will the circle be complete when either naturally or unnaturally there is but one again?<br /><br />Did life begin with one organism? If the chemical conditions were right (as they seem to have been) then what was to stop a billion nearly-identical organisms coming into life-lihood at the same time? Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:01:11 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3244889 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3244875 I have just authored three acrostic poetry books. those anyone know of a literary agent or publisher that will publish and market my books?<br /><br />Poetry publishing is slightly different to other types of publishing. Due to the amount of poetry written and submitted for book publication, lots of editors and agents take the view that if they haven&#039;t heard of you, they won&#039;t read you. Harsh, but true. So how do you get them to... Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:54:49 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3244875 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3244836 Is there anybody who would like to read one of my "irrational" poems? (You're saluted by Prof. Mes/Bless!)<br /><br />It&#039;s a sunday morning, I&#039;ve got e-mais to type, I&#039;ve a few answers to give on AB, I&#039;ve got blogs posts to write, I&#039;ve got a nice new &quot;Selected Poems of Lawrence Durrell&quot; to read, I&#039;ve got a big bundle of bricks to move from one point in the garden to... Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:36:54 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3244836 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3244829 Hey friends: Are you afraid of "irrational" things or magnificient poems? Your great poet-Prof. Mes, Bless!<br /><br />I most definitely am *not* afraid of magnificent poems. I generally find them in books. Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:34:21 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3244829 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3224820 Where abouts in GLASGOW, SCOTLAND will i find a creative writing course suitable for someone who has a learning disability and who may require their carer to attend with them the first time the person in question is myself and I am mainstream educated<br /><br />Waterstones in Sauchiehall Street run workshops. Never been, so I don&#039;t know what night. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:38:31 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3224820 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3214167 Your private library: Is is sorted by subjects, authors, size, or the color of the covers?<br /><br />It is sorted in several bookcases. I&#039;ll describe the one closest to me, it has 6 shelves: Shelf one is jammed (upwards) with reference books and dictionaries, Shelf two has folklore/mythology/some history Shelves three, four, five and six have poetry. I&#039;ve attached a picture... Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:55:02 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3214167 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3214048 Have you read the powers of ten?<br /><br />Not all of them, I have to admit... . . . 0.000001 0.00001 0.0001 0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000 1000000 10000000 . . . Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:41:36 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3214048 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3214008 How many of your books have yellow covers?<br /><br />I really have absolutely no idea... and I don&#039;t think I want to count. There are quite a few of them. :) Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:37:29 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3214008 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3213945 What are the *easy* steps i need to make a good *simple* rhyming poem?<br /><br />Even easier than gmeades answer! 1) Choose a word. 2) Write down some rhymes for it (or use this rhyming dictionary: http://www.rhymezone.com/ ) 3) Join the rhymes together with suitable words Example: Step one: Rhyme Step two: Crime, time, slime Step three: I found myself... Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:28:59 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3213945 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3206956 What are some good love poems that gives you a wow feeling inside? something that is moving?<br /><br />Here are a couple: She tells her love while half asleep by Robert Graves She tells her love while half asleep, In the dark hours, With half-words whispered low: As Earth stirs in her winter sleep And puts out grass and flowers Despite the snow, Despite the falling snow. ... Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:45:24 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3206956 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2999474 Is the book really better than the movie?<br /><br />Depends what type of film and what type of book it is... More great films than you&#039;d expect have been taken from books that just vanished. Sat, 17 May 2008 04:34:38 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2999474 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2956337 I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100. What is it?<br /><br />Half of what it is doubled. Sun, 11 May 2008 12:52:05 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2956337 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2955268 Which century are we living in?<br /><br />That would be the century of fakers... Sun, 11 May 2008 08:49:55 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2955268 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2953894 Have you ever forced yourself to finish a particularly difficult/disturbing/boring book, just because you couldn't let the d@mned thing defeat you?<br /><br />No. We don&#039;t owe books the responsibility of reading them, they owe us the responsibility of being of interest to us. As such, if a book bores me, I&#039;ll not finish it. Reading books isn&#039;t like a battle, it&#039;s like being at a party full of strangers. Some are interesting... Sun, 11 May 2008 01:46:35 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2953894 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2953875 Have you read "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez? What did you think of it?