The thing with feathers
A brief review of the triumphs and travails of the English language, in haiku sonnet form
Well, the play's the thing the plot got lost, went off script Rosencrantz adrift Emily the ghost eighteen hundred poems (almost) the thing with feathers Ulysses' ire lands might as well be Greek to me ceilings and cribs piss Winston wrote it down a corporal lost his crown Russians came to town Devilish details --- too long did not read
Jonatha Chance | Copyright © 2024 CC-BY-NC-ND (4.0 International)
Emily Dickinson’s poem 'Hope' is the thing with feathers was written in 1861.
I really appreciated the teaser you sent about this form, which you've cleverly imbued with literary allusions.
Delight to read!