tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post5110254102334486017..comments2023-11-05T04:15:44.564-08:00Comments on Robert Frost's Banjo: “The Door”Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-49177367134638770232009-11-05T19:34:52.228-08:002009-11-05T19:34:52.228-08:00Hi Sandra: Sorry I missed your comment! I've ...Hi Sandra: Sorry I missed your comment! I've been running a bit ragged the past couple of days. That's a good point about how people are oriented in the painting. Apollinaire's personal life was really complicated, & did involve one major disappointment in love.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-22539426634277086272009-11-04T16:23:55.781-08:002009-11-04T16:23:55.781-08:00Hi Mairi: & thanks. Apollinaire's poem is...Hi Mairi: & thanks. Apollinaire's poem is truly great. The mother's final sentence is a moment of the truest poetry.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-21018695382929465662009-11-04T12:18:38.641-08:002009-11-04T12:18:38.641-08:00What a sad, potent little paragraph. The emotional...What a sad, potent little paragraph. The emotional compression is wonderful. Thanks for sharing it.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11908332538776254864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-36383669869449128932009-11-03T22:37:30.041-08:002009-11-03T22:37:30.041-08:00What a lonely poem - lonely poet, it would seem - ...What a lonely poem - lonely poet, it would seem - and look at the painting. He seems to have many friends, yet nobody looks happy, and they all turn away from him.Sandra Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052047359365369942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-8254035838452952009-11-03T16:57:12.357-08:002009-11-03T16:57:12.357-08:00I pictured a heavy vintage revolving door. The dyi...I pictured a heavy vintage revolving door. The dying and dying again is the repetition of the door. Loved this, John, and the artwork, too. Thank you.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-15862475238998676462009-11-03T11:55:16.289-08:002009-11-03T11:55:16.289-08:00Hi Jeffscape & Kat
Jeffscape: Thanks--glad yo...Hi Jeffscape & Kat<br /><br />Jeffscape: Thanks--glad you liked it & thanks for stopping by. Took a look at Irreverent Irrelevance & liked what I saw; will be back for a longer visit.<br /><br />Kat: Je vous en prie! I like your idea of the porthole windows very much.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-86976787531578751062009-11-03T07:45:22.406-08:002009-11-03T07:45:22.406-08:00Lovely piece and painting. I was immediately put ...Lovely piece and painting. I was immediately put in mind of the film, "The Shining", for some reason—the hotel, the door, perhaps.<br />I also visualized on of those thick, round, glass windows circa the 40s or 50s in the door, rather like a porthole—the fish swimming past. Then I came to the "Diving Bell and the Butterfly" notion and circled back to the whole French experience. It really was quite amazing from such a short poem. Thanks, or should I say, "Merci"?Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-8493040988896796962009-11-03T07:01:53.248-08:002009-11-03T07:01:53.248-08:00I like it. Some hints of the industrialism found i...I like it. Some hints of the industrialism found in Neruda's stuff. Nice.JeffScapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190641629175438603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-41519463422951519162009-11-03T06:26:47.333-08:002009-11-03T06:26:47.333-08:00Hi Reya--& thanks!Hi Reya--& thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-70828160487598576252009-11-03T06:12:57.417-08:002009-11-03T06:12:57.417-08:00As always, your translation is potent yet elegant....As always, your translation is potent yet elegant. You have many talents, you do!Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.com