Poetic license is always valid when the lines are sung...
1.
Perhaps I'd deserve you
And be even worthy erv you
If I only had a brain
-- E.Y. Harburg, If I Only Had A Brain
2.
No amount of coffee, no amount of crying
No amount of whiskey, no amount of wine
No no no no no, nothing else will do
I've gotta have you, I've gotta have you.
-- Deb Talan, Gotta Have You.
3.
The most tender place in my heart is for strangers
I know it's unkind, but my own blood is much too dangerous
-- Neko Case, Hold On, Hold On
If you have 12 minutes to spare, I've posted an entertaining little talk literary critic Christopher Ricks gave on Bob Dylan and rhyme. You can find it here: http://www.vanderleek.com/codex/ricks_on_dylan.mp3
Posted by: Kevin | Tuesday, 07 November 2006 at 08:15
I think I'm in love.
The world needs more no-BS, for-Pete's-sake-somebody-get-the-emperor-a-bathrobe literary critics like him.
Thanks for that!
Posted by: Auntie Shell | Tuesday, 07 November 2006 at 14:46
The leaves are blue
They make me angry
I will kick them
circa 1983
Posted by: Noel Montgomery | Wednesday, 23 May 2007 at 20:40
Ah, yes. Who could forget that classic of Pacific Northwest literature of the late-twentieth century...
Posted by: Michelle | Thursday, 24 May 2007 at 14:10