PATRICK MCVAY

WRITER

My Musings

This text is currently hidden by a css change. Alow's me to go directly to the category description because it is editable in the front end,

Christian, Bahk!

Have I ever told you about my favorite piece of poetry? Of course I've told you, but I’m not convinced you were listening.

It’s Eunoia, by Christian Bok. But you wouldn’t have needed me to tell you that, because you knew that I’m exactly the kind of person who would love a book in which each chapter contains words using only one specified vowel. Chapter A starts, “Awkward grammar appalls a craftsman,” and goes on from there.

Chapter E: “Jesters express extreme glee.”

These aren’t five line ditties. Each chapter has about 3,000 words, using words that contain only one of the vowels. A slice from chapter O: “Folks who long to prolong moods of torpor do Zoloft or nod off on two drops of chloroform.”

Eunoia the book is comprised of “Eunoia” and “Oiseau,” the former being what I just described above, and the latter being a series of poems that play on words and on vowels. So two excellent and accessible examples of contemporary writing, which you had no idea you liked, in one book.

You probably won’t find it in your local bookstore, alas, but look there first just in case.

Continue reading
  2075 Hits
Tags:

 

 

J'Biden Era Haikuage

 

People's Arms. That's right!

200 million shots

In 100 days

 

We are good people

But we still have far to go

Repair. Restore. Heal.

 

There's nothing new here

The Affordable Care Act

We're restoring it 

 

America's Day

Democracy is fragile

The world is watching 

 

Strategy is based

On Science, not politics

Truth, not denial

 

 

Subscribe To The Blog

Produce This Audio Play!

Ever wanted to produce a radio play?  Think you have the mettle?  Read on!

Tag Cloud

Theater Bill Monroe Peacekeeping Halloween TV afterlife Mom and Dad Motorists Me punk music Mike Doughty Canadiana Ice Dancing Brain Surgery Vaccines Climate Change Butterfingers town square Syracuse My grandparents Cats Boston Quebect Email Chowder Vaughn Biden Bob Dylan Soccer Bodysurfing Martinis Sugarbush Bands I've seen Zoom The future Politics As Usual Royal Stuff Guns and Ammo nukes midwinter vacations Weather the sea Folk Music NFL Skiing Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Canada Hache Verde War and Peace Art Football Advertising acerbic high school principal Ukraine gathering throngs Religion COVID-19 coronavirus Hot Air Balloon First World Problems My Parents Grass Skiing Liz Phair Europe cornhole Bands I've Seen plan mid-winter vacations baseball The Past Mustard Ketchup Trump Knots The Old Days My sisters the future Hurricanes Bands I haven't seen Them Kids Cars Hand Planes Audubon Bar Soviet Union Fiction Mass General Hospital Hawaii Spice Girls Godfather Good Reads Soul Coughing Diseases Drumming Earth Red Sox Music soapbox rantings Sports Snow Guns Allergies technology Big Shoes Accounting Tom Waits Stories I should write Beer Soup Marketing Gimmicks New England Existential Crisis Roommates I've Had Joan Jett Christmas Coyotes Things I've done Skating Audio NPR Scotch and Sirloin Imaginings Head injuries Belgian Ales Rock Bands seasons Spoon the band weather Wind People I know Communication Channels vacation Candy Reveillon Plastic Barber Shops When I die Texting Dad advice Eclipse Work Higher Education curling shoes Bicycles BB King tambourrine Car Dealerships My Estate Bikes COVID Ticketmaster Eating and Drinking Cornhole star Rabbit Hole Golf US Senate Food Stairs Pats 1980s high winds Elvis Presley Bunker The Future Putin Yeast China