tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post2929038589299583478..comments2023-11-05T04:15:44.564-08:00Comments on Robert Frost's Banjo: A Few More Foldout Postcard Sonnets - 6/8Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-329573515845225272009-06-09T13:36:27.357-07:002009-06-09T13:36:27.357-07:00Hi Sandra:
Not to worry, I didn't take it as ...Hi Sandra:<br /><br />Not to worry, I didn't take it as critical-- having been in the poebiz MFA wars I think I know "critical" when I see it! When I said "rough" in response, I didn't mean in terms of technique etc. but more in terms of "where the poems were coming from."<br /><br />All the readers here--definitely yourself included-- are amazingly supportive, they really are!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-27397551300714416462009-06-09T08:27:12.424-07:002009-06-09T08:27:12.424-07:00Oh, no, John. I wasn't intending to be critica...Oh, no, John. I wasn't intending to be critical - I meant quite literally that the poem sounded like a fevered dream with all its attendant symptoms. Sorry if I mis-typed (and/or misinterpreted).Sandra Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052047359365369942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-74989522821097362372009-06-09T07:05:15.232-07:002009-06-09T07:05:15.232-07:00Hi Karen:
& thanks! Marlowe=alter ego+Hi Karen:<br /><br />& thanks! Marlowe=alter ego+Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-56289914394784327332009-06-09T02:51:52.875-07:002009-06-09T02:51:52.875-07:00Ooh! This is dreamy and gritty at the same time. G...Ooh! This is dreamy and gritty at the same time. Great similes, certainly unexpected. I haven't read back far enough to know Marlowe, so I need to look back to see who he is. I have a feeling he's the cat? the dog? your alter-ego? Whoever/whatever he is, he's<br />"like a cigarette butt with hepatitis B" and that's enough to know!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-16283716286765303592009-06-08T20:02:56.381-07:002009-06-08T20:02:56.381-07:00Hi Sandra:
I know what you mean about the poched ...Hi Sandra:<br /><br />I know what you mean about the poched eggs! Yes, some of that sonnet sequence are a bit rough. That was a difficult time in many ways. Thanks for giving it a read.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-91480106263373096262009-06-08T19:50:55.928-07:002009-06-08T19:50:55.928-07:00Not ignoring you here, John - just reading and rea...Not ignoring you here, John - just reading and reading, thinking and thinking. Fevered dreams, chills, nostalgia, difficulty breathing, light-headedness - altogether a very uncomfortable poem, if I'm reading it correctly. The poached-egg-in-the-toaster image is almost <i>too</i> vivid!Sandra Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052047359365369942noreply@blogger.com