Some Random thoughts

1) I'm going to try an experiment over the next week. I will check my mail exactly once a day. Given the number of mails I get, I don't expect a calamity.

2)At the age of 9. one of my friends showed my his latest literary masterpiece, clearly inspired by Tom and Jerry-

"There was a cat

who lived in a flat

the cat saw a rat

hiding under a mat

the cat ran fast

to chase the rat

 the rat found a bat

with which he hit the cat

the cat fell flat"

Barring a brief dip in standards in line five( no doubt due to a bout of the infamous writer's block),  this was supreme stuff in my opinion. Six months later, my friends showed me his more recent work. It suffices to say that he had progressed from 'Cat in the flat' to 'Mouse in the house'.

No doubt these early influences have a role to play in the touch of silliness in my own poems.Sometimes, I lament my own inability to appreciate serious poetry. But given that most serious poems are supposedly depressing, perhaps it is as well that I can't appreciate them.

3) I recently heard  'Hey Mr Tambourine man' by Bob Dylan. I love the song, except for Dylan's nasal voice. I really wish someone else had sung it.