The Essential Shakespeare, Volume XII: Space-Saver Sonnets
purged of accretions & newly published in the corrected hemimeter version prepared under the general folgership of G. Starbuck
| Poor Soul
Fly,
thief;
thy
fief-
dom
’s torched.
Come,
Cur.
Fetch!
Get
your
scorched
earth
worth. |
Not Marble
This
word,
whis-
pered,
shall
stand,
and
the
Car-
rar-
a
mar-
ble
fall.
|
| My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing
Yes,
Per-
fes-
ser,
snow
no
doubt
out-
does
her
et-
cet-
er-
as.
|
Like the Sun
She’s
not
some
flot-
sam
si-
mi-
les
from
Ly-
ly’s
Eu-
phu-
es.
|
| Th’ Expense
Lust
is
just
mis-
er-
y,
wor-
ry
and
blame.
Brand-
name
dreck.
Ecch.
|
‘Notes on the Life, By the Late B. D. Browse.’
“Bill?
Lil?
’sme!
’s Will!
Key?
Natch.
Latch-
rope?
Nope.
Ope
Nup!
Yup.
You
too.”
|
George Starbuck, “Space-Saver Sonnets” from The Works: Poems Selected from Five Decades. Copyright © 2003 by University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa). Reprinted with the permission of The University of Alabama Press.
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Poet George Starbuck 1931–1996
POET’S REGION U.S., Southern
Subjects Arts & Sciences, Poetry & Poets, Humor & Satire
Poetic Terms Sonnet
Biography
George Starbuck's songs of protest are usually concerned with love, war, and the spiritual temper of the times. John Holmes believes that "there hasn't been as much word excitement . . . for years," as one finds in Bone Thoughts. Harvey Shapiro points out that Starbuck's work is attractive because of its "witty, improvisational surface, slangy and familiar address, brilliant aural quality . . .," and adds that Starbuck may . . .
Poems by George Starbuck
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SUBJECT Arts & Sciences, Poetry & Poets, Humor & Satire
POET’S REGION U.S., Southern
Poetic Terms Sonnet
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