Jole of Ling

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Dave Bonta

erasure of a page from Samuel Pepys' diary

[In the morning I drank at the Sun,
at the Swan in Fish Street,
at our Goal Feast,
at our Jole of Ling,
and after a good cup of ale I shot a scholar.
I drank at the burial of a young bookseller,
drank to his going.]


Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 20 January 1659/60.

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4 Responses to Jole of Ling

  1. mostly quiet irregular reader says:
    January 21, 2013 at 4:34 pm

    seems to me that erasure poetry would make a great small group activity…everybody starts with the same material. Maybe alcoholic beverages could be involved.

  2. Alison Wright says:
    January 25, 2013 at 7:46 pm

    What is a ‘jole of Ling’? Having the same problem with Pepys.

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