They use the language to divine.
And when they cheat and bend the rules,
They slough the suits and play the Fools.
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William,
part 1 of 2
Interesting the message of this poem.
I feel as if it's speaking to me.
How so, you ask?
As I shared with you privately, I too am a bard.
Recall I sent you a link to my pet bereavement card collection.
When I first created my collection in 2005, I 'heard'
the words to each poem in my sleep. The poems
were all 'spoken' in rhyme.
I would wake up and immediately write the
words on Microsoft Word. The words flowed
like water. This happened almost nightly for two years.
It Drove Marshall absolutely bonkers.
I've sold cards to pet lovers from all around the world
and to many Veterinarian Hospitals here in the US.
In my work I have always exclusively used rhyme.
The reason being is that rhyme is not only
how I hear the poems in my head
but also because rhyme in its purest form
is extremely memorable and becomes a part of us.
That's especially true in the Beatles catalog.
The Beatles brand was always targeted to the
young teenager ( mostly females ) ages 11 --16 or so.
Rhyme is very childlike which is why I believe Dr. Seuss
used rhyme exclusively in his work as well.
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"Rhyme has played a significant role in the cultural and
social development of many societies. In many cultures,
rhyme is used in oral traditions, such as nursery rhymes
and children's songs,
to create a sense of community and shared experience."
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I think that the above statement:" create a sense of community
and shared experience" also has a shadow side,
as all power sources do.
I personally believe that Rap music was created by the real
'crafts-man "who knew of rhyme's power and manipulated
that power to target the urban Black community,
especially males by purposely creating
a thug culture. I've shared my perspective about this in
many previous comments on your blog, so I won't delve
into it again here.
When I typed this entire poem, The Craft in my browser
interestingly Microsoft Co-pilot responded this
by writing its own poem.:
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"What a delightful and thought-provoking verse!
It captures the delicate dance between structure
and freedom in poetry.
Here's a little response in kind:
When rhyme constrains, the mind takes flight,
To weave its truths in measured light.
Yet bending rules, the Fool may find,
A freer path to unbind the mind."
~~~~~~~~~~~
William,
Part2
I personally do not believe that rhyme constrains per se'.
Granted that in a way rhyme does bind
and perhaps remind us humans that we
share a collective consciousness, a harmony
of sorts with our fellow man/woman.
Update! The sync Fairies just showed up again.!
How so you ask?
As I was writing this Marshall came into
the den and asked me to come outside
and listen to the music that was playing.
The music was very faint and wasn't
coming from our immediate neighbors
instead it sounded like it was
coming from someone's property behind our
property which is quite a distance and a field away
and separated by a creek.
I couldn't make out the words to the song
but Marshall was certain it was Lynyrd Skynyrd's
song Gimme Three Steps.
I wasn't a huge Lynyrd Skynyrd fan
back in the day with the exception
of their song Sweet Home Alabama,
so I wasn't familiar with Gimme Three Steps.
However I thought it odd that as I
was writing the comment about rhyme
especially in music and this 'odd' synchronicity happens.
Given that most of Skynyrd's music and songs
are written in rhyme I don't think
it's a coincidence.
Also it's somewhat rare to hear loud music
playing in the location where we live.
It happens, but not very often.
Gimme Three Steps
Copy and paste: (complete lyrics in link )
"I was cuttin' the rug down at a place called The Jug
With a girl named Linda Lou
When in walked a man with a gun in his hand
And he was looking for you know who
He said, "Hey there fellow with the hair colored yellow
What you trying to prove?
'Cause that's my woman there and I'm a man who cares
And this might be all for you"
I said, "Excuse me"
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'Dem Sync Fairies never disappoints, no?
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82VnutYBh9k
https://genius.com/Lynyrd-skynyrd-gimme-three-steps-lyrics
https://www.numberanalytics.com/blog/mastering-rhyme-in-literature
The Fake Intelligence has, quelle surprise, missed almost everything the poem is saying.
Lynyrd Skynyrd is relevant because the band name itself rhymes, but only by taking some poetic license with its near-rhyming namesake Leonard Skinnard. (It actually does rhyme in much of Dixieland, where “pen” and “pin” are homophones.)
William,
Yes I knew about the story behind the Lynyrd Skynyrd name
and I remember the horrible 1977 plane crash
when it happened that killed Ronnie Van Zant,
and Steve and his sister Cassie Gaines.
I don't know if you knew this or not, but supposedly
the story goes that Ronnie told his father
that he ( Ronnie ) knew that he would
not live past 30 years old, and would ' die with his boots
on', that is, he would die doing what he loved.
Ronnie was 29 years old.
Several of the other band members of Skynyrd
who survived the plane crash died of tragic
accidents as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd_plane_crash
William,
This Skynyrd performance was July 1977, 3 months before
the plane crash.
note the wording about 'wheels'.
Turn it up..
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama - 7/2/1977 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GxWmSVv-cY
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