The Egos Have Landed

Cherry

By Ewan

Thu, 13 Nov 2008
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We should wear our knowledge lightly,
(in fact it's a loden coat).
We should bear the brickbats brightly,
(as bile is filling our throat).
We should scatter insults sparsely,
(since they reach the paper first).
We should judge our work more harshly,
(though ours is not the worst).
We should post our efforts shyly,
(while inwardly we boast).
We should take our bouquets wryly,
(our smile no timid ghost).
We should sympathise completely,
(and savour our vicious gloat).
We should offer advice discreetly,
(while stealing work of note).

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Submitted by jennifer on
Schizophrenic? Very funny, and excellent rhyming, love the italicised 'not' - how do you make words italicised on here? J x

 

Submitted by Ewan on
Your word between "<" followed by em and ">" and then the same with a slash / before the "em" "" ignoring the quotation marks, which are just to make sure I don't italicize the whole bloody site, like I did last time! :-)

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Submitted by Ewan on
Schizophrenic? Us?

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Submitted by jennifer on
Haha! Thank you, must try it! Can't imagine the whole site italicised! We'd all get cricks in our necks with all the head tilting that would ensue!

 

Submitted by littleditty on
we could - interesting poem Ewan!

 

Submitted by Bradene on
FT when I read this I thought Ewan had been reading the current thread on copyright in the forums :) so perhaps it was his spontaneous reaction and not so contrived as you imagine. :) Val

Submitted by Ewan on
"I'd have my students write a poem in five minutes at the start of each lesson." Naturally, at a day school on a CW course last year we did exactly this. The truth is I am really ambivalent about writing; is it nonsense? Is it dressing-up for introverts? Should I feal jealous at others' success? Should I accept that my work is less than perfect? Should I defend it like a dog defends a ratty bone? One thing I felt about FTSE's response to this piece is confusion, is he accusing me of self-absorbed emotional outpourings or over-contrivance? Or both? Now that would be schizophrenic.

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Submitted by littleditty on
ambivalence doesnt care so much about what one should or should not do - perhaps the alter ego does, the emotions discussed in the poem are human ones, the poor likkle id ones we all have, called ugly - the poem's title seems to be between the lines, where choice and decision is too, as to what one could do, or is able to chose to do - re spontaneous or crafted writing, criting, posting, living whot-evah! hm. interesting poem!