tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post25651514548505219..comments2023-11-05T04:15:44.564-08:00Comments on Robert Frost's Banjo: “The River Humber”Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-42088038826174954822009-03-22T03:57:00.000-07:002009-03-22T03:57:00.000-07:00Good choice. Sometime since I read any Stevie Smit...Good choice. Sometime since I read any Stevie Smith, and so time I put that right. Not easy, choosing a weekly poem, but they are very much appreciated. Thanks for that one.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-111545146451515422009-03-22T02:17:00.000-07:002009-03-22T02:17:00.000-07:00Thanks for posting this poem: I didn't know it. I'...Thanks for posting this poem: I didn't know it. I've never paid much attention to the Humber, even though it's not too far from here. I now feel moved to go and have a look at it.<BR/><BR/>Thank you, too, for following my blog.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-78552622056086027442009-03-21T17:27:00.000-07:002009-03-21T17:27:00.000-07:00Hi JT's Tale: Always good to see you, late or earl...Hi JT's Tale: Always good to see you, late or early. I'll be stopping by your place in the near future to give a good listen to the latest video. Really looking forward to that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-8815880786693161862009-03-21T17:12:00.000-07:002009-03-21T17:12:00.000-07:00I am late to your party again. I enjoyed this as w...I am late to your party again. I enjoyed this as well as the equinox below. Thanks for the updates!?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01992276117548193938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-29259894415361277102009-03-21T17:07:00.000-07:002009-03-21T17:07:00.000-07:00Thanks Reya!Thanks Reya!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-51926070683173445792009-03-21T17:04:00.000-07:002009-03-21T17:04:00.000-07:00Oh yeah, you and Eberle nailed this one! Bravo!!Oh yeah, you and Eberle nailed this one! Bravo!!Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-54540474489448643012009-03-21T15:17:00.000-07:002009-03-21T15:17:00.000-07:00Hi TFE:Yeats & MacGowan is a sort of "wow...Hi TFE:<BR/><BR/>Yeats & MacGowan is a sort of "wow" combination; that sounds intriguing.<BR/><BR/>Long story short on my old poetry (as well as the half dozen or so from last year): A fair swath of it was published in totally obscure & now-defunct journals, but never in book form. The good news: I have serious plans for self-publishing thru lulu.com later this spring (am hoping by May). The collection I've put together has a generous selection of the San Francisco (& newer poems) & a few of the old Charlottesville ones I thought fit. I'd like to also self-publish a collection of the Charlottesville ones separately, probably in 2010. The collection will be called "The Days of Wine & Roses" after my poem of the same name; right now it's being proofread in preparation for getting it done thru lulu. I'll certainly post more on RFB as things become a bit more "real." Thanks a lot for looking those poems over-- it is much appreciated.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-6774129676517878982009-03-21T15:02:00.000-07:002009-03-21T15:02:00.000-07:00Hey John ,I'm goin off track here playing catch-up...Hey John ,I'm goin off track here playing catch-up but I'm enjoying some of your old poetry and was wondering if it was ever published in book form?Also I have a recording of Yeats on a CD called'Now and in time to be'with himself sounding very old and grand reciting inishfree and many other artists using his words ,like the cranberries ,Shane MacGowan (with my favourite'An Irish airman forsees his death')World party,The Waterboys,Christy Moore and others.It's from '97 on the Grapevine label(GRACD219)Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-63632217074088555072009-03-21T15:00:00.000-07:002009-03-21T15:00:00.000-07:00Hi K:That is a really good point-- she not only de...Hi K:<BR/><BR/>That is a really good point-- she not only deploys them, but even stresses them by making them rhyming words. She's an extremely interesting writer from so many perspectives.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-58328387275414280382009-03-21T14:42:00.000-07:002009-03-21T14:42:00.000-07:00I'm intrigued by her success in deploying polysyll...I'm intrigued by her success in deploying polysyllabic and Latinate words in the service of simplicity. One doesn't see that often.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-52358551094954362272009-03-21T14:35:00.000-07:002009-03-21T14:35:00.000-07:00I must correct myself. It seems she may have ment...I must correct myself. It seems she may have mentioned Stevie Smith, but it is in fact, Elizabeth Smart of whom she wrote. I don't want to mislead anyone.<BR/><BR/>In any case, I thoroughly enjoyed the Smith poem and will be looking out for her work.<BR/><BR/>KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-52036616693822854052009-03-21T14:34:00.000-07:002009-03-21T14:34:00.000-07:00Hi Kat:Yes, I thought about you when I posted this...Hi Kat:<BR/><BR/>Yes, I thought about you when I posted this-- I think you'd really like Stevie Smith. Her work is pretty widely available I believe. Glad you liked it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-58811289861636575552009-03-21T14:31:00.000-07:002009-03-21T14:31:00.000-07:00I'm going to have to keep an eye out for some Stev...I'm going to have to keep an eye out for some Stevie Smith books. When I was in 1st year University, my professor, Rosemary Sullivan mentioned her. In fact, I believe she went on to write a highly acclaimed book about her.<BR/>Ogden Nash meets Thomas Hardy - sounds like someone whose work I could really get into.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this post.<BR/><BR/>KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-39971020704644793992009-03-21T11:44:00.000-07:002009-03-21T11:44:00.000-07:00Thanks a lot Sandra-- your response of looking int...Thanks a lot Sandra-- your response of looking into things further means a lot to both Eberle & me. Glad you enjoyed this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-13271210654635307452009-03-21T09:44:00.000-07:002009-03-21T09:44:00.000-07:00What a comfortable river. After I read "The River...What a comfortable river. After I read "The River Humber", I - 1. looked up Humber River (there are three of them, but I presume Smith was writing about the one in England) 2. looked up a biography of Stevie Smith, and 3. Went to Poemhunter.com and checked out the list of 30 Smith poems they provide. I clicked on "Deeply Morbid" (because who could resist?) and read that. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad you post poems, because they always send me off on delightful journeys.Sandra Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052047359365369942noreply@blogger.com