Learning

I learn by going where I have to go. - Theodore Roethke (American Poet)

I've been in interviews where I have lost
the fight to stifle laughter; I have lost!
When asked of me, sincerely, by the boss:

"You would seek to further our ambition?
Standing firm and matched by your ambition,
needless to say, will come to fruition!

"Dear sirs, as much I hold you in esteem,
My like of typing is not love's esteem,
I'd rather be considered as a queen..."

"A queen? Such silly dreams must leave your head!
A queen, she says! Think smaller in your head.
Look to your typing skills to earn your bread."

"Dear sirs, my dreams aren't paid for; you must know:
I learn by going where I have to go."

Blues Sonnet = AAa BBb CCc DDd EE

The Blues Sonnet is a rather recent form, derived from the Shakespearean form of expression, and originally patterned after the songs of slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries. Forbidden paper and pencil, the songs were not merely laments, but often were at that time used to convey information as to location, trouble, warnings, and other news of import. This form continues today as a vibrant means of conveying a lament or complaint (see works by Langston Hughes and contemporary poet Kevin Young). The Blues Sonnet is grouped in four tercets (three-line stanzas), where the first two lines of each either repeat or are rephrased with the same end word, and the third line has a rhyming end word. The poem ends with a rhyming couplet to sum it all up - AAa BBb CCc DDd EE - Kate~Rune Writing & Reading Poetry Newsletter 12/26/2007

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