As any regular reader to this blog will realise, that the hashtag relates to Christopher Smart's long, strange and wonderful poem of the same name. I plan to tweet the entire poem, line by line, for as long as it takes.
I am doing this for a number of reasons.
The first is to encourage myself to tweet regularly so it doesn't get rusty and dusty.
The second is to see if any of the lines catches anyone's attention.
The third is to encourage me to read the poem slowly. In previous readings I have pretty much gulped my way through it to get to my favourite bits and rather missing others.
At the moment, I am still somewhere in Fragment A, an invocation of various Biblical names and animals beginning with the word 'let'. The corresponding 'for' sections are missing which means that some of the explanation is missing.
It's probably my least favourite part of the poem. However I have been pleased by the notion of the ape as the maker of variety and pleasantry, and the warrens of a rabbit as mazes for the devil to get lost in.
So, if you want something a little odd and occasionally thought provoking to look at, I recommend a little look at #Jubilateagno every now and then.
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