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larryhammerYuletide reveals—I wrote something Keatsean for mme_hardy:
Her Hair a Glory, Like a Saint (3846 words)
Fandom: The Eve of St. Agnes - John Keats
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Porphyro (The Eve of St. Agnes)/Madeline (The Eve of St. Agnes), Porphyro (The Eve of St. Agnes) & Angela (The Eve of St. Agnes)
Characters: Porphyro (The Eve of St. Agnes), Madeline (The Eve of St. Agnes), Angela (The Eve of St. Agnes), Hildebrand (The Eve of St. Agnes), Original Male Character(s)
Additional Tags: Poetry, Sestina, Villanelle, Sonnet, Ballades, aubade, Plague, Courtship in cathedrals, Courtship through poems, Troubadour wannabe, Medieval University Student, with all that implies, Canon-Typical Poetry
Summary: Five poems Porphyro wrote to Madeline—including one that he failed to complete and, alas, then lost.
Backstory, including how Porphyro and Madeline met. The idea came from the recipient’s prompt giving free reign to be experimental, including the suggestion of a sonnet sequence. Well, no, not that, I thought on reading that, Porphyro’s too much a medieval university student for one of those. My first conception was a 5+1 story, but I’m not poet enough to write a full corona of 7 sonnets of Porphyro spiritualizing his desire for Madeline, and another plague poem would have given that thread too much weight. As it is, I am proud of the lockdown sestina.
I’m still compiling a post of recs, of which more anon. Speaking of which, are there any must-read standouts I should check out? I haven’t been reading the usual recommendation comms.
—L.
Subject quote from She’s the One, Bruce Springteen.
mme_hardy:Her Hair a Glory, Like a Saint (3846 words)
Fandom: The Eve of St. Agnes - John Keats
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Porphyro (The Eve of St. Agnes)/Madeline (The Eve of St. Agnes), Porphyro (The Eve of St. Agnes) & Angela (The Eve of St. Agnes)
Characters: Porphyro (The Eve of St. Agnes), Madeline (The Eve of St. Agnes), Angela (The Eve of St. Agnes), Hildebrand (The Eve of St. Agnes), Original Male Character(s)
Additional Tags: Poetry, Sestina, Villanelle, Sonnet, Ballades, aubade, Plague, Courtship in cathedrals, Courtship through poems, Troubadour wannabe, Medieval University Student, with all that implies, Canon-Typical Poetry
Summary: Five poems Porphyro wrote to Madeline—including one that he failed to complete and, alas, then lost.
Backstory, including how Porphyro and Madeline met. The idea came from the recipient’s prompt giving free reign to be experimental, including the suggestion of a sonnet sequence. Well, no, not that, I thought on reading that, Porphyro’s too much a medieval university student for one of those. My first conception was a 5+1 story, but I’m not poet enough to write a full corona of 7 sonnets of Porphyro spiritualizing his desire for Madeline, and another plague poem would have given that thread too much weight. As it is, I am proud of the lockdown sestina.
I’m still compiling a post of recs, of which more anon. Speaking of which, are there any must-read standouts I should check out? I haven’t been reading the usual recommendation comms.
—L.
Subject quote from She’s the One, Bruce Springteen.