tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post6030583485242055166..comments2023-11-05T04:15:44.564-08:00Comments on Robert Frost's Banjo: “Contrasts”Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-43223395990600769942009-09-29T13:23:54.259-07:002009-09-29T13:23:54.259-07:00Hi Reya & Willow & Rose Marie & Lana &...Hi Reya & Willow & Rose Marie & Lana & Alan!<br /><br />Reya: That's true about WWI--I don't think it caused a shifting consciousness, but I think it created a focus for same. Glad you liked the poem.<br /><br />Willow: Thanks! Yes, do. There are quite a few translations of Cendrars available. I've always like Modigliani's work myself.<br /><br />Rose Marie: The "windows" line is really striking isn't it? Will swing by soon!<br /><br />Lana: My French was good enough--I haven't really done any of these translations since the mid 90s ("copyright" range notwithstanding). & when I was doing them I had both the Petit Larousse & a French-English Larousse right next to me at all times! These days my French is beyond rusty.<br /><br />Alan: I think Cendrars would be pleased to have his writing compared to roast potatoes--I sure would be! Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-67447480919851090012009-09-29T11:11:45.542-07:002009-09-29T11:11:45.542-07:00The great thing about this poem is the flow of ima...The great thing about this poem is the flow of imagery is neither pretentious nor is it over-complex. In a strange way it is digestible but also substantive. A bit like roast potatoes.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-77636327086530318522009-09-29T11:06:59.493-07:002009-09-29T11:06:59.493-07:00Impressed that your French is good enough for tran...Impressed that your French is good enough for translation! Unless, of course, it took 10 years to do it :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01531153783311434837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-39502395654782845072009-09-29T08:49:28.467-07:002009-09-29T08:49:28.467-07:00"The windows of my poetry are wide open ...&q..."The windows of my poetry are wide open ..."<br /><br />Indeed the poet's call - to be open, as so expressed in "Contrasts" - to experience with all sensibilities, all reason, all emotion and let the "contrasts" be known.<br /><br />"Today<br />Change of ownership<br />The Holy Spirit on sale in the smallest shops<br />I read with rapture swarms of calico<br />Of poppies<br />It’s only the pumice-stones of the Sorbonne which have never bloomed..."<br /><br />Certainly one grasps his offerings and feels his dismay.<br /><br />Stop by -Rose Marie Raccioppihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12327247225256540829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-57673934749050355572009-09-29T08:37:35.061-07:002009-09-29T08:37:35.061-07:00Wonderful poem. And I love the great Modigliani po...Wonderful poem. And I love the great Modigliani portrait, as well.<br /><br />Thanks for the introduction to Cendrars. I'll keep my eye out for his work.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-58766216127205851002009-09-29T07:08:52.123-07:002009-09-29T07:08:52.123-07:00Wow! This is so powerful. Thank you!
WWI was the ...Wow! This is so powerful. Thank you!<br /><br />WWI was the "great" war, it really was. Not great like good but great like huge, overwhelming, overarching. It changed everything.<br /><br />Thank you for this!Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.com