tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post8529314606112543165..comments2024-01-26T13:12:55.520-08:00Comments on Feel Free to Read: BuccaneersGlenn Buttkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-4790289031340092782015-04-08T20:36:37.881-07:002015-04-08T20:36:37.881-07:00I much prefer your villanelle to mine. ~I much prefer your villanelle to mine. ~grapelinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929030339206629628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-83043780516108493542015-04-05T20:04:41.322-07:002015-04-05T20:04:41.322-07:00What fun. Cleverly done.What fun. Cleverly done.Roslyn Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15700960108357035957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-63297598909839036992015-04-04T20:38:54.759-07:002015-04-04T20:38:54.759-07:00Yep - being a pirate is always a choice.Yep - being a pirate is always a choice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-28093855430378875052015-04-03T20:58:50.097-07:002015-04-03T20:58:50.097-07:00a great romp through time with pirates...from the ...a great romp through time with pirates...from the classical pirates of history right up to current ones. Your refrain lines consistently worked with your stanzas. Nice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-45060394432491922782015-04-03T17:33:27.052-07:002015-04-03T17:33:27.052-07:00and Wall Street traders. well penned, Glenn ~and Wall Street traders. well penned, Glenn ~grapelinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929030339206629628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-53099547600499990852015-04-03T09:11:20.684-07:002015-04-03T09:11:20.684-07:00I don't know if I liked the reading better of ...I don't know if I liked the reading better of the poem better. Regardless, I've done a lot of research on pirates, so I know one of the hardest things to write this, was to cut down to the small amount of information you can convey in this repetitive form.<br /><br /><br /> <a href="https://zongrik.wordpress.com/2015/04/03/the-befuddled-flatulent-blogger//" rel="nofollow">The Befuddled Flatulent Blogger</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-63969345604122522822015-04-03T07:02:21.323-07:002015-04-03T07:02:21.323-07:00ha - Buccaneers - This caught my eye right away. A...ha - Buccaneers - This caught my eye right away. A great theme to work your words around. I do have a thing for the sea and pirate adventures. I imagine in real life it would be scary. Did you happen to see Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips?Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-62861635825148568152015-04-03T00:17:11.785-07:002015-04-03T00:17:11.785-07:00Very visual, wonderful.Very visual, wonderful.Dusty Jhttp://dustywrites.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-54128367477282817812015-04-02T22:20:54.350-07:002015-04-02T22:20:54.350-07:00Who'd have thought you could give this a polit...Who'd have thought you could give this a political as well as a historical twist? I can see that everyone has done much more interesting villanelles than me. May have to rethink and revise mine before posting.Marina Sofiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15251903359649828285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-88276646707996620882015-04-02T18:40:42.112-07:002015-04-02T18:40:42.112-07:00I never would have thought of pirates as a topic, ...I never would have thought of pirates as a topic, but this is the greatest idea for a villanelle and it works brilliantly. I love it!!C.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16393100446679896378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-87066643773094678152015-04-02T15:51:51.809-07:002015-04-02T15:51:51.809-07:00I think today's pirates are the scariest of al...I think today's pirates are the scariest of all, so many people utterly desperate. You rocked the form!Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-75681321569381612942015-04-02T15:13:56.222-07:002015-04-02T15:13:56.222-07:00I enjoyed the theme & the way you wrote to it....I enjoyed the theme & the way you wrote to it...a pirate's life of old seems to have some similarities to the Somali pirates of today... I will have to research Anne Bonny. She must have had a reason to become a pirate, and I wonder what it was.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-22614804839828845202015-04-02T15:07:42.781-07:002015-04-02T15:07:42.781-07:00Very imaginative, and it all ties together very ni...Very imaginative, and it all ties together very nicely. Well crafted, and yes, the fairer sex was out there pillaging and plundering, too. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-8390647834365704502015-04-02T13:32:52.632-07:002015-04-02T13:32:52.632-07:00Wonderful. Yes you may have worked like a mule but...Wonderful. Yes you may have worked like a mule but I am awed. And you picked pirates, Navy man that you are! Greed, desperation, opportunity...I wonder how many things have been born of this. The repeating line just drives, er, sails this excellent work.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05470561916200090354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-26471380640142248062015-04-02T13:04:56.384-07:002015-04-02T13:04:56.384-07:00I enjoyed this a lot. Great rhyme scheme and choic...I enjoyed this a lot. Great rhyme scheme and choice of repeating lines. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327165758377801408.post-81703107735107908262015-04-02T12:07:45.870-07:002015-04-02T12:07:45.870-07:00The refrain of greed, desperation & opportunit...The refrain of greed, desperation & opportunity, captured the character of pirates, past up to present ~ Now I didn't know that there were also women pirates ~ Movies tend to depict them as cool but I wouldn't want to mess up with the pirates ~<br /><br />Love your work on the villanelle Glenn ~ Happy Easter to you and your family ~<br /><br />Grace Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330793338813508704noreply@blogger.com