Your turn to help me –
A special thanks goes to whoever can decipher the notes my dissertation adviser wrote on the margins of my poetry manuscript.
Her writing’s in blue ink. I figured out the “I’m not sure” part on the first margin note (and wrote it down in black ink), but can’t figure out the rest of the words –
All guesses’re appreciated –
Time for office hours?
And who doesn’t know “Twinkle twinkle little bat”?
Comment by Jasmin — July 10, 2007 @ 9:19 am
Wow .. this is a hard one.. i think it reads “i’m not sure what line indentations” for the first one… the second one i think has to do something about a “prisoner”? Good luck… I know I was of no help.
Comment by Daniela — July 10, 2007 @ 9:43 am
Italics not possessive … next? wept? nert? :)
Comment by Ivy — July 10, 2007 @ 12:49 pm
I think she’s writing poems on your poetry dissertation…
It’s brilliant, really:
1. I’m not sure love wash undershoo
2. I tools not perssimons wept
Comment by Summer — July 10, 2007 @ 1:33 pm
Daniela — I think it IS “indentations”! I thought it was “under”-something, which is why I got stuck — Thanks!!
Ivy — I think the “not possessive” part’s right — Thanks! But there are no itals on the page, so the first word must be something else… The note must be saying something about the “m’s” in the poem — I just don’t know what….
How I wonder what you are –
Comment by Siel — July 10, 2007 @ 5:15 pm
Siel – I’ve no idea what these say but the whole thing cracked me up and also reminded me that I’m curious why you don’t publish any of your poetry on the blog. I’m sure all your fans, including myself, would love to read it . . .
Comment by Chris O'Brien, BeerActivist — July 10, 2007 @ 7:42 pm
Ital
Not possessive
Typo?
SO: Ok. “M” is not possessive, so do not use “m’s” with the apostrophe?? Use Itals: my ms ????
Comment by Roger, Gone Green — July 10, 2007 @ 10:29 pm
Coming late to the party – but definitely “I’m not sure about line indentations.” The second one is still a mystery to me. Did you ever figure it out? The closest I could get is “M’s is not possessive, right?” Why is it a rule that comments must be scribbled?
Comment by erin — July 13, 2007 @ 4:56 pm