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Finally I like one: two actual meanings that are worth a badge for achievement, even if not the grand prize for excellence.
ReplyDeleteYet another haiku?
ReplyDeleteYep, this makes four in a row!
Advice for a piercing move, a penetrating
"Sports Finale" (a grand one indeed!)
Fencing trivia:
Fancy a divine lunge-thrust?
Try a Balestra!
~ OMK
Finales can be hard to present,
ReplyDeleteWe want the story to end with a bang!
A whimper, the audience will resent,
There's no hook for memory to hang!
It must be fancy, not a mild ghost.
And loud, with a twist none can divine!
Someone should lunge, someone riposte,
And a line to be worthy of trivia time!
Either book or play, these rules persist.
The last impression defines your brand.
A big climax that no one can resist,
Everyone will remember the whole as grand!
"Courtship"
ReplyDeleteNancy was not very fancy
so finding a suitor was chancy.
But she still attended a dance
where she lunged into a romance.
Her new partner was kind and fine,
not trivial, but almost divine.
And the courtship's grand finale
was a honeymoon on a galley.
Looks like Owen and I are on the same track, thematically.
ReplyDeleteHis search for a big bang finale is answered--at least in one Olympic sport--by my little haiku.
You can't get a fancier finish in fencing than the flying "B." Errol Flynn and Robert Taylor swore by those!
Misty takes us on a fresh bent with a finale worthy of her courting couple. Nancy's partner seems nearly a godlike gent. He has chosen an unusual but probably healthy type of honeymoon.
Maybe they get to ride on the poop. But if below decks, let's hope they get to choose their own time shift on the oars!
~ OMK
Well, I would much rather have had them take their honeymoon on a Princess Cruise Line (I watch "The Love Boat" faithfully every Sunday evening) rather than on a galley. But what can you do when you had to find a rhyme for 'finale'? At least I didn't have them take their honeymoon in an alley.
ReplyDeleteFun Fencing verse this morning, Ol' Man Keith, although it's hard to imagine that a lunge-thrust could be divine. But what do I know--I'm not a fencer--or a censor, or a dancer, or a ..... never mind.
Owen, if the theater organizers follow your strong advice, they will put on a fantastic performance! Wish I could attend!
ReplyDeleteAlthough I captained our collegiate fencing team, Misty, I was never very good at it. In part, this is because I was always looking for an opening that would permit me to do the balestra.
ReplyDelete(The link above takes you to a silhouette of the completed move.)
All fencers look to score with a final thrust.
If the opponent is at distance, you will need a forward lunge to plant your thrust.
Ah, but if your opponent is even farther away, you may need to literally leap (fly!) into your lunge & then thrust!
That, dear Misty, is the beautiful balestra.
Stage combat and Hollywood make swordsmanship look awesome.
In real life, it only looks handsome when the duelists are not very good.
If they are both hot and on top of their game, the matches will look silly—because they defend well and force each other to stick their blades in front & just wiggle their points in search of a split-second opening.
~ OMK
My goodness, Ol' Man Keith, you almost make me feel that I should consider taking up fencing. I had to look up 'balestra,' which turns out to have a variety of possible meanings. But the relevant one here appears to be "a type of forward step, usually followed by a lunge." Here I go again, learning something new from you--man thanks, as always, I love these experiences.
ReplyDeleteYes, and the reason I said it is a leap is that the “forward step” is usually a kind of dance pattern.
ReplyDeleteThe leading foot is planted ahead with the rear foot coming up to it. You’re bending that knee, lifting the forward foot and pushing off by suddenly straightening the rear leg in a kicking action.
~ OMK