tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post3268277184106418669..comments2023-11-05T04:15:44.564-08:00Comments on Robert Frost's Banjo: "Filling Station"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-42742390557007159802009-08-10T11:31:48.679-07:002009-08-10T11:31:48.679-07:00Hi Sandra:
I'm up & more or less a part o...Hi Sandra:<br /><br />I'm up & more or less a part of the world today! I think Bishop is a poet you'd like a lot--you may already know her work, but she's someone I'd strongly recommend.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-70723098880350098632009-08-08T21:14:58.917-07:002009-08-08T21:14:58.917-07:00Filling station. Heh. They used to be called "...Filling station. Heh. They used to be called "service stations" too, before that became so obviously oxymoronic.<br /><br />I look forward to reading those essays - thanks for the guidance.Sandra Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052047359365369942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-34637937868324586972009-08-08T14:22:32.105-07:002009-08-08T14:22:32.105-07:00Hi Karen:
Yes, she was a tremendous poet!Hi Karen:<br /><br />Yes, she was a tremendous poet!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-26445914469772637582009-08-08T14:19:13.820-07:002009-08-08T14:19:13.820-07:00...and I love Elizabeth Bishop. Thanks for remindi......and I love Elizabeth Bishop. Thanks for reminding me of the reason.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-42198478926081183202009-08-08T14:13:48.701-07:002009-08-08T14:13:48.701-07:00Hi Reya & Alan & Jenean:
Reya: That's...Hi Reya & Alan & Jenean:<br /><br />Reya: That's true about "filling stations." My dad always called them that. Glad you liked this Bishop poem.<br /><br />Alan: I think you'll really like Ms Bishop's poetry. There's probably a far amount online. I also have a couple of hers on much earlier RFBanjo installments.<br /><br />Jenean: Travel was different in those days. I too remember the days before the omnipresence of interstates, tho I was admittedly quite young. Some of my earliest memories involved the construction of I-91 fairly close to our house. In fact, my folks sold some property for the highway.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-83706479688128703162009-08-08T12:19:48.616-07:002009-08-08T12:19:48.616-07:00great verse - i, too, have not read bishop so it w...great verse - i, too, have not read bishop so it was especially a rare treat - and a poem on "filling stations" - who would have thought? i have many memories of my family's road trips when i was a child and the many many stops at "filling stations" - where we always went inside to get a candy bar, and stopped by the front door to pick a cold drink from a big red drink cooler with the maze-like steel runners inside through which you slid your drink to get it out of the machine - oh, and most of them also had a little meat/cheese market in the back where you could get your heart's desire in hogshead cheese, bologna and huge chunks of cheddar cheese - and don't forget to grab a big loaf of white bread and crackers to go with the bologna and cheese! well, i digress - but your poem sent me straight back to 1950 something on route 66!!!GYPSYWOMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-74013337494426746852009-08-08T09:30:17.494-07:002009-08-08T09:30:17.494-07:00That is a fine poem John. I have never read Elizab...That is a fine poem John. I have never read Elizabeth Bishop before and therefore I will be following up on your suggestions for further reading. I look forward to your weekly poem, it's a great way to widen my poetical knowledge.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-73135237942883617812009-08-08T07:17:54.509-07:002009-08-08T07:17:54.509-07:00I don't think anyone calls them "filling ...I don't think anyone calls them "filling stations" anymore, do you?<br /><br />Love the word portrait. Beautiful.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.com