Down the serpent spun Down down Into murky waters. Once glorious, now artifact Once dragon, now wyrm. It had soared the night air Glided, twirled, dove, alighted A reflection of the sun. But now it sits in the sea below. Fare thee well, O Dragon There will be none to replace you Except man, And his endless machinations His cursed abominations. … Blessed are we to pine for what has been. But nations respond not to qualms of twine. A new age sets new life beyond thought fin Bask in the joy of others not of mine.
Daffodil O daffodil Won’t you laugh a lil Daffodil O daffodil Won’t you give a trill Daffodil O daffodil Sunspots and hard pill What became of thrill Daffodil O daffodil The work is a mill It bothers me nill For you are my quill Daffodil O daffodil I have will To drop ill For my fill Of all we’ll Twill
Creative responses involving original poetry are such a gift. Thank you! Your choice of flower reminds me of that line from Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.” If that was an intentional allusion, it was a great one, as Wordsworth is suggesting that Nature’s beauty-particularly that of daffodils dancing in a field-makes him actively happy: “A poet could not but be gay, / In such a jocund company” (ll.15-16). Director Shawn Levy, and star Ryan Reynolds, definitely want their audience to laugh a lot, to be “gay” in the archaic sense (though I can imagine Reynolds punning on this word for yet another laugh, given the chance); they want us to be bothered “nil” [not at all] and instead “thrill[ed].” By “drop[ping] ill” for your “fill,” are you intimating the entertainment we can gain from troubling material-when we allow ourselves that freedom? And . . . what do you mean by “twill”? I assume this is not a sartorial reference?
@@diginthedirt How fun! I had a lot of thoughts from writing this poem, but I feel it would take annoyingly wrong to read... I'll do bullet points - I was not alluding to "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," (dang it!) but I was going for a flower that communicates blind joy and happiness. - You are correct, I do feel Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds want their audience to laugh and be "gay" in the archaic sense - from Shawn Levy's perspective, I believe it is his wish for the audience to connect with the artistic vision he had, and in that sense, to drop feelings of troubling material for a more meaningful experience with Deadpool & Wolverine - Twill is a sartorial reference. I was thinking of the final outcome striven for by producers: the fine suit on stage accepting an award/honor among a cheering crowd. - now flip the perspective around. The speaker is no longer the producer, or star Ryan Reynolds, ... it is someone like you or I, who would be upset at a shift of an established story or character. Given a fulfilling and final ending, only to be brought back in a comedic and daffodil fashion. - This new perspective is about nostalgia, where I would reminisce on the days of old, the good memories I had from a completed story. - "to drop ill for my fill" is now a desire to go back to what once was - twill denotes a woven fabric, and that makes me think of an experience that has become a part of me, that has been woven into me. For you this might be the wolverine films of old. And so it feels sad, like something has been lost, and can no longer be knit further. - "what became of thrill"? For what I once held is no longer there. There are some more thoughts, but not as specific to your video. Cheers!
Down the serpent spun
Down down
Into murky waters.
Once glorious, now artifact
Once dragon, now wyrm.
It had soared the night air
Glided, twirled, dove, alighted
A reflection of the sun.
But now it sits in the sea below.
Fare thee well, O Dragon
There will be none to replace you
Except man,
And his endless machinations
His cursed abominations.
…
Blessed are we to pine for what has been.
But nations respond not to qualms of twine.
A new age sets new life beyond thought fin
Bask in the joy of others not of mine.
Daffodil O daffodil
Won’t you laugh a lil
Daffodil O daffodil
Won’t you give a trill
Daffodil O daffodil
Sunspots and hard pill
What became of thrill
Daffodil O daffodil
The work is a mill
It bothers me nill
For you are my quill
Daffodil O daffodil
I have will
To drop ill
For my fill
Of all we’ll
Twill
Creative responses involving original poetry are such a gift. Thank you! Your choice of flower reminds me of that line from Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.” If that was an intentional allusion, it was a great one, as Wordsworth is suggesting that Nature’s beauty-particularly that of daffodils dancing in a field-makes him actively happy: “A poet could not but be gay, / In such a jocund company” (ll.15-16). Director Shawn Levy, and star Ryan Reynolds, definitely want their audience to laugh a lot, to be “gay” in the archaic sense (though I can imagine Reynolds punning on this word for yet another laugh, given the chance); they want us to be bothered “nil” [not at all] and instead “thrill[ed].”
By “drop[ping] ill” for your “fill,” are you intimating the entertainment we can gain from troubling material-when we allow ourselves that freedom?
And . . . what do you mean by “twill”? I assume this is not a sartorial reference?
@@diginthedirt How fun! I had a lot of thoughts from writing this poem, but I feel it would take annoyingly wrong to read... I'll do bullet points
- I was not alluding to "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," (dang it!) but I was going for a flower that communicates blind joy and happiness.
- You are correct, I do feel Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds want their audience to laugh and be "gay" in the archaic sense
- from Shawn Levy's perspective, I believe it is his wish for the audience to connect with the artistic vision he had, and in that sense, to drop feelings of troubling material for a more meaningful experience with Deadpool & Wolverine
- Twill is a sartorial reference. I was thinking of the final outcome striven for by producers: the fine suit on stage accepting an award/honor among a cheering crowd.
- now flip the perspective around. The speaker is no longer the producer, or star Ryan Reynolds, ... it is someone like you or I, who would be upset at a shift of an established story or character. Given a fulfilling and final ending, only to be brought back in a comedic and daffodil fashion.
- This new perspective is about nostalgia, where I would reminisce on the days of old, the good memories I had from a completed story.
- "to drop ill for my fill" is now a desire to go back to what once was
- twill denotes a woven fabric, and that makes me think of an experience that has become a part of me, that has been woven into me. For you this might be the wolverine films of old. And so it feels sad, like something has been lost, and can no longer be knit further.
- "what became of thrill"? For what I once held is no longer there.
There are some more thoughts, but not as specific to your video.
Cheers!
@@austintepe3228 Thanks, Austin!!