You forget, doctor, that madmen have great strength

[sovay]

My poem "Men Who Aren't Crazy" has been accepted by The Cascadia Subduction Zone. It was directly inspired by Tod Browning's Dracula (1931) and the performances of Helen Chandler and Dwight Frye as Mina and Renfield. The title comes from one of Renfield's best lines, as he wanders through a parlor scene ("The doctor's pet loony is loose again!") to kibitz a strategic vampire-hunting exchange between Van Helsing and Harker: "Isn't this a strange conversation for men who aren't crazy?" As a person with some medical excitement lately, I think I can sympathize with the characters even more now than when I wrote the poem.

[edit] gwynnega informs me that this poem was accepted just in time for Dwight Frye's hundred-and-seventeenth birthday. February 22, 1899. I am delighted.

Comments

[yhlee]

Yay poem!

[sovay]

Yay poem!

Thank you!

[gwynnega]

Congratulations! I look forward to reading the poem. Incidentally, today is Dwight Frye's birthday.

[sovay]

Congratulations! I look forward to reading the poem.

Thank you!

Incidentally, today is Dwight Frye's birthday.

I had no idea! How apropros. I'll amend the post.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

As a person with some medical excitement lately, I think I can sympathize with the characters even more now than when I wrote the poem.

Same here. Congratulations and also hugs.

[sovay]

Congratulations and also hugs.

Thank you.

*hugs*