Comments on: Nothing (In four parts)

By: Rahul Pradhan

Rahul Pradhan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:03 +0000

man… do u knw where can I find the complete text of “Jack”???

By: Vaibhav

Vaibhav — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:23:54 +0000

VC passed away on the 10th… got a message from the Alumni Cell (I presume)

By: Murthy

Murthy — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:43:05 +0000

Oh, and Stephanians in this ghost town, did you hear? HoJo passed away last week. Sad.

By: Murthy

Murthy — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:40:12 +0000

I never did get the hang of Manu Chao. Maybe another listen is due.

The thing is, I don’t really listen to song lyrics, but I like to have the option. People singing in Spanish tend to lose me at the “Nachos, por favor!”.

By: mincat

mincat — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:18:56 +0000

what about manu chao! 4 languages at last count.

By: Han

Han — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:08:31 +0000

Tell you what. I’m no poet, but this is my take: If you really want to come up with a poem, you need to feel sincerely and relatively strongly about something, and then try and fall into a rhythm of some kind. It is best to avoid attempting a stilted or archaic form, or any kind of parody. It’s important not only to see the poem, but also hear it in recited your head. Sometimes the sounds of words and phrases themselves suggest ideas, as opposed to the other way round.

By: Murthy

Murthy — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:41:59 +0000

Hey, I didn’t say I wasn’t into poetry either. I’m just not very good at coming up with it.

Maybe it’s unfair to call all of it rubbish (there was the occasional Frost). Ah well, to each his own.
Oh, and I don’t even consider clever rhymes actual poetry.

Thanks Perakath!

By: Han

Han — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:02:04 +0000

ICSE and ISC poems were brilliant. There’s more to verse than clever rhymes.

By: Perakath

Perakath — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:16:53 +0000

What a delightful post! I haven’t thought of ‘Jack’ in years!

By: JC

JC — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:39:18 +0000

Hey I didn’t say I wasn’t into poetry – just that it’s tough to really get into. And that too when you’ve done CBSE at school – we had even crappier poetry.