tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post760961849883505775..comments2023-11-05T04:15:44.564-08:00Comments on Robert Frost's Banjo: Union Pacific #9Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-19515833464707563162010-08-13T06:27:08.895-07:002010-08-13T06:27:08.895-07:00Hi Willow: Thanks! So glad you liked it.Hi Willow: Thanks! So glad you liked it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-75090714914562769892010-08-13T05:14:21.431-07:002010-08-13T05:14:21.431-07:00I like the broken, fragmented vastness of this one...I like the broken, fragmented vastness of this one, John. Beautiful.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-53248040631491777082010-08-12T17:19:32.897-07:002010-08-12T17:19:32.897-07:00Hi HKatz: Thanks for that--it's interesting th...Hi HKatz: Thanks for that--it's interesting that both you & Audrey pointed to the ending, because I had misgivings about that. Eberle also liked the ending. I guess it must be ok! Thanks again!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-70431545366345956952010-08-12T15:50:25.885-07:002010-08-12T15:50:25.885-07:00distance between constellations
I could hold that ...<i>distance between constellations<br />I could hold that in my hands</i><br />I love that - and the idea of star fragments and small stones on the same scale. Also loved the otherworldliness in general - as in the opening lines.HKatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653570160517335758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-60591896568762796492010-08-12T09:44:42.678-07:002010-08-12T09:44:42.678-07:00Hi Kat, Audrey & Alan
Kat: Thanks! Of course...Hi Kat, Audrey & Alan<br /><br />Kat: Thanks! Of course, the narrator in all these poems is in a car (headlights, windshield, fm radio, etc) but the Union Pacific trains make an appearance in several. & "Union Pacific" is kind of a "keyword." Love "dismati," btw!<br /><br />Audrey: Thanks! & extra special thanks for posting this on FB!<br /><br />Alan: Many thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-6221862412289386322010-08-12T08:04:51.459-07:002010-08-12T08:04:51.459-07:00Also, like when you are on a train watching the la...Also, like when you are on a train watching the landscape go by, images come in self-contained little packages, strung out along the way.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-39274515020960987792010-08-12T07:03:08.659-07:002010-08-12T07:03:08.659-07:00Another poignant reflection on movement and the pa...Another poignant reflection on movement and the passage of time. Love the last lines!<br /><br />(Kat, hilarious "dismati" definition!)Professor Bilgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814324979749733906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-72699294155351396312010-08-12T05:41:35.188-07:002010-08-12T05:41:35.188-07:00This is really cool because when you read it aloud...This is really cool because when you read it aloud you get that train-along-the-tracks feeling and it's so emotional with its ups and downs and jigs and jags. <br />More! More!<br /><br />Kat<br /><br />word verification is "dismati" (a very sad rice, I'm told)Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.com