Rob Graber

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Chicago's Where Their Friends (Plutonic Sonnets 157)

Posted Jul 16, 2010 · 14 lines · 1 critiques

Chicago’s where their friends thought they would wed,

But Glenn and Helen from the train stepped down

Far from the madding crowd, en route, instead

Into the very small Nevada town

Of Caliente, which, good as its name,

Was hot indeed; and dust was all around.

But as for marriage, the couple’s aim:

No one to make it legal could be found!

But Pioche, twenty-five miles up the road

(At length a local man named Ev advised),

Could boast a judge, so with the mailtruck’s load

They got delivered, and were legalized

As soon as Helen Griggs had watched her guy,

Glenn Seaborg, polish off his apple pie.

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5 years of membership
July 2010
17 Sat

Critiqued
"Illicit love" by @professor
""But they are always there; imagined friends of friends, busy with coincidence." So well said, and so painfully true to life."
17 Sat

Received a critique
on Chicago's Where Their Friends (Plutonic Sonnets 157) from @professor
"And where were you when all this was going on lol. So does apple pie consumption substitute for "I do" in Nevada? Made me smile anyway. All the best Keith"
17 Sat

Received a critique
on If a Mere Golf Ball (Plutonic Sonnets 156) from @professor
"Very clever my friend and I enjoyed your cerebral particle physics lol. Hope you are well. Best regards Keith"
16 Fri

Posted a poem
Chicago's Where Their Friends (Plutonic Sonnets 157)
"Chicago’s where their friends thought they would wed,"
Open thread 14 lines
15 Thu

Posted a poem
If a Mere Golf Ball (Plutonic Sonnets 156)
"If a mere golf ball represents the Sun"
Open thread 14 lines
03 Sat

Received a critique
on Assuming Pluto (Plutonic Sonnets 155) from @judyanne
"what does that make them? (just a little philosophical thought) as usual great write rob and if my ear is in - perfect iambic pentametre yet again love judy xxxx http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TwentyMyPre…"
June 2010
28 Mon

Posted a poem
Assuming Pluto (Plutonic Sonnets 155)
"Assuming Pluto to have been quite large"
Open thread 15 lines
25 Fri

Received a critique
on Oh Absent-Minded Kiss! (Plutonic Sonnets 154) from @judyanne
"flawless rhythm i believe and great lines - i love especially 'By same old roads that seem not twice the same' nominated and bookmarked love judy xxxx http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TwentyMyPrettyPonies.h…"
25 Fri

Posted a poem
Oh Absent-Minded Kiss! (Plutonic Sonnets 154)
"Oh absent-minded kiss! Is couple found,"
Open thread 14 lines
25 Fri

Received a critique
on Along with Sugar (Plutonic Sonnets 153) from @judyanne
"but now you're tricking me - 18 lines?????? (absolutely love the last 4 by the way) still smiling love judy xxxx http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TwentyMyPrettyPonies.html"
24 Thu

Received a critique
on Along with Sugar (Plutonic Sonnets 153) from @greeneyes
"lovely!"
22 Tue

Received a critique
on "When Nature Won't (Plutonic Sonnets 152) from @judyanne
"very funny write rob.... 'And what emerges once we drink the stuff, Is wholly natural...' love judy xxxx http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TwentyMyPrettyPonies.html"
19 Sat

Received a critique
on Lest It Be Thought (Plutonic Sonnets 151) from @judyanne
"i found another slipher (also spelt slifer) which was (is) a greek sky dragon - that brings the 'dawn of true power' thought that a bit of interesting useless information. picking out the feminine lines still - love the…"
08 Tue

Critiqued
"What God Told Me (In The Beginning)" by @judyanne
"Nice to see you in the Spotlight!"
May 2010
06 Thu

Critiqued
"Lest We Forget ~ The Spirit of the Anzac " by @Seren
""Their sacrifice was monument"--a very striking line in a moving tribute."
April 2010
26 Mon

Critiqued
"Earliest Memory " by @judyanne
"Any poem of approximately fourteen lines is likely to qualify as a "sonnet", depending on context. The meter need not even be iambic pentameter. Of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets, a handful are deviant in meter or rhyme sche…"
24 Sat

Critiqued
"Earliest Memory " by @judyanne
"I like the point, and the conclusion. I do however find stress awkward in several of the lines. Listen to Not wanting to what? I never have found. and now, to Not wanting to what? I have never found. Read it aloud. Hear…"
21 Wed

Critiqued
"another Sonnet to True Love" by @judyanne
"Yes, here in the USA too: I recently read a young lady's declaration that she so loves cold breakfast cereal with milk that she "could live off of it.""
21 Wed

Critiqued
"another Sonnet to True Love" by @judyanne
"I definitely consider this a sonnet--and a nicely done and amusing one indeed! The poet is a very quick study!"
07 Wed

Critiqued
"I know the blue" by @raskin
""Handed off to shadows," to live "apart" indeed: so are we all condemned--together! In this poem the lonely aspect of human reality has center stage; but is not the social aspect just "behind a curtain"?"
01 Thu

Posted a poem
enough with easter already
"so let me get this straight"
Open thread 14 lines
February 2010
18 Thu

Posted a poem
The Daisy Picker
"Sometimes I have feelings;"
Open thread 11 lines
11 Thu

Posted a poem
religion
"flapping in the wind"
Open thread 3 lines
02 Tue

Most-discussed work
Do Not Multiply Entities without Cause

21 critiques to date.
02 Tue

Posted a poem
Do Not Multiply Entities without Cause
"The gods,"
Open thread 4 lines
January 2010
28 Thu

Posted a poem
Which Chimps Eat Which Ants? (Found Poem: Nishida & Hiraiwa, 1982)
"The chimpanzees of Mahale"
Open thread 13 lines
21 Thu

Posted a poem
e-lovers
"at the keyboard"
Open thread 19 lines
17 Sun

Posted a poem
my own brain
"glowing on the screen"
Open thread 3 lines
December 2009
18 Fri

Posted a poem
forbidden fruits & veggies
"o why o why o why"
Open thread 15 lines
February 2009
24 Tue

Anniversary
One year of membership
February 2008
26 Tue

First critique offered
on "That Me" by @Snpdrgon
25 Mon

First publication
II. Before There Was Winter (since unpublished)
24 Sun

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 1 days later.

15 years of membership

10 years of membership

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"Illicit love" by @professor

on Chicago's Where Their Friends (Plutonic Sonnets 157) from @professor

on If a Mere Golf Ball (Plutonic Sonnets 156) from @professor

on Assuming Pluto (Plutonic Sonnets 155) from @judyanne

on Oh Absent-Minded Kiss! (Plutonic Sonnets 154) from @judyanne

on Along with Sugar (Plutonic Sonnets 153) from @judyanne

on Along with Sugar (Plutonic Sonnets 153) from @greeneyes

on "When Nature Won't (Plutonic Sonnets 152) from @judyanne

on Lest It Be Thought (Plutonic Sonnets 151) from @judyanne

"What God Told Me (In The Beginning)" by @judyanne

"Lest We Forget ~ The Spirit of the Anzac " by @Seren

"Earliest Memory " by @judyanne

"Earliest Memory " by @judyanne

"another Sonnet to True Love" by @judyanne

"another Sonnet to True Love" by @judyanne

"I know the blue" by @raskin

One year of membership

on "That Me" by @Snpdrgon

II. Before There Was Winter (since unpublished)

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