tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post734802323213253163..comments2024-03-27T07:01:13.725+02:00Comments on The Muqata: Ode to a ParrotJameel @ The Muqatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-88237914519088187802010-05-09T15:57:46.770+03:002010-05-09T15:57:46.770+03:00Looking down from her garret,
past artist, purple...Looking down from her garret, <br />past artist, purple parrot<br />observed what had become of this blog.<br /><br />I promise, guests we won't garrote <br />even if not colored like carrot<br />or even painted green like a frog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-22877550591173346942010-05-09T15:37:52.182+03:002010-05-09T15:37:52.182+03:00I just didn't want to leave you hanging there....I just didn't want to leave you hanging there.JoeSettlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01232647820807408898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-2457002878280964542010-05-09T15:22:05.995+03:002010-05-09T15:22:05.995+03:00Wow- who knew that my little complaint to Joe at t...Wow- who knew that my little complaint to Joe at the end of the Dov Bear/Book Burning discussion would lead to the creation of this literary masterpiece? It is almost enough to make me return to the Muqata for a regular read...<br /><br />I'm touched, Joe: Even though you yourself take a potshot at my unswerving defence of the NIF through the medium of verse, I am genuinely moved by your poetic efforts (albeit wondering what you could have done with "carrot", as Lurker points out.) Good luck with pursuing the career in creative writing! (Although maybe you might not want to give up the day job just yet, at least until the similarities between Parrot and parrot become clearer.)tafka pphttp://goingslightlymad.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-60558898349202385222010-05-09T12:47:54.200+03:002010-05-09T12:47:54.200+03:00It's two different words.
One is Parrot - capi...It's two different words.<br />One is Parrot - capital P, one is parrot - lowercase p.<br />What does a (P)parrot do? It verbally mimics. I think it makes perfect sense.JoeSettlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01232647820807408898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-87820825381287059632010-05-09T11:12:14.401+03:002010-05-09T11:12:14.401+03:00UNFORTUNATELY, I ONLY CAME UP WITH A LIMERICK.
Nu...<i>UNFORTUNATELY, I ONLY CAME UP WITH A LIMERICK.</i><br /><br />Nu, really. It's barely even a limerick: I mean, you "rhymed" the word "parrot" with <i>itself</i> -- two times! Couldn't you even try to work in "carrot" or something?<br /><br />PP is too polite to say it, so I will on her behalf: You obviously put in much more effort on your poems for DB. (And he got two of them!)<br /><br />Now be a mentch, and write her a new one...Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02712938121915827845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-17172948039725802892010-05-09T06:53:21.587+03:002010-05-09T06:53:21.587+03:00I think the last line lacks a syllable.I think the last line lacks a syllable.The Reform Baal Teshuvahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842373562562136325noreply@blogger.com