This Poem was Submitted By: Mark Andrew Hislop On Date: 2004-05-27 19:13:37 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Song of Praise

Commend, commend, do not, condemned, commend Commend-condemned, I am condemned, condemned Condemned, I do commend, I do commend Condemned I am: commended, I’m condemned. Condemn, condemn, condemn and you commend Condemn commend, and you commend condemn Commended or condemned, condemn commend: He hurts me most who lavishly commends.
Copyright © May 2004 Mark Andrew Hislop

Additional Notes:
With apologies to Charles Churchill.

This Poem was Critiqued By: Regis L Chapman On Date: 2004-06-02 19:30:05
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
I haven't read (or even heard of) Charles Churchill until I read this work- I will have to look into it a bit. Thanks for that. It's an odd poem, that's for sure. I have never seen one which spent so much time on only 2 words. Clearly everything rhymes with everything else, making this the single most excessively rhyming poem I have ever read! There are internal, line-ending and everything in between! Heh. On the flip side of my levity about this, it seems a serious subject, but the paradoxical negatives are quite a head full, and for me make this poem a bit confusing, even upon successive reads. The poem itself is also an antidote to any critique I might make, so I have been careful to be as neutral as possible in my estimation of it to avoid offending. Thanks, REEG!

This Poem was Critiqued By: Sandra J Kelley On Date: 2004-05-28 20:06:35
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.69565
Mark, the poem by its nature forces the reader to slow down and really read it because of the comend condemned repitions-good point in the last line if someone just comends it is like damning with faint praise. In that regard-it is a little hard to read aloud-I start stumbling over the words rather quickly. I did like it though it is clever. Sandra
This Poem was Critiqued By: marilyn terwilleger On Date: 2004-05-28 15:56:51
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.50000
Hi Mark, I must commend you for the multiple use of the word commend, condemn, commended,etc but I won't be lavish about it! When I read poetry I try to get inside the mind of the poet so I can feel the words with him/her but I must admit I got lost in this one. However, I can't dismiss this piece entirely or I would not be commenting on it! Maybe your intent was to keep the reader out of your mind. I always enjoy reading your work...the other night I read one of your poems and intended to comment on it the next day but it had already slipped off into cyber space somewhere. I do remember that it made me a little sad when I read it. Hope you are well and I will e-mail you when 'The sonnet' surfaces in my conjested mind once again. I hope you are not screaming at the thought!! Peace....Marilyn
This Poem was Critiqued By: Rachel F. Spinoza On Date: 2004-05-28 10:22:07
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.87879
He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone. The Rosciad. -Charles Churchill Song of Praise Commend, commend, then i must not comment I am condemned, condemned to silence then Condemned, I do commend, I MUST commend ’m most condemned. Commended or condemned, condemn commend: He hurts me most who will not take deserved commend
This Poem was Critiqued By: Thomas Edward Wright On Date: 2004-05-28 08:52:15
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.38462
I suspect that there is some reference here to his relationships within the literary community. Therein he was either loved or hated. Apparently. I have not the energy to unfold the many pleats of this sheet. However, I found the piece interesting in its construction, with many turns and reversals as you play with the two root-words. I commend you in your commendable condemnation of the commendor. I think. tew.
This Poem was Critiqued By: Nancy Anne Korb On Date: 2004-05-27 22:59:01
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.50000
Very singsong, but I'm sorry..I must condemn! The metre is there, but where is the meat?
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