I read that this poem is a Petrarchan sonnet, divided into an octave and a sestet, with a rhyme scheme of a-b-b-a-a-b-b-a-c-d-c-d-c-d.

How does one classify the work of UOG, or does it transcend earthly categorization?

He did do some nice rhyming work at my request in a past thread that I thought was quite good, especially where he broke free from that stricture in his delivery and let fly au naturale, with a sweeping visceral panache.

Thanks for the thread (csteele), it goes well with my red!

Dear Luciferase,

For the Petrarchan can I give you Voulez Vous, Super Trooper, The Visitors?

Pre-digital though.

Sorry, may I blame that on the red?

To classify UOG, mmm, on a bad day when form completely subsumes function...scat bordering on crimp.

On a good day when the reverse is true... Sublime.

Dear favfern,

To appreciate Hitchens and verse it is hard to go past this little snippet from a talk with Julian Morrow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J79iHBgb6FY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Forward to 2:00. I suspect the sound man may have been catholic.

Excellent interview clip, csteele! Hitchens at his irreverent best. Shame about the sound. It was OK until he got to the one about the Bishop of Birmingham.

Dear csteele,

I trust that you won't mind my mentioning another
name on your thread. It would be remiss of me not to,
seeing as we're mentioning other names.

It's - C.J. MORGAN.

C. J. Morgan - was a regular poster on
OLO. He passed away from pancreatic cancer -
a few months ago. C.J. always wished everyone
a "Happy Saturnalia," every year. (CJ was actually
born on Christmas Day) . I'm sure many would
remember him. I regard it as a privilege to have shared
cyberspace with him and count him as a friend.

Thinking of you C.J. and Missing You Heaps.

Lexi good on ya mate!
I miss him too.
We started as mates but it may not have been how he thought of me in the end.
This thread has me visiting and enjoying it every day.
I too welcome our new poster and thank csteele for it.
Not a shadow of this bloke little toe, but like he traveled the road from very far left.
To not far from the rights first fence.
A trip we make, most of us, in life as we grow.
CJM RIP.

Dear Lexi,

A perfectly appropriate mention in my book.

My own absences from the forum for extended periods has seen his passing slip by me so your post has served two purposes.

I did a quick review of his posting record and the number of [Deleted post}s and [Poster suspended]s I think would have had the Hitch nod approvingly.

I shall remember him on the occasion of my first suspension if and when it comes.