Much have I traveled in the realms of gold
and many goodly states and kingdoms seen
(but)
What immortal hand or eye could frame
thy fearful symmetry.
Hail to thee blithe spirit
(for)
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day
(where)
I wandered lonely as a cloud
So, do not go gentle into that good night
because I could not stop for death
He kindly stopped for me
(and)
the owl and the pussycat went to sea.
~*~
© Daydreamertoo *All rights reserved
Poets in order:
John Keats, William Blake, Shelly, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Dylan Thomas, Emily Dickinson, Edward Lear
Stuff and nonsense by yours truly… 🙂
Shared with dVerse Poets Form for all Collage and the art of Cento
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I love what you did with your cento…..and am sorry I missed this prompt because it is so darned intriguing!
I read this with such ease. You picked some of the best lines. I love the summer’s day, death’s gesture, and the pussycat and the sea. Love the end! Great job!!
What a fun cento…….this was an enjoyable exercise!
The well-read poet art ye; clever…
Love it and great choice of lines!
This is absolutely brilliant, ticks all the boxes and makes a difficult exercise look easy. Why couldn’t I have done something like this? I’m green with envy – and admiration!
Your special offering and it went down so smoothly! The advantage of having the notable poems at your fingertips. Nicely Bren!
Hank
This made me smile!
oh this fits well with the dreamer name…..I loved this Bren……
Playful recast of old familiar lines
I drifted along with your words … so peaceful they were !!!
so do not go gentle…it is a risk to use such a well known line from such a well know poem because could be the reader then drifts to the original but i think you mastered it beautifully to bring us back with your closure..nice..
thoroughly delightful!!
Love this! You have weaved so many poets into one piece and it worked brilliantly. The ending brought a smile!
Thanks for the smile and the joy of familiar lines!
This was fun! Like playing a tape cassette (remember those?) of poets and fast-forwarding and reversing to different parts of the tape.
A lot of fun -and not so much nonsense – very clever! k.
Filled with some of my favorites- opening to new meanings – wonderful Loved the final line! K
Didn’t need footnotes..every line printed invisibly on the back of my hand. Yet together fresh, new, and vibrant. Wonderful.
Lovely and fun – the juxtaposition at the end made it for me … truly
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he..he…that was quite an ending ~ Have a lovely night Bren ~
Gorgeous!
a summers day where i wandered lonely as a cloud….smiles….lots of familiar lines in here but you spun them well together…your closure made me laugh too…smiles.
Nice… your ending made me smile.
Very nice…well done !
Peace
Siggi in Downeast Maine
And the pussycat would eat the owl making it howl. Never go quietly anywhere, that is the cat’s motto at his lair.
awww, I floated on this one 🙂
This is so cute. I love the ending. You picked a great variety of poets. This was fun right?
Bren, I like these lines (many familiar) and how you arranged them, and the ending made me smile. Nicely penned!
There’s good stuff in here by a great gallery of poets, sort of as if you uploaded favorite songs. I haven’t warmed up to the exercise yet. Maybe if we were writing in pairs and I gave a quote which is answered by one in a sort of dialogue?
ps (I think it’s “thy fearful symmetry”)
Thank you Susan. Sometimes I miss the blatantly obvious typos lol
English fruit salad served frappé and a-la-mode.
Fun.