tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post114183613843926992..comments2023-10-31T09:37:59.862-07:00Comments on Rocket Kid Writing: New Bishop poems?Rachel Dacushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15754712503067644226noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post-1141865375250662652006-03-08T16:49:00.000-08:002006-03-08T16:49:00.000-08:00I stand enlightened. RachelI stand enlightened. <BR/>RachelRachel Dacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15754712503067644226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post-1141859850569639132006-03-08T15:17:00.000-08:002006-03-08T15:17:00.000-08:00certainly Rachel --heaven forfend you should lack ...certainly Rachel --<BR/><BR/>heaven forfend you should lack "forfend" in your artisanal arsenal! ;-)<BR/><BR/>Kindly note: <A HREF="http://m-w.com/dictionary/forfend" REL="nofollow">forfend</A>, or if you prefer, <A HREF="http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/forfend" REL="nofollow">forfend</A><BR/><BR/>So, "forfending" in the verse means "warding off" -- as you'd suggested one might do; that is, warding off the condition of being a ghost haunting those misusing one's literary half-bakes (or even three-quarter-bakes), through the expedient of disposing of them aforetime. So, my verse could be read something like this:<BR/><BR/>"ah! [I see! you say you are] forfending [yourself & others from] the hauntings [that might else be occasioned / such forfending being accomplished by means of presently] burning the jottingsome leaves" [of pages, which for that matter are leaf-like -- hence mulch & silage, if not to say grise]. ;-)<BR/><BR/>BTW, regarding those two online dictionaries, I've been using the first for ages; but only lately discovered the second. It has some advantages, such as the hint of a historical context:<BR/><< Date "FORFEND" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591 >><BR/><BR/>cheers,<BR/>d.i.david raphael israelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16621521896693000470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post-1141856761720570462006-03-08T14:26:00.000-08:002006-03-08T14:26:00.000-08:00Hi David -- Love some of your lines: "the mulch th...Hi David -- Love some of your lines: "the mulch the grise the silage" and "half-vagrom leaves". I never have looked up the meaning of "forfend" -- can you enlighten me?<BR/>RachelRachel Dacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15754712503067644226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9144957.post-1141850476723181832006-03-08T12:41:00.000-08:002006-03-08T12:41:00.000-08:00ah! forfending the hauntingsburning the jottingsom...ah! forfending the hauntings<BR/>burning the jottingsome leaves<BR/><BR/>the mulch the grise the silage<BR/>half-formed half-vagrom grieves<BR/><BR/>in rude retrospect some morrow<BR/>a lingering self? for sorrow!<BR/><BR/>cheers,<BR/>d.i.david raphael israelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16621521896693000470noreply@blogger.com