Comments on: JAB A HOOK IN • by K.C. Ball http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:42:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sjhigbee http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-2004 sjhigbee Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:50:35 +0000 http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/#comment-2004 Very clever and witty - from an ardent fan of the original... Very clever and witty – from an ardent fan of the original…

]]> By: Jonathan Pinnock http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-2000 Jonathan Pinnock Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:17:26 +0000 http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/#comment-2000 Very clever, K.C. I love the original, and I always enjoy a good homage. Very clever, K.C. I love the original, and I always enjoy a good homage.

]]> By: K.C. Ball http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-1995 K.C. Ball Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:48:06 +0000 http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/#comment-1995 Sorry, Sharon. No mome raths -- just hooks and lines and sinkers. ;) Sorry, Sharon. No mome raths — just hooks and lines and sinkers. ;)

]]> By: rumjhum http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-1994 rumjhum Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:31:42 +0000 http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/#comment-1994 Lovely poem KC. Gave it a five, would have given more if allowed. Lovely poem KC. Gave it a five, would have given more if allowed.

]]> By: Amy Corbin http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-1992 Amy Corbin Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:39:36 +0000 http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/#comment-1992 Big smiles for K.C.'s "Jab a Hook In". Big smiles for K.C.’s “Jab a Hook In”.

]]> By: K.C. http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 K.C. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:10:30 +0000 http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/#comment-1991 Robin: It's one of my favorites, too. Think of it as homage, not sacrilege. ;) Robin: It’s one of my favorites, too. Think of it as homage, not sacrilege. ;)

]]> By: Kathleen Cassen Mickelson http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-1990 Kathleen Cassen Mickelson Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:26:37 +0000 http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/#comment-1990 What fun! I really enjoyed this. What fun! I really enjoyed this.

]]> By: Sharon http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-1989 Sharon Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:26:13 +0000 http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/#comment-1989 Very witty and clever...but no mome raths? Very witty and clever…but no mome raths?

]]> By: dj barber http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-1988 dj barber Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:33:04 +0000 http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/#comment-1988 Oh, too good, KC! --dj Oh, too good, KC!

–dj

]]> By: Roberta SchulbergGoro http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/comment-page-1/#comment-1987 Roberta SchulbergGoro Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:00:06 +0000 http://www.everydaypoets.com/jab-a-hook-in-by-kc-ball/#comment-1987 Good children's poem in the style of the English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (pseudonym Lewis Carroll), who usually wrote for girls because they were simple passive onlookers at the scene, could be thrown around, and could basically be ignored as protaganists. It probably brought calming relief from the hardness of his main occupation, mathematics. In the final paragraph he emphasizes the need for child readers to face reality: there is always another worm for bate; will there always be another you? Good children’s poem in the style of the English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (pseudonym Lewis Carroll), who usually wrote for girls because they were simple passive onlookers at the scene, could be thrown around, and could basically be ignored as protaganists. It probably brought calming relief from the hardness of his main occupation, mathematics. In the final paragraph he emphasizes the need for child readers to face reality: there is always another worm for bate; will there always be another you?

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