<br /><br />I&#039;ve read it several times. And for a long, long time it was my favourite novel. I know it&#039;s not for everyone (some people find reality magical enough and have no need for meagical realism) but I think the hypnotic nature of its episodes create an amplification of Latin America (or... Sun, 11 May 2008 01:41:55 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2953875 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2953858 Do you ever answer a question with another question? (Including Real conversations)<br /><br />Someone once asked me if I do that *all* the time and I said &quot;do I?&quot; Sun, 11 May 2008 01:35:56 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2953858 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2949561 Do you know any funny graduation poems?<br /><br />Congradulations, you are no more a student in this institution so go now do what you always swore you&#039;d never do: join the Revolution of Employees, Further-Studies, of Get-a-job-now, or maybe take some long lazy vacations to get over the fact you&#039;ve now taken a bow on this day... Sat, 10 May 2008 11:39:09 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2949561 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2936178 What do you think of the song Pale Blue Eyes?<br /><br />Ahhh.... makes me sigh. :) Thu, 08 May 2008 14:42:34 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2936178 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2935195 Do you prefer books or good literary criticism?<br /><br />If I&#039;m reading &quot;good literary criticism&quot; it&#039;s generally *in* books. Not always, but often. Thu, 08 May 2008 12:36:51 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2935195 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2927012 If you could write the perfect poem, would it be a sonnet, an ode, haiku, epic, or other?<br /><br />Other. Definitely &quot;other&quot;. Wed, 07 May 2008 12:37:07 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2927012 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2918917 What is the saddest book you've ever read?<br /><br />&quot;W or the Memory of Childhood&quot; by Georges Perec. Less sad, more harrowing. I first read it one very snowy day in February. Tue, 06 May 2008 12:48:44 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2918917 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2918865 What is the word for something good that comes out of something bad?<br /><br />You could say &quot;eucatastrophe&quot; - something extraordinarily good coming out of a bad situation. Tolkien invented the term... Tue, 06 May 2008 12:42:43 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2918865 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2918836 In the second epigraph to T.S. Eliot's masterpiece "The Waste Land" he dedicates the poem to "il miglior fabbro" (the better craftsman). Who did Eliot dedicate the poem to?<br /><br />To the man who actually &quot;made&quot; the poem, Ezra Pound. If you ever get a chance to look at some facsimiles of the manuscript to The Waste Land you&#039;ll see that Pound was more than just the editor. From a formless mass, he gave the poem its final form. Tue, 06 May 2008 12:39:00 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2918836 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2911859 The last Great Poet from whom you've read or recite in the year 2008?<br /><br />Erm... I read Seamus Heaney in bed this morning. I don&#039;t really like him that much though. (Yeah, yeah, he&#039;s got the Nobel Prize, I don&#039;t care). I should add that I read poetry every day... not all of them GREAT POETS though. Mon, 05 May 2008 14:31:14 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2911859 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2905274 "Knick knack paddywack, give a dog a bone.." Ok, what WAS this "knick knack" that this old man played?<br /><br />I&#039;ve always taken it to be a drum beat: &quot;1, 1, 1-2-3&quot;. Or maybe it was his___ oops, don&#039;t want to offend grandmothers! Sun, 04 May 2008 17:38:08 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2905274 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2905238 Why does e.e. cummings only use lowercase letters in his poetry?<br /><br />Not in every poem... &quot;Buffalo Bill&#039;s&quot; for example has 5 capital letters in it. And going through a couple of books of his poems I&#039;ve got I see quite a few - but they hardly count as a lot. So, yes, in general he used lowercase letters (and little punctuation). Why? To... Sun, 04 May 2008 17:30:35 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2905238 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2900445 I read a book years ago by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. There was no punctuation, paragraphs etc. Anyone know of it?<br /><br />That&#039;s The Autumn of the Patriarch. Difficult book to get through, not only for the lack of punctuation but also the repetitions and dreaminess of it all. Still, I liked it. Sun, 04 May 2008 02:42:31 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2900445 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2900441 Do you ever write poetry? Give us a sample of your work....<br /><br />Yes. But I&#039;d really rather not... Sun, 04 May 2008 02:39:57 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2900441 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2863195 What do you think of the poem "make the pie higher"?<br /><br />Clever. :) http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/piehigher.asp Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:50:47 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2863195 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2855120 What would life be like without any religions? Would it solve fighting?<br /><br />Ideal for inventing new ones. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:27:08 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2855120 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2854557 Is consciousness exclusive to human beings?<br /><br />I&#039;d say &quot;no&quot; but that it depends on the animal. A fly, I would imagine, is hardly consciouss at all. A dog is conscious enough to know its name. Great apes are probably very conscious of their situation. What makes us so different is that we developed a language that allows... Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:09:49 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2854557 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2847017 Finish this limerick. There was a young lady from China, who took a trip on a liner. She fell on the deck and twisted her neck.....<br /><br />&quot;...now she thinks she&#039;s in Carolina&quot; Or: &quot;... that&#039;s what you get when your shoes are designer.&quot; Or: &quot;... now she can do the Beijing Inter-twiner.