Comments on: Flying High https://wolfiewolfgang.com/flying-hig/ Check in for my regular blogs and reviews Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:27:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: WolfieWolfgang (Colin Bell) https://wolfiewolfgang.com/flying-hig/#comment-959 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:27:28 +0000 https://wolfiewolfgang.com/?p=835#comment-959 Well thanks a lot Brian – both poems had painful births so I'm doubly glad you like them.

]]> By: Brian https://wolfiewolfgang.com/flying-hig/#comment-958 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:52:57 +0000 https://wolfiewolfgang.com/?p=835#comment-958 I read this poem last night anticipating a bit of light fun upon reading the first two lines so reminiscent of Lewis Carroll's "Twinkle, twinkle little bat". But the poem shifts rhythm and register almost immediately delivering quite the shiver. The photo only makes me colder. "Nature, red in tooth and claw", indeed.

(Lovely off-rhymes in the sonnet, by the way.)

Brian

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