Monthly Archives: November 2014
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An Original Setting
Leave a commentNovember 28, 2014 by phicks2012
I happen to live in a rather unique house, and people are constantly telling me that they just cannot fathom …
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Medieval Verse: The Enuig
Leave a commentNovember 24, 2014 by phicks2012
According to Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enuig The enuig, enueg or enuech (Old Occitan [e’n?it?]; “complaint, vexation”) is a genre of lyric …
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Medieval Verse: The Ballata
Leave a commentNovember 21, 2014 by phicks2012
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballata The ballata (plural: ballate) is an Italian poetic and musical form in use from the late 13th to the 15th century. It has the musical …
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Shire! Shire! for November
Leave a commentNovember 17, 2014 by phicks2012
Not to belabor a point, but back in 2006 when I had space to fill in my SCA Newsletter, The …
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The Bardic Circle
Leave a commentNovember 14, 2014 by phicks2012
Long ago a number of my poems were lost to a computer drive crash/mangling, and were thought to be lost …
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Medieval Verse: The Pindaric Ode
Leave a commentNovember 10, 2014 by phicks2012
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode Ode (from Ancient Greek: ?d?) is a type of lyrical stanza. A classic ode …
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“Anger Management”
Leave a commentNovember 8, 2014 by phicks2012
The following poem was written after witnessing, in a parking lot, a public outburst on the part of a person …
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“Waste”
2November 5, 2014 by phicks2012
Rant Time? Well, with winter looming and my power bills threatening — probably destined — to rise as a result, …
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“Children of the Night”
Leave a commentNovember 3, 2014 by phicks2012
This verse was written long ago, for publication in an October issue of my monthly SCA Newsletter, The Equinox, in …
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Life in a Southern Castle 