"A YEAR OF SUNDAYS" September 2023 Has Published!

Michael Pendragon

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Oct 2, 2023, 6:59:21 PM10/2/23

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Many thanks to all who participated.

https://mpsilvertone.wixsite.com/website

NancyGene

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Oct 2, 2023, 7:42:36 PM10/2/23

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On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 10:59:21 PM UTC, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> Many thanks to all who participated.
>
> https://mpsilvertone.wixsite.com/website

Fabulous, Michael! Thank you for all of your hard work on this fine project.

We see that there is a slightly different layout to the poems for September, which we like. We also see that the painting used on the site is "Autumn Leaves," by John Millais (1856), owned by the Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, England.

Michael Pendragon

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Oct 2, 2023, 7:52:46 PM10/2/23

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Thanks, NancyGene. The layout was due to the number/length of poems received. Adding a second column was the only way I could fit them all in.

NancyGene

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Oct 2, 2023, 7:54:55 PM10/2/23

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That's wonderful that the AYoS headquarters attracted so many poems!

Michael Pendragon

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Oct 3, 2023, 10:35:30 AM10/3/23

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Hopefully it's also inspired almost as many *new* poems. I wrote/submitted 10 poems last month; which, while not a record, is still pretty darned good.

Ash Wurthing

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Oct 3, 2023, 12:51:40 PM10/3/23

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I need to return to Facebook and let the new poets know they don't labor alone-- I actually dedicated some verse to them.

Ash Wurthing

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Oct 3, 2023, 6:38:46 PM10/3/23

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Some how I missed "Player Slayer," but once I saw it on the monthly page, I had to show it around-- it was a hit!

NancyGene

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Oct 3, 2023, 8:00:29 PM10/3/23

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We are pleased that it "scored." We will have Wednesday record it and send it to you.

Ash Wurthing

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Oct 3, 2023, 9:05:53 PM10/3/23

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Cool!
I wonder if my work would interest her enough for her to want to recite it. I think she would be more of a Pendragonian* sonnet fan :(

*was it a Pendragonian sonnet that is his trademark style? I can't remember at this moment.

Michael Pendragon

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Oct 4, 2023, 8:43:52 AM10/4/23

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Both.

A "Pendragonian Sonnet" consists of 3 sets of 5 lines with the following rhyme scheme: ABABC DEDEC FGFGC. It's one line longer than the traditional sonnet, and one line shorter than Meredith's.

There is also an ABBAC DEEDC FGGFC variation.

However, I've been writing more traditional sonnets this year,

Michael Pendragon

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Oct 5, 2023, 10:41:38 AM10/5/23

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Members only.

Donkeys and Dunces need not apply.

Michael Pendragon

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Oct 5, 2023, 3:07:51 PM10/5/23

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Michael Pendragon

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Oct 5, 2023, 7:22:21 PM10/5/23

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Pissbums will be shot on sight.

NancyGene

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Oct 5, 2023, 7:51:31 PM10/5/23

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We will run them through with the Blade of Talzin.

Ash Wurthing

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Oct 5, 2023, 8:05:26 PM10/5/23

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You're pretty serious about this...

NancyGene

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Oct 6, 2023, 8:07:15 AM10/6/23

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We have tried warning shots and wounding shots, and neither stopped the enemy. We will now try the curved Turko Mongol saber.

Michael Pendragon

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Oct 6, 2023, 11:23:39 AM10/6/23

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Ash Wurthing

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Oct 6, 2023, 8:38:10 PM10/6/23

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KK, Pendragon I cannot resist the urge to troll you...
'Decadence in Minor' by Eurynome
https://eurynome.bandcamp.com/track/decadence-in-minor
See in credits:
Cover art by Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal):
"Imaginary View with a Tomb by the Lagoon".
Oil on canvas, early 1740s - Venice, Italy.

I see someone inspired like you!

Michael Pendragon

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Oct 7, 2023, 8:42:26 PM10/7/23

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Michael Pendragon

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Oct 11, 2023, 11:43:16 PM10/11/23

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NancyGene

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Oct 15, 2023, 12:14:16 PM10/15/23

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Pissbums only need to be chucked off a cliff. No tomb needed.