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Thanks TAPS - can't be bad - I should have incorporated it somehow...

posted by Antonionioni on August 18, 2007 at 1:34 AM | link to this | reply

Antonionio

After reading this sonnet, you have me singing "A we ma way....A we ma way....."

A  for a correct answer on my blog plost.

posted by TAPS. on August 17, 2007 at 10:23 PM | link to this | reply

Very nice.

I like it

posted by NightMajik on July 30, 2007 at 11:11 PM | link to this | reply

Yes, you have sensed the same as me, Rumored, well read.

posted by Antonionioni on July 30, 2007 at 12:00 PM | link to this | reply

Thanks, Dave - it's my usual one - can be tough sometimes!

posted by Antonionioni on July 30, 2007 at 11:58 AM | link to this | reply

That's right, OTA - he is still able to determine his fate to some degree.

posted by Antonionioni on July 30, 2007 at 11:56 AM | link to this | reply

Hello Mariaki - well it probably does to many of us - not all, hopefully...

posted by Antonionioni on July 30, 2007 at 11:55 AM | link to this | reply

Thanks Angel - very nice of you!

posted by Antonionioni on July 30, 2007 at 11:54 AM | link to this | reply

Thanks Bhaskar - glad you thought so!

posted by Antonionioni on July 30, 2007 at 11:53 AM | link to this | reply

Thanks Teddy!

posted by Antonionioni on July 30, 2007 at 11:53 AM | link to this | reply

Hi Spencer - thanks a lot!!

posted by Antonionioni on July 30, 2007 at 11:52 AM | link to this | reply

Hello Dream - glad you enjoyed!! Thank you.

posted by Antonionioni on July 30, 2007 at 11:51 AM | link to this | reply

I can always rely on you for pictures of pretty birds, the Durbster!

posted by Antonionioni on July 30, 2007 at 11:50 AM | link to this | reply

I can feel the old lion's fear, but still sense his pride (no pun intended)

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posted by Rumor on July 30, 2007 at 8:50 AM | link to this | reply

Good stuff, Tony, particularly working within such a challenging rhyme scheme today.

posted by _dave_says_ack_ on July 30, 2007 at 3:51 AM | link to this | reply

Tony

I like to think that grand Lion has shown his dignity during his days and now has nothing to prove to anyone. He is the King of Beasts. ~Peace, OTA

posted by OTA. on July 30, 2007 at 3:33 AM | link to this | reply

So this is what happens

when we get too full of it!  Excellent

posted by mariaki on July 30, 2007 at 3:29 AM | link to this | reply

wow...what a gorgeous sonnet

posted by dark_mistress_again on July 30, 2007 at 2:23 AM | link to this | reply

Beautifully depicted also of the human nature, Tony.

posted by Bhaskar.ing on July 30, 2007 at 2:17 AM | link to this | reply

Very good, Tony!

posted by _teddypoet_ on July 30, 2007 at 2:15 AM | link to this | reply

Good economical use of words her Anton"", great stuff

posted by SpencerStreetStation on July 30, 2007 at 1:52 AM | link to this | reply

 morning music, your sonets

posted by nemonemo on July 30, 2007 at 1:38 AM | link to this | reply

Joy! Mary writes of cardinals, and you remember LYONS! decisions, decisions

what pic shall I leave you this GOD Morning?

http://stevenjohnson.com/birds/cardinal-m-pine1.jpg

posted by ILLUMINATI8 on July 30, 2007 at 1:14 AM | link to this | reply

Hi Pelagus - many thanks! Pride may remain but power is more short-lived

as it depends on strength.

posted by Antonionioni on July 30, 2007 at 12:53 AM | link to this | reply

Hello Wiley - that's right - poor little pussycat!!

posted by Antonionioni on July 30, 2007 at 12:49 AM | link to this | reply

Hi Afzal.

posted by Antonionioni on July 30, 2007 at 12:48 AM | link to this | reply

beautiful story

i just think we have the importance we give to ourselves. Yes, pride is makes us fall at some point, for we never can keep the importance we once gave to ourselves.

posted by pelagus on July 29, 2007 at 8:33 PM | link to this | reply

Antonioioioioioio

We call that Curtains for Kitty? Another dandy sonnet my friend............................

posted by WileyJohn on July 29, 2007 at 8:11 PM | link to this | reply

I agree with Troosha.

posted by afzal50 on July 29, 2007 at 7:04 PM | link to this | reply

Hi Troosha - that's right - thanks for reading!

posted by Antonionioni on July 29, 2007 at 3:56 PM | link to this | reply

Hello Durbs - thanks a lot mate!

The inspiration was the old quarter of the French city of Lyon - or Lyons as it's sometimes spelled! I have seen lions now and then in England - but safely behind fences!

posted by Antonionioni on July 29, 2007 at 3:55 PM | link to this | reply

Thanks Proc - sorry to hear it's been on your mind.

It hasn't been on mine any more than  normal...! I just decided to do a poem about an old lion! This was because my daughter is staying with a family in France, and visited Vieux Lyon - 'Old Lyon' - the old part of the city of Lyon. That inspired me to this!!

posted by Antonionioni on July 29, 2007 at 3:52 PM | link to this | reply

Tony

Even the grandest of animals must one day make their curtain call....

posted by Troosha on July 29, 2007 at 2:44 PM | link to this | reply

Did u see a lion in England?Perhaps the zoo-wonderful from Lion's viewpoint

I think your sonnnets are so accesible, as I repeat myself, they are everyday topics not love or the Milton-Donne-Rilke religious sonnets. But delicious from the Italian chef's sonny sonnet menu. shalom and GOD EVENING/ thanks for reading durbs

posted by ILLUMINATI8 on July 29, 2007 at 2:16 PM | link to this | reply

very good poem but quite sad. Ive been thinking of this alot lately.

the passing of time,power,decay and age.

posted by proc on July 29, 2007 at 2:12 PM | link to this | reply

Cheers, Enigio!!

posted by Antonionioni on July 29, 2007 at 2:10 PM | link to this | reply

Hi Notapoet - many thanks, mate - yes, I don't know how accurate this is

but I suspect the end isn't especially an enjoyable time particularly in hierarchical societies in the animal kingdom. And the ways of animals are often surprisingly similar to our own...

posted by Antonionioni on July 29, 2007 at 2:10 PM | link to this | reply

Mary - you always spell my name wrong - but I like how you do it!!

posted by Antonionioni on July 29, 2007 at 2:07 PM | link to this | reply

Hi Mary - great pic. The poor fellow needs a pillow! But I'm not going to

give him one!

posted by Antonionioni on July 29, 2007 at 2:06 PM | link to this | reply

Antonio

Yes, even the "King of the Jungle," must grow old, and make room for the young...

posted by Enigmatic68 on July 29, 2007 at 1:55 PM | link to this | reply

The real lion king,

and the real sad fate, not Disney's happy ending, that faces him in the wild.  Sad, but true -- and another good one under your belt.

posted by notapoet on July 29, 2007 at 1:43 PM | link to this | reply

Antonio-yo-yo - I noticed I spelled your name wrong again.

  Oops!  Love this.  The colours are a really nice touch.  The language, the rhymes, the play on words, all of it well done!  I'll master this someday! 

posted by FoliageGold on July 29, 2007 at 12:48 PM | link to this | reply

Antonion-yo-yo

posted by FoliageGold on July 29, 2007 at 12:44 PM | link to this | reply