All these variations on the refrain to Boston’s famous song make me think of some of the supposed “rejected opening lines” for Joyce Kilmer’s “Trees” poem:
I think I never may discern
A poem lovely as a fern…
I think that I shall never glance
At poems lovelier than plants…
It would require, I think, much practice
To write a poem lovely as a cactus…
3 thoughts on “#1,235 Lyricality”
RK
All these variations on the refrain to Boston’s famous song make me think of some of the supposed “rejected opening lines” for Joyce Kilmer’s “Trees” poem:
I think I never may discern
A poem lovely as a fern…
I think that I shall never glance
At poems lovelier than plants…
It would require, I think, much practice
To write a poem lovely as a cactus…
Nathan
You ought to hear my variations on the chorus to Heart’s “Alone,” or alternatives to stepping on my blue suede shoes.
Naaman Brown
Those weren’t the actual lyrics? Had me fooled.
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