Stick Stock Stuck

Tick. Tock. Tuck.

Autocorrect can lead to some nice surprises:

I saw an interesting recipe for soup: take Brussel sprouts and lightly fry with onion and garlic, add turmeric and curry powder. Add stick and let cook. Puree. Seems delicious.

A friend sent this which prompted me to ask if he was suggesting the addition of cinnamon (as in stick of) to the soup. Turns out that "stock" was intended. You could still add cinnamon to the soup. I'm sure it would be tasty.

And so for day 2307
07.04.2013

Galloping Enjambement

John Thompson. Stilt Jack. A collection of ghazals which the author reminds us in his preface are a genre that "proceeds by couplets which [...] have no necessary logical, progressive, narrative, thematic (or whatever) connection." To my surprise Thompson uses enjambement in some of his ghazals. This shakes my expectations for no connections. It finds its full force in number XX where the continuation runs over not only the lines within a couplet but between couplets. The effect is astounding.

Grief the knife, joy
the vulnerable bread.

Eat, let the blade
surprised by joy.

Technically that is not an enjambement between the couplets. But it sure is a continuation of theme. As such it is pleasantly jarring in the context of a ghazal.

And so for day 819
11.03.2009