&quot; I&#039;ll stop now... :) Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:02:42 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2847017 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2846980 How do you know if the poetry is good?<br /><br />If you like it. Pretty much as simple as that. I read a long poem by William Blake this morning - I quite liked it. Others hate it. How do we tell if a painting is &quot;good&quot;? Some might go for technical skill, some for subject matter, some for the feelings they get when experiencing... Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:57:38 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2846980 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2846958 What do you consider a poem to be? Does something like William Carlos Williams' "This Is Just To Say" constitute a poem, or does it need to be something a little meatier, if you get my drift?<br /><br />As debodun said, poetry can be about anything. Nursery rhymes are poems, as are those four lines in a Hallmark card written by someone getting paid by the word. What do I consider a poem to be? Personally, words written in verse (free or otherwise). I think the oral nature of it (i.e. what it... Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:53:31 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2846958 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2838506 Can you read too many books?<br /><br />Yes. Because if you read all the time, you&#039;re not living or socialising, you&#039;re not experiencing culture, or going to new places, you&#039;re not looking at trees or talking to a stranger in the street, etc., etc., Books reflect Life, but they can never replace it. (Written by... Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:37:18 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2838506 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2838479 Once there was a "Poetry Corner" in BBC website; anybody having known it?<br /><br />I remember it... it got lost in a revamp along with their Arts pages. It had some good audioclips on it as well. I think I may have a hunt around to see if it;s still there but hiding! Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:29:06 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2838479 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2838474 Who was William Shakespeare referring to in his poem "Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?"? (a certain woman, friend, etc.?)<br /><br />Good question... if you can find out who it was you&#039;re getting a big book deal! Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:27:46 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2838474 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2781846 Excuse me...does THIS belong to you?<br /><br />You said we&#039;d never speak of this again!! Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:25:00 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2781846 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2781349 Why oh why am i sitting up at 3.24am on answer flipping bag?<br /><br />Good question, good question... damned if I know the answer though. :os Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:15:06 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2781349 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2781342 Does anyone else resonate strongly with the lyrics from Bjork’s song ‘human behaviour’?<br /><br />I haven&#039;t heard that for ages! I shall have to go and blow some dust off some CDs... (I want Bjork to be my best friend...) Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:13:21 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2781342 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2781334 Will someone please come round and do my washing up as i am sick of looking at it to be honest?<br /><br />I presume you pay minimum wage? If you don&#039;t you can just play the accordion for a bit. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:11:47 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2781334 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2781272 Can you recommend a good book for learning to write poetry?<br /><br />I&#039;d perhaps take a different way about it by asking a question (not aimed at you! just in general): is it possible to write a good poem if you&#039;ve never read a good poem? So, a good book to help you to learn to write poetry would be a good anthology of poems. One I&#039;ve always... Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:58:58 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2781272 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2727357 What word sounds as beautiful as it looks?<br /><br />&quot;dull&quot; is an option. I love the sound it makes in the back of the throat... and it has a nice simplicity visually. Also, I generally like short palindromic words: dad, pop, pip, wow, mum, etc. But my favourite word, in terms looks and sound, would perhaps be &quot;moon&quot;. Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:02:25 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2727357 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2727324 Who here knows a good place to have poetry published?? I don't have any idea where to go or look.<br /><br />Go to a good bookshop (i.e. a big one!) that sells poetry magazines, journals, reviews, etc... You could ask for some in a library as well. Magazine publishing is the way to start when it comes to getting your poems into print. Lots of publishers won&#039;t even consider you (or read you) if... Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:48:54 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2727324 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2727170 Do you accept Intelligent Design as an alternative to Evolution? If so, why?<br /><br />I&#039;ll second iwnit... Intelligent design is an alternative to evolution. But it&#039;s not science. Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:46:26 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2727170 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2721196 Has anyone read Sophocles' Antigone? I am doing my dissertation on it (20.000 words) and have been thinking about Antigone constantly for almost 10 months.<br /><br />I&#039;ve read it (Robert Fagles translation). I found it very good. 10 months of it, though, might drive me a bit loopy! Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:19:38 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2721196 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2721151 Grab a book near you go to page 13 line 6. What does it say?