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Article #820344Re: The Ashtroll / gjd
From: "George J. Dance
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 15:56
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 15:56
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On 2022-06-09 12:19 a.m., W.Dockery wrote: > Rocky Stoneberg wrote: > >> George J. Dance wrote: > >>> On 2022-06-07 7:51 p.m., W.Dockery wrote: >>>> Rocky Stoneberg wrote: >>>> >>>>> George J. Dance wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> A wannabe poet named Ash >>>>>> Thought writing could bring in some cash; >>>>>> But all of his verses >>>>>> Brought him only curses, >>>>>> And all of it went in the trash. >>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> gjd >>>> >>>>> Outstanding work in the limerick form... >>>> >>>> Even PJR might approve. >>>> >>>> 🙂 > >>> PJ Ross has actually commented on it: >>> 'Close, but no cigar. Forced stress on "him".' > >>> Both this and the "Bobby Burro" limerick were ones I wrote earlier in >>> the year, in threads where they're effectively lost to posterity. So >>> I decided to top-post them so they'd be easier to find. > >> Peter is always a tough critic, I daresay.... > > But when he gets serious, PJR does post some instructional thoughts. He was always worth listening to. But one doesn't have to agree with *him*, and here I listened and then disagreed. It's not normal, but it's not unnatural (and therefore not forced) for a person to stress "him" in such a context. Imagine, for example, pointing to the person when you're saying it.
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