tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post3755719622511313549..comments2023-11-05T04:15:44.564-08:00Comments on Robert Frost's Banjo: Union Pacific #8Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-48062557791670430642010-08-06T15:55:45.784-07:002010-08-06T15:55:45.784-07:00Hi Karen: Thanks--there seems to be no escaping th...Hi Karen: Thanks--there seems to be no escaping the fact that the UP Poems, for the time being at least, are taking a sad tack.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-25435356476954318322010-08-06T15:38:03.366-07:002010-08-06T15:38:03.366-07:00Wonderful, John, but sad at the same time.Wonderful, John, but sad at the same time.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-37074793405970717212010-08-06T14:43:11.869-07:002010-08-06T14:43:11.869-07:00Hi HKatz: I often lose my breath reading my own po...Hi HKatz: I often lose my breath reading my own poetry! So it goes. The "Say goodbye" lines are complicated in my own imagination--glad to hear they worked for you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-75814284344783879082010-08-06T13:06:49.956-07:002010-08-06T13:06:49.956-07:00nickel chrome guitar inside it my
...<i>nickel chrome guitar inside it my<br /> lungs white fragile scarred &<br />shattering in ice the sky will shatter</i><br /><br />I paused to take a breath after reading these lines, almost to check as if my own lungs weren't frozen.<br /><br />The repetition of 'say goodbye' I also found effective - not just as a train rhythm, but something that suggests a voice growing quieter and more breathless with each repetition.HKatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653570160517335758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-26221252295469043602010-08-05T11:39:20.237-07:002010-08-05T11:39:20.237-07:00Hi Tony & K: Thanks--glad you both liked this....Hi Tony & K: Thanks--glad you both liked this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-13053935190818725872010-08-05T09:08:25.019-07:002010-08-05T09:08:25.019-07:00Love the Ginsburg/Kerouac cadence!Love the Ginsburg/Kerouac cadence!K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-12340501264362839892010-08-05T07:34:44.651-07:002010-08-05T07:34:44.651-07:00I hear Wheezing as the journey unfolds! Vivid Word...I hear Wheezing as the journey unfolds! Vivid Words & Images John.tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-87913386543654406002010-08-05T06:03:55.413-07:002010-08-05T06:03:55.413-07:00Hi Dominic: Well, thanks so much! Glad it worked....Hi Dominic: Well, thanks so much! Glad it worked.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-26695898976641013992010-08-05T04:47:14.522-07:002010-08-05T04:47:14.522-07:00Great! It kind of crescendos when you read it alou...Great! It kind of crescendos when you read it aloud. Gave me goosepimples.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.com