<br /><br />&quot;On the other hand, others such as the McKinnons and the McGregors were content to claim common ancestry from the Alpin family who united the Scottish kingdom in 843.&quot; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:13:21 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2721151 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2721136 Girls (and blokes as well I suppose!) are you wooed by a man who reads you poetry?<br /><br />I would hope not... Anyone can read (or memorise) a poem. It&#039;s not a particulary special thing to do. Flowers are probably better. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:11:23 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2721136 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2705925 Why didn’t the Telegraph’s List of “110 best books. The perfect library” NOT include the Bible or the Qur'an?<br /><br />Maybe for the same reason it didn&#039;t contain the Phone Book or the Yellow Pages? All good books, but while most homes have a library (even if only containing 2 books) you wouldn&#039;t really say the phone book had a place in it. Some books are functional. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:46:22 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2705925 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2686656 Over a year ago someone asked a question about e.e. cummings poetry & got just ONE response : ( Are there any e.e. cummings fans here? If so, why do you like his work? It would be great if you could post your favourite!<br /><br />Not a big fan... I think he appealed to me as a teenager (hey! rebellious and look at the way those words are thrown over the page!) but now, looking past the surface, I only see the occasional phrase I like. (&quot;With up so floating many bells down&quot;) But there are some full poems I... Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:04:15 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2686656 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2686594 What do you think of the famous quote "I think therefore I am"<br /><br />Both pointlessly tautological and closer to the nature of consciousness than most folk have got. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:57:29 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2686594 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2686551 Do you believe that greater is the man who can control his anger than is the man who can attack and capture an entire city?<br /><br />What makes you think that a man who can attack and capture an entire city can&#039;t control his anger? Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:53:44 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2686551 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2676180 Are you an attention whore?<br /><br />Hey everyone. I&#039;M OVER HEEEEEE-RRREEE. Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:35:37 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2676180 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2675089 Who here thinks that the death of Caesar is famous? If you can tell me how he died?(don't look at other peoples answers own knowledge doing survey)<br /><br />Which Caesar? There were a few of them... Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:28:00 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2675089 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2674967 What, in a poem expresses everything you ever wanted to say?<br /><br />I&#039;ve got lots to say... :) All I want to say would take more than a minute, more than a day, would take longer than I know, so, hell, what-the-hey... Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:53:29 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2674967 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2674950 Why does art and poems help people live?<br /><br />I&#039;s say that&#039;s not necessarily the case - I&#039;d rather have water, food and oxygen myself. Art and poetry are essentially useless - nice and beautiful sometimes, and I enjoy both very much. But humans cope quite well without either. Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:50:06 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2674950 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2654229 I'm looking for a love poem or a birthday poem involving physics....any suggestions?<br /><br />I can&#039;t think of any physics poems about love off hand - and I never did buy The Faber Book of Science Poems!! I&#039;ll hunt through some books to see if I can find any physics poems that may be suitable... Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:38:13 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2654229 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2637626 What was the last good book you read, would you recommend it?<br /><br />Currently reading &quot;Chronicle of a Death Foretold&quot; by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I&#039;m enjoying it a lot. It&#039;s a very simple story told in a simple way. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:09:24 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2637626 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2636516 What's the most memorable line you've ever read out of a book [fictional]?<br /><br />Three lines: &quot;After so many years of never lifting up my head, I forgot about the sky. And even if I had looked up, what good would it have done? The sky is so high and my eyes so clouded that I was happy just knowing where the gound was.&quot; From Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:01:11 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2636516 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2636277 According to the nursery rhyme, what is Friday's child?<br /><br />Further to the Troll&#039;s answer above... A version of the rhyme from 1849 claims that Friday&#039;s child is &quot;full of sin&quot; (followed by Saturday&#039;s being &quot;pure within&quot;). I&#039;m a Friday&#039;s child... sin or loving/giving... which am I?! Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:41:07 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2636277 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2636158 What is blank verse?<br /><br />Blank verse is unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter i.e. a ten syllable line made up of five iambs. (An iamb is a two syllable unit that goes da-DUM - phrases like &quot;Shall I&quot; or &quot;and then&quot; or &quot;descent&quot;) The ryhthm (if followed slavishly) is: ... Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:26:18 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2636158 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2619504 What was the first book you read with explicit sex scenes?