week 123 ~ knee deep in a martini

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week 123 ~ knee deep in a martini

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knee deep in a martini
it’s going to be a long night
no one would ever blame me

to escape like Houdini
so many demons to fight
knee deep in a martini

I know it might sound cheesy
but I’ve done lots of things right
no one would ever blame me

though sometimes it’s hard to see
the upside around midnight
knee deep in a martini

waiting for recovery
from my now pitiful plight
no one would ever blame me

and drinking helps for really
nothing’s better in hindsight
knee deep in a martini
no one would ever blame me

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Written by mairmusic

February 18, 2011 at 12:52 pm

Posted in February, villanelle

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February 18, 2011 at 1:50 pm

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true, no one would ever blame you…

super stunning imagery,
Happy Rally.

It is always a treat to have you.
:)

Jingle

February 18, 2011 at 1:53 pm

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- Lovely to be back!
  
  mairmusic
  
  February 18, 2011 at 2:31 pm
  
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So enjoyed the photo and poem combination…the three tier reflection was great.

slpmartin

February 18, 2011 at 2:01 pm

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- Thanks, Charles! Reflection is often all we have to add interest to the dirty landscape of this winter.
  
  mairmusic
  
  February 18, 2011 at 2:30 pm
  
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We all need to be knee deep in a martini at times. “Drinking helps for really” its funny because its true. Really liked it.

brain of betty

February 18, 2011 at 5:30 pm

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- yes, not always PC to say, but true.
  
  mairmusic
  
  February 18, 2011 at 8:40 pm
  
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Nicely done, but I fear it will give me a hangover. I won’t blame you.

Mike Patrick

February 18, 2011 at 6:01 pm

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- well you don’t know until you try!
  
  mairmusic
  
  February 18, 2011 at 8:37 pm
  
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wow! and what style is this they called mair? delicious! here’s my wk 38.. http://fiveloaf.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/i-cant-hold-it/

fiveloaf

February 19, 2011 at 12:42 am

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- It’s a villanelle.
  
  mairmusic
  
  February 19, 2011 at 12:52 am
  
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We are our own worse critics, sometimes not seeing the accomplishments performed. I can feel you! That is the reason i write, to get through life and not do something i may regret! Rock on!

Paulo Guimaraes

February 19, 2011 at 5:10 pm

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- & you too, my friend.
  
  mairmusic
  
  February 20, 2011 at 12:58 am
  
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I have had more than my share of martinis at times. We have all been there. Then we get up and move on. Well done.

Linda

February 20, 2011 at 11:26 am

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- yes, true– thanks for reading!
  
  mairmusic
  
  February 20, 2011 at 11:39 am
  
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Hang in there, I hear it gets better. :/

lunawitch15

February 21, 2011 at 8:52 pm

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- fingers crossed!
  
  mairmusic
  
  February 21, 2011 at 10:24 pm
  
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hard to see the right after midnight…this has a playful seriousness to it…been a while since i was by and thought i would say hi…

brian miller

February 22, 2011 at 4:30 pm

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- lovely to see you here!
  
  mairmusic
  
  February 22, 2011 at 7:37 pm
  
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What a jovial piece yet the subject is dark. Well done! Here’s my week 38 entry: http://mysticmarleei.wordpress.com/2010/10/02/a-message-to-the-young-lady/

Marlee-I Mystic

February 23, 2011 at 9:55 am

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- Thanks– we try to maintain a sense of humor… :-)
  
  mairmusic
  
  February 23, 2011 at 11:23 am
  
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February 24, 2011 at 12:13 am

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I lied: One more -
Congrats on your award. Hugs!

Jamie Dedes

March 6, 2011 at 10:07 pm

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- Glad you caught this funny one!
  
  mairmusic
  
  March 6, 2011 at 11:24 pm
  
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Who am I?

A mandolinist, a bandolimist, a writer, a photographer, a wannabe Brasileira. Check my webpage for information on my music and my sometimes life in Rio.

What is this?

I have made a plan for this year, beginning on my birthday- October 16, 2008 - to keep creativity in focus in my daily life, spontaneously, reflectively, and with intention, by setting in motion several series of small events. Every day I will take a photo and record a thought. Every week I will write a sonnet and photograph myself in the context of my life. And I will post it all here. Maybe not every day, but I will maintain the schedule of each series and post as often as I can. I think this will be fun, may be interesting, and will result in a considered year of small moments stolen from a busy life and strung together to make... who knows? At this point it's just a plan. Wish me luck~ here goes!

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I have completed a year of this blog-- amazing! And I've decided to continue on, because this document has become a treasured reflective spot in my life. There will be some changes for "Year 2," beginning on my birthday, October 16, 2009. I'll expand the options for my weekly poem beyond sonnet to add some other forms-- rondeau or triolet, possibly villanelle. I just added the decima in late January. And in August I am adding the pantoum. Definitions will appear below as the forms enter this page. I'll continue to post a photo daily, but I may post several pictures taken on one day over the course of a week if I have an interesting series. I may even post an old photo if I'm writing about something I'm thinking back to. I'll continue to have fun with this project & I hope you will too. Thanks for reading!

“Year 3″

For Year 3 I tried some changes, including other people in the self-portraits that accompany my poems, adding "Musical Sundays" to post mp3s of my music, but these petered out in a few months. This is simply a place for my daily thoughts & photos, and weekly poems in the forms I love. Onward...!

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What’s a sonnet?

A sonnet is a 14-line iambic pentameter poem with a unique and characteristic rhyme scheme. They have been written in Europe and England for centuries, and usually combine viewpoint and reflection in a personal yet universal way. I call mine blank-verse sonnets and try for a simple casual scan that observes yet obscures the form. Inspirations are the American sonnets of e. e. cummings and Edna "Vince" Millay.

What’s a villanelle?

A villanelle is an early French form with 19 lines using only 2 rhymes, traditionally broken into 6 verses. It's kind of obsessive, with lines 1 & 3 repeating alternately, the 4th time as lines 18 & 19. The lines can be any length, but don't seem to vary within a poem, and subjects include love, loss and challenge. Dylan Thomas, Elizabeth Bishop and Sylvia Plath all wrote them, and from the minute I typed villanelle in "Year 2 begins" I was itching to try it out because I've never written one. My first appear in Weeks 53 & 56. I've run some verses together, as many modern writers have done, for continuity and a cleaner line.

What’s a rondeau?

A rondeau is a form of medieval poetry that pre-dates the villanelle and also uses only 2 rhymes. The earliest come from an 8-line song form with 2 lines of music that repeat-- line 1 as 4 & 7, and line 2 as 8, rhyming the rest in a characteristic pattern. The result is a sturdy little poem that makes its point thoughtfully, and less obsessively than the villanelle, perhaps because the generating couplet is unrhymed, and the lines don't need to be the same length, just able to be sung or spoken in the same amount of time. The first ones appear in weeks 55 & 57. Sometimes the poetic form, sans music, is called a triolet.

What’s a decima?

A decima is an early 10-line Spanish poetic form, with a distinct break after the first 4. It uses an 8-syllable line and has an unusual but characteristic rhyme scheme. It's also a 19th-century form of improvised Cuban song so I thought it would work well in this blog format. My first appear in weeks 66 & 69.

What’s a pantoum?

A Malaysian form from the 15th century-- how exotic! It's a series of quatrains, w/ lines 2 & 4 repeating as lines 1 & 3 in the next. The last quatrain also uses lines 1 & 3 from the first quatrain, with the first line ending the poem. So every line is used twice. My first one is week 95.

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