Comments on: Victor Littlebear’s Bushiad and Idyossey http://www.lies.com/wp/2004/10/03/victor-littlebears-bushiad-and-idyossey/ believe nothing... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:26:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: uniberp http://www.lies.com/wp/2004/10/03/victor-littlebears-bushiad-and-idyossey/#comment-15277 uniberp Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:08:17 +0000 http://www.lies.com/wp/2004/10/03/victor-littlebears-bushiad-and-idyossey/#comment-15277 This work is howlingly funny and brilliant, and actually very light reading, far more enjoyable than the original epics. I read a few lines on the web and immediately knew I had to have a printed copy. The somewhat fictionalized, but humanly engaging portraits of the major characters does more to evoke thought about their characters and motives than any WH Press Release could ever do. "Foul Rumsfeld", "Simple George" (alternating with "Resolute George"). It's not a condemnation of them, just a portrayal of powerful people in delighfully ironic juxtaposition with their all-too-human weaknesses and vanities. "Hard-hearted Cheney, bitter, scared and insecure, Due some say to his Pisces Moon Opposing Neptune in Virgo, smiles in A half-grin, the left side of his face lifting while The right side sits immobile, dragged along Like some reluctant dog pulled unwilling by a leash." It reads beautifully in print, and you will get a good appreciation of the importance of meter when you see how easily this comes off the page into your comprehension. <a href="http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/classics/courses/metrica/traditio.html#dactylichexameter" rel="nofollow">Read here about rhythm and meter in epci poetry </a> Get the print edition. This type of work should be encouraged. This work is howlingly funny and brilliant, and actually very light reading, far more enjoyable than the original epics.

I read a few lines on the web and immediately knew I had to have a printed copy.

The somewhat fictionalized, but humanly engaging portraits of the major characters does more to evoke thought about their characters and motives than any WH Press Release could ever do. “Foul Rumsfeld”, “Simple George” (alternating with “Resolute George”). It’s not a condemnation of them, just a portrayal of powerful people in delighfully ironic juxtaposition with their all-too-human weaknesses and vanities.

“Hard-hearted Cheney, bitter, scared and insecure,
Due some say to his Pisces Moon
Opposing Neptune in Virgo, smiles in
A half-grin, the left side of his face lifting while
The right side sits immobile, dragged along
Like some reluctant dog pulled unwilling by a leash.”

It reads beautifully in print, and you will get a good appreciation of the importance of meter when you see how easily this comes off the page into your comprehension.

Read here about rhythm and meter in epci poetry

Get the print edition. This type of work should be encouraged.

]]> By: ymatt http://www.lies.com/wp/2004/10/03/victor-littlebears-bushiad-and-idyossey/#comment-6786 ymatt Tue, 05 Oct 2004 17:50:05 +0000 http://www.lies.com/wp/2004/10/03/victor-littlebears-bushiad-and-idyossey/#comment-6786 Oh man, no it's not that I'm looking down on the guy, I just have a short attention span and I'm certainly far from important in any sense. Oh man, no it’s not that I’m looking down on the guy, I just have a short attention span and I’m certainly far from important in any sense.

]]> By: rabba http://www.lies.com/wp/2004/10/03/victor-littlebears-bushiad-and-idyossey/#comment-6778 rabba Tue, 05 Oct 2004 13:52:36 +0000 http://www.lies.com/wp/2004/10/03/victor-littlebears-bushiad-and-idyossey/#comment-6778 why bother? most of the time one is not that important as he/she think to be, so just stop feeling sorry for others, and try to respect and appreciate the work why bother? most of the time one is not that important as he/she think to be, so just stop feeling sorry for others, and try to respect and appreciate the work

]]> By: ymatt http://www.lies.com/wp/2004/10/03/victor-littlebears-bushiad-and-idyossey/#comment-6756 ymatt Mon, 04 Oct 2004 01:55:54 +0000 http://www.lies.com/wp/2004/10/03/victor-littlebears-bushiad-and-idyossey/#comment-6756 I feel kinda sorry when I find stuff like that where somebody has clearly put a *lot* of work into something, but I can really only stay interested for a page or two before I go "heh, yeah I get it" and move on. But maybe he'll get a mention in some history book about the whole election 2004 zeitgeist. I feel kinda sorry when I find stuff like that where somebody has clearly put a *lot* of work into something, but I can really only stay interested for a page or two before I go “heh, yeah I get it” and move on. But maybe he’ll get a mention in some history book about the whole election 2004 zeitgeist.

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