<br /><br />Well... I remember the little copy of stories by Ana&iuml;s Nin I got in my early teens. Yowzer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana%C3%AFs_Nin Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:48:18 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2619504 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2618186 Do you have a blog? And how do you come up with new ideas for posts to update a blog regularly?<br /><br />Yes. I generally write a handful of posts of a sunday, and sometimes mid-week as well. They&#039;re generally about things that have happened to me during the week, about books I&#039;ve been reading or things I&#039;ve written. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:39:31 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2618186 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2609439 Whats your favourite short poem?<br /><br />There&#039;s the old classic &quot;Fleas&quot;: Adam ad &#039;em. ***************** Or this by Les Murray: Visitor He knocks at the door and listens to his heart approaching. ********************** Or this, probably the most famous &quot;Great&quot; short poem by Ezra... Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:02:21 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2609439 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2595861 What is your favorite poem?<br /><br />My favourite that I&#039;ve read this week has a silly but beautiful title: Dreambabwe by Les Murray Steaming, a hippo surfaces like the head of someone lifting, with still entranced eyes, from a lake of stanzas. Why do I like this? I just do. ************ AS for... Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:33:52 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2595861 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2578326 Do you know any vulgar poetry?<br /><br />Erm, yes. For example: John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester - he died in 1680. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilmot,_2nd_Earl_of_Rochester Here&#039;s the first stanza of &quot;Signior Dildo&quot; You ladies of merry England Who have been to kiss the Duchess&#039;s hand, Pray, did... Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:16:10 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2578326 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2567069 I am not athiest, but I think heavens in clouds and pearly gates seems a bit too fantasy. If you are athiest, what do you believe happens after you die?<br /><br />Nothing. You die. That&#039;s the end of you. The world continues without you. (Which also means that we know we&#039;ve only got one shot at life, so lets make it a good shot...) Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:25:07 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2567069 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2564301 Where it shows you how many points you have until the next level on your profile, where that little bag is, how full of color is your bag right now?<br /><br />Almost there! Just one point til level 39 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:51:24 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2564301 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2563780 Why did you leave your last job?<br /><br />Being sacked, pretty much. (I&#039;d told them that I didn&#039;t enjoy the work and was considering looking for a new job - five minutes later they threw me out. This was two weeks before Christmas 2005.) Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:40:49 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2563780 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2557944 Using three words or less, describe your current local weather?<br /><br />Outside the window. Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:07:57 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2557944 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2557694 Is there any cheerful traditional Scottish music (other than "The Scotsman" aka "Under the Kilt")?<br /><br />Ceilidh music is traditional and cheerful (you dance better to happy music...) Try this: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:34:29 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2557694 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2542016 Can anyone explain to me using mathematical theory and the infinacy of numbers that 1.) God is of three seperate parts in one being 2.) That God is the infinat begining and end? >> -10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10<br /><br />Mmmm... don&#039;t quite get the question. :s But as for the 3-in-1. I have three clouds and add them together, what do I get? One cloud. In cloud arithmetic: 1+1+1=1 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:49:53 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2542016 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2541993 How would you describe the book Anna Karenina?<br /><br />Long. And Russian. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:47:14 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2541993 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2541955 Do you listen to music while answer bagging? If yes, what kind?<br /><br />I usually have my music on random. Right now it&#039;s Big Star&#039;s version of Femme Fatale by The Velvet Underground (I prefer it to the original...) Here&#039;s what else I&#039;ve been listening to: http://www.last.fm/user/deemikay Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:42:46 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2541955 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2541803 "They" say most people are strong in either english/reading OR math/science, but not both. Is this true for you?<br /><br />No. My degree is in maths. But English was always my best subject at school and the one I loved most. I studied maths instead of english to get an extra half-hour in bed and to avoid being made to read books I didn&#039;t want to read. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:29:47 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2541803 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2532562 This has been bothering me for ever... There's a music video from the 90's that's animated and the people are blue and a meteor crashes into the space station that they are in? Also, they were having a party when they died...<br /><br />Could you mean One More Time by Daft Punk? . Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:25:21 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/2532562