Re: Amazon.com - a double rictameter

Tolstoy
throws a fit at

"Anna Karenina;
in Half the Time" buy it now at
Amazon dot com ~ are they serious?

They carve genius like a chicken

Is there nothing sacred
give respect to
Tolstoy

can they

promote a book

that's only a shadow

of the beauty of creation

where is their integrity, honor, awe?

they decimate, humiliate

most humble novelist ~

next one word 'kus

can they

Author notes

My first attempt at a double richtameter in response to an e-mail I got this morning. I love Tolstoy - the gentle giant. This is a rictameter rant against condensing the great novel Anna Karenina. If Tolstoy had wanted to write it in half the time, he would have.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0753822679/ref=pe_pe_5050_6070950_pe_snp_679

Oh, yes, a double rictameter is
2,4,6,8,10,8,6,4,2,2,4,6,8,10,8,6,4,2 for a total of 100 syllables.

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HeavenScent4U
July 23, 2007

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very nicely done, i see why it got passed to the next round but i do have a question for you. Kus? best of luck. be well and be blessed
- thelordreigns
  July 23, 2007
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  Thanks so much! The 'kus is short for haiku. I was being sarcastic. If "they" can chop Tolstoy, "they" will be making us write one word haikus next!
  
  - jo
Arkbear
July 23, 2007

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Very nice ~

A lovely Double Ric ~

I even give credit for your form ~

The shapes could have been nipped & tucked here & there for better aesthetic eye appeal, but not bad....however...if you know me and formed Poetry...you'll know that I am a fanatic when it comes to the form in which they were intended to have !

Spill some more Ink in the next contest coming after this one is posted ~

This will be going to the finals!

Smile!

You did well and perfect syllable count as well !

Thank you ~

Good luck to you ~

Bear ~