tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post1829771674708623382..comments2023-11-05T04:15:44.564-08:00Comments on Robert Frost's Banjo: NovemberAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-61564838267469020812010-11-11T08:24:43.008-08:002010-11-11T08:24:43.008-08:00Hi HKatz: Thanks so much. I'll admit I've...Hi HKatz: Thanks so much. I'll admit I've second guessed this poem. Eberle was kind enough to read it & give it an enthusiastic "two thumbs up," which helped, but I'm happy to see your response as well. I've been very much in a second guessing mode of late with all creative endeavors. Thanks again!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-2847226766759892342010-11-10T19:50:29.715-08:002010-11-10T19:50:29.715-08:00That repetition of "I have to keep moving&quo...That repetition of "I have to keep moving" that rises up among the details at the end - I loved that; it added a great urgency to the poem, and a sense that the person speaking can't actually move quickly enough ever.<br /><br />Also loved the image of the night as an automobile hood with constellations, and the contrast in the poem of power lines and highways with things that are more primordial like basalt cliffs and ancient seas and the Milky Way.HKatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653570160517335758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-59286897420930088212010-11-09T18:20:09.583-08:002010-11-09T18:20:09.583-08:00Hi TFE: Thanks so much!Hi TFE: Thanks so much!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-73776649643015549282010-11-09T17:36:04.912-08:002010-11-09T17:36:04.912-08:00Great stuff John!I just got a beat up old secondha...Great stuff John!I just got a beat up old secondhand book called ' The Beats' an anthology of beat writing. This could be taken right from it!Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-89009217802460720822010-11-09T08:40:46.892-08:002010-11-09T08:40:46.892-08:00Hi Kat: So glad you like it! I just wrote it this...Hi Kat: So glad you like it! I just wrote it this morning!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-91132325488207573982010-11-09T07:57:39.475-08:002010-11-09T07:57:39.475-08:00I know the automobile is present in this poem, but...I know the automobile is present in this poem, but I keep feeling the rhythm of a train. The repetitions and the motion and the way everything is flashing by. I really like this one, John.<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.com