Trials and Tribulations IP

By Highhat

Tue, 22 Jan 2013
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30 comments
 

When Mr K was killed
We were far from thrilled
His trial was unprecedented
The verdict was not contended
His famous last words ‘like a dog’
Left the reader in the proverbial fog

Certificate U
Poem
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on
Quite tantalizing, Pia, as you've got it neat and compact, but I don't think I know the book (film?) it's about. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by celticman on
Mr K? last words 'like a dog'? Kafka? Don't know. Guessing. Who was it?

 

Submitted by rjnewlyn on
Yes, Kafka's The Trial. Excellent - I'm sure he would have been proud! Rob

 

Submitted by Highhat on
Hi Rhiannon- as Rob and Celtic guessed/knew it is Franz Kafka's The Trial (published 1925). Thanks for reading..and commenting ;)Pia

Submitted by Highhat on
You guessed right Celtic- thanks for stopping by. ;)Pia

Submitted by Highhat on
Thanks Rob- that was good of you to say. Most of his writings were published after he died- pity. ;)Pia

Submitted by alex_tomlin on
Makes a lot more sense than the actual book! A pithy and poetic summary - nice one.

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on
I think you did an excellent job with the IP. It's certainly not easy and I couldn't do it, so I take my hat off to you with this one Pia. Jenny.

 

Submitted by Highhat on
Thanks Alex- I did find the book interesting and a good read but didn't understand much of it until I read about the background for it and read about the author's life etc. ;)Pia

Submitted by Highhat on
Thank you for your kind comment Jenny. ;)Pia

Submitted by maggyvaneijk on
A powerful little poem that brought me back to reading The Trial. Like you I didn't "get" all of it but the overall power of the novel struck me.

 

Submitted by Highhat on
Hi Maggy- he was a very good writer dear Franz- thanks for reading. ;)Pia

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Packs quite a punch this poem, Pia;-) Cleverly written...which reminds me, I really must finish The Trial, one of these days. A bit above me, but I enjoy the challenge. Tina

 

Submitted by moonphish on
ashamed to admit i know very little about the work of Kafka but enjoyed your intriguing piece here :) - alvin

Submitted by MS on
Never read it, I'm presuming now I don't have to.

 

Submitted by Highhat on
Thanks for stopping by Tina- never could leave a book unread once I started. ;)Pia

Submitted by Highhat on
I'm glad you enjoyed Alvin.. ;)Pia

Submitted by Highhat on
MS-it's a classic but it's your choice whether you read it or not. Thanks for reading this- I'm not sure it is a limerick though- I don't think so. ;)Pia

Submitted by MS on
Well if anyone ever asks me if ive read it, im going to recite this one of yours.

 

Submitted by Highhat on
ha ha MS try that!

Submitted by Parson Thru on
I'm staring at an overflowing bookshelf that I have to tidy today and there's no Kafka. I'm reading as fast as I can and I haven't even started. I'll be dead soon! Great little poem, Pia. Shame I'm such an ignoramus. Should that be ous?

Parson Thru

Submitted by Highhat on
There's lots of books I haven't read PT- imagine reading all the books in the world- you'd have to live forever. I think it's ignoramus as you wrote. I'm just ignorant. ;)Pia

Submitted by MistakenMagic on
Ah, good old Kafka - I had a tutorial on him not so long ago ;-) Excellent poem, Pia! Magic xxx

 

Submitted by Highhat on
Thanks Magic..

Submitted by lavadis on
One of my favourite books and one which I often compare the current legal system to

 

Submitted by Highhat on
Yeps Lavadis system hasn't really changed for the better though I'd compare with the bureaucracy part of it- just as Kafka himself did as well. Thanks for reading this little missive. ;)Pia

Submitted by TVR on
Short and neat. Nice one, Pia. Trev

TVR

Submitted by Highhat on
Thanks again Trev. ;)Pia

Submitted by Denzella on
Hello Pia, Kafka is a name that I keep hearing about as Alan Bennett often mentions him in his writings. One day I might get round to reading him. In the meantime I have an instruction manual to finish. Gripping stuff! Moya The shape of your poem is as interesting as what it is saying. It seems like a Fibonacci sequence poem, is it?
 

Submitted by Highhat on
No it's not a Fib Moya but it looks like one at first glance- I haven't actually counted the syllables. There are a lot of books I read in my younger days that I wouldn't dream of reading now- I don't think I'd get through Kafka nowadays. Thanks for stopping by. ;)Pia