Except For Ulysses

Cherry

By Ewan

Mon, 05 Jun 2023
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Hi, old friend. Back again? We’ve missed you.

Dive in? From the same springboard on page 205?

I see,

ofcourseyoudo

ofcourseyoudont

 

Shall we meet at the end?

Then

you’d know how it turns out

spoiler!

Itturnsoutitdoesntturnout

that’s the point

it’s the journey not the destination

daedalus daft day dandering dublin

 

YES, do that,

what you said

you would,

the fifth time…

 

the time you took Homer with you

an attic episode followed an erse airing

 

and ye drowned instead of passing like bloom

between stephen and buck

you crashed on the wandering rocks

 

Might as well read it...

!SDRAWKCAB

? that in sense the where's now ah

 

 

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Comments

Submitted by Ed Crane on

Molly's Monologue. Too good to miss. I have two books started and unfinished

Ulysses (or uselees as I refer to my efforts) and Don Quixote (or Donkey Hoaty as my daughter called it)

Excellent poem, sums it up perfectly.

 

Submitted by rosaliekempthorne on

This is a common problem I think - the non-finishing of Ulysses. I have solved it myself by just never starting. The poem sums up the feel of it - from what I've heard, anyway - nicely. I'm usually a pretty stubborn reader, but there's been a book here or there that I didn't complete - I actually don't know which books they were these days - not memorable enough I guess.

Submitted by airyfairy on

Yep, never finished it. Never met anyone who has. I finally faced the truth and gave my copy to a charity shop when I moved. I expect it's still sitting on the shelves, if it ever made it out of the back room.

Submitted by lenchenelf on

...that there a quite a few, including me, for whom this is an uncomfortable truth.

I did try, several times, drifted off to sleep, forgot what I'd read by the time I came to the book again... and so it goes on.

Shame, shame, shame (bell optional)

Good poem

best as ever

Lena

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

I wrote a poem about this once, too :0) Easier to write about not reading than get to it and read

 

Submitted by jeand on

HI Ewan

 

An interesting little story - always nice to ssee something new being tried.

Jean Day