tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post1925501970466544355..comments2023-11-05T04:15:44.564-08:00Comments on Robert Frost's Banjo: "The Big Sleep"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-20040877031413275032009-03-09T15:09:00.000-07:002009-03-09T15:09:00.000-07:00Hi Reya: Thanks-- well it was me 14 years ago, &a...Hi Reya: Thanks-- well it was me 14 years ago, & I was both the same & a very different person then. I suppose my RFBanjo voice also speaks for some but not all sides of me now, too. Thanks a lot for the compliment-- it's extremely generous & gratifying.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-2751770639619647812009-03-09T15:03:00.000-07:002009-03-09T15:03:00.000-07:00Mama said there'd be days like this.Seriously, wer...Mama said there'd be days like this.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, were you channeling some film noir character when you wrote that? Your usual blog voice is completely unrelated.<BR/><BR/>Wow, you are so talented!!Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-12618073155363264792009-03-09T14:46:00.000-07:002009-03-09T14:46:00.000-07:00Thanks K: That is a fantastic film, & that'...Thanks K: That is a fantastic film, & that's right on about Faulkner's involvement. Of course, Chandler is just a great writer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-9123842083267657522009-03-09T14:37:00.000-07:002009-03-09T14:37:00.000-07:00I love "...bawling/zircon and Tanqueray..."William...I love "...bawling/zircon and Tanqueray..."<BR/><BR/>William Faulkner worked on the screenplay of the 1946 classic. Supposedly, the plot got so convoluted that Raymond Chandler himself who had committed one of the murders. I watched it once to see if that could be true, and there is an unattributed death.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-17884240718538065672009-03-09T12:40:00.000-07:002009-03-09T12:40:00.000-07:00Thanks Linda-- yes, a dark & lonely time in so...Thanks Linda-- yes, a dark & lonely time in some ways-- glad you liked the imagery!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-65503568134420811072009-03-09T12:31:00.000-07:002009-03-09T12:31:00.000-07:00Your poem seems a little lonely, a little dark, a...Your poem seems a little lonely, a little dark, and is so visual…like:<BR/>“smoldering amongst the stubbed Kents the 5:00 a.m.<BR/>sky was going to look like an immense<BR/>pack of Kents the cellophane ripped”<BR/>and:<BR/>“some of them looked like a roadside hot pink neon<BR/>lit motel 10 miles west of San Berdoo with its pine oil<BR/>reek & the cable TV buzzing killer bees swarming”<BR/><BR/>Heck, I’ve passed by that place in Fontana—just west of San Berdoo. :-) <BR/> <BR/>Very nice. I enjoyed reading it.Linda Pendletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04333787752335329007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-79553116170679788752009-03-09T11:42:00.000-07:002009-03-09T11:42:00.000-07:00Thanks Tony!Thanks Tony!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-66909372198403709142009-03-09T11:40:00.000-07:002009-03-09T11:40:00.000-07:00Poetry Noir!Poetry Noir!tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-80190720025094984672009-03-09T11:39:00.000-07:002009-03-09T11:39:00.000-07:00Hi Kat:Looking at the big picture, I've had a ...Hi Kat:<BR/><BR/>Looking at the big picture, I've had a happy life so far. There were certainly patches that were dark & a bit "too interesting." <BR/><BR/>Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-50068178591741687472009-03-09T11:05:00.000-07:002009-03-09T11:05:00.000-07:00You certainly have had an interesting life - one I...You certainly have had an interesting life - one I could only experience of vicariously, I'm sure. Which is one of the many reasons why I keep returning to your blog.<BR/><BR/>KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-22682319061171798172009-03-09T10:17:00.000-07:002009-03-09T10:17:00.000-07:00Thanks Kat: I wrote this (I think) about 14 years...Thanks Kat: I wrote this (I think) about 14 years ago, so I only have vague memories of the process, but usually I tinker with things after the "first rush" of creation. As with all of my poems, it's an amalgam of reading (also was reading a lot of William S. Burroughs at that time, & a lot of poetry, too, tho don't recall specifics on that), my personal life (both past & present) & various other snatches & images that intrude-- like late night walks thru Chinatown. During the mid 90s I always listened to music when I wrote poetry. I like "Woolfe meets Marlowe meets Harvey"!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-56935723138369138442009-03-09T10:12:00.000-07:002009-03-09T10:12:00.000-07:00Holy Mackerel! (It must be the fish references cre...Holy Mackerel! (It must be the fish references creeping in.)<BR/>I'd love to know how this hit you, or did you work on it - did it just spill out (as they sometimes do) or were you o-d'ing on Chandler and Hammett. What?<BR/>There's just so many words, line and phrases that I loved, but the first one that really got me was this:<BR/>"my heart on a frayed black tweed sleeve it hadn’t<BR/>slept for a slew of dog years"<BR/><BR/>I could see this as a song - I'm not sure who'd be singing it, but I definitely can hear a song in this.<BR/>It's Woolfe meets Marlowe meets Harvey.<BR/><BR/>I loved it!<BR/><BR/>I think what you were striving for was achieved - and more.<BR/><BR/>KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-53890186079212752122009-03-09T06:39:00.000-07:002009-03-09T06:39:00.000-07:00Hi Willow: Thanks for stopping by; I guess my poe...Hi Willow: Thanks for stopping by; I guess my poetry from the late 80s-mid 90s was pretty embued with darkness. Thanks for giving it a read.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-51637629404661643282009-03-09T06:15:00.000-07:002009-03-09T06:15:00.000-07:00This one's heavy, with it's stubbed Kents and flat...This one's heavy, with it's stubbed Kents and flat Fresca.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.com