tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post7714462189829841485..comments2023-11-05T04:15:44.564-08:00Comments on Robert Frost's Banjo: All the Poetry News that’s Fit to Print!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-51455615382938662412010-03-03T04:38:35.199-08:002010-03-03T04:38:35.199-08:00Hi Mouse & Karen
Mouse: I bet you'd write...Hi Mouse & Karen<br /><br />Mouse: I bet you'd write fantastic poetry; but whether you do or not, I'm always happy to have you reading my poems!<br /><br />Karen: Gosh, I know the Virginia landscape affected me & found its way into the poems. But whether the poems reflect C'ville in the mid 80s as experienced by anyone other than yours truly is a tough question! Thanks for the kind words.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-43474554804291663712010-03-03T04:31:13.473-08:002010-03-03T04:31:13.473-08:00You are absolutely on a creative roll! Congratulat...You are absolutely on a creative roll! Congratulations on your journey, John-Jack Hayes!<br /><br />As a person with connections to C'ville, I'm hopeful that those poems will reflect something of the region and the times.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-29661379629645158192010-03-02T18:37:12.497-08:002010-03-02T18:37:12.497-08:00hmmmmm i wonder if i can writing poetry after a 2...hmmmmm i wonder if i can writing poetry after a 25 year hiatus!! ah, maybe I'll stick to reading it....<br /><br />congrats on the volumes! you are an inspiration johnmouse (aka kimy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09385557065971602436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-50687831194946788712010-03-02T13:05:31.667-08:002010-03-02T13:05:31.667-08:00Hi Jacqueline: Thanks! But as I mentioned to Kat,...Hi Jacqueline: Thanks! But as I mentioned to Kat, the Virginia poems have been looking for homes somewhere other than defunct mags & my hard drive for many years!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-17462574169354597952010-03-02T11:56:33.219-08:002010-03-02T11:56:33.219-08:00You prolific son of a gun.You prolific son of a gun.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-22080131852740289082010-03-02T04:12:23.681-08:002010-03-02T04:12:23.681-08:00Hi Kat & Subby
Kat: I wasn't sure when I&...Hi Kat & Subby<br /><br />Kat: I wasn't sure when I'd be done with the new manuscript, but I reached a point where I felt quite strongly that I was done, & saw no need to wait around to get it in book form. Once you're used to lulu, the process is pretty painless. & of course the Charlottesville poems have been waiting for book publication for 25 years & more. I actually put the manuscript together when I first worked on The Days of Wine & Roses a year ago; & when I published Spring Ghazals, I figured "no time like the present" for the C'ville poems! It makes me very happy that you've ordered them. & you are a legitimate poet--Eberle & I both are happy to help you along the way.<br /><br />Subby: Chaucer! Good man! I adore Chaucer's writing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-39660250241291242032010-03-01T19:20:08.003-08:002010-03-01T19:20:08.003-08:00John, the length of the poem doesn't bother me...John, the length of the poem doesn't bother me ( never does, really ). Chaucer...now <i>he</i> wrote long!<br /><br />@Eberle, I've some of the older translations of Hugo ( from 1883 )but the bulk is of English/American poetry...but to get lost in a book :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-55414802976501126062010-03-01T17:39:23.118-08:002010-03-01T17:39:23.118-08:00Thank you so much for all that you and Eberle are ...Thank you so much for all that you and Eberle are doing to spotlight my work and help me to believe in myself as a legitimate poet.<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-36170172026143207582010-03-01T17:37:14.991-08:002010-03-01T17:37:14.991-08:00John, I didn't know there were more books on t...John, I didn't know there were more books on the horizon. I've ordered them both. It was easy, since all my details were there on lulu already.<br /><br />I'm excited! I can't wait to find them in my door again.<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-91579784454985230462010-03-01T15:58:25.593-08:002010-03-01T15:58:25.593-08:00Hi Subby & Eberle
Subby: There not all as lon...Hi Subby & Eberle<br /><br />Subby: There not all as long as "Zone"! Odd thing is that the two longest poems are the first & third poems in the book. Next week's is "Mirabeau Bridge" & that's a beautiful lyric piece.<br /><br />Eberle: Thanks--& you know how I feel about it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-75442105464511872452010-03-01T13:47:59.582-08:002010-03-01T13:47:59.582-08:00Dearest John,
well, you know how I feel about your...Dearest John,<br />well, you know how I feel about your poetry - ever since the 80s it's been a spirit that created its own place at the heart of my own creative life - even when we weren't in touch and even when you'd stopped writing. Your poetic spirit is such a true one (in the Catholic sense: unique, unrepeatable, immortal)- it has a face I recognize (eyes closed) with complete immediacy. I make up worlds all the time, and I can't imagine making one up without the voice of your poetry in it. The publication of your books, especially the latest one because it records your new journey into writing, has been thrilling to me- in spite of the difficulties you've encountered on this journey. And thanks for your sweet mention of ME. How delightful.Eberlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06523773865788173026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-19771628348425495732010-03-01T13:21:45.505-08:002010-03-01T13:21:45.505-08:00Dear Subby,
how lovely to hear that you are a nine...Dear Subby,<br />how lovely to hear that you are a nineteenth century reader - I was quite obsessed with Hugo for a number of years- (actually through doing a private study of French surrealists with a Hugo scholar!) even when I started reading primarily women authors of the nineteenth century, Hugo was a secret vice. I also feel guilty at times about being so drawn to novels of the past - I did have a stint that took me adventurously into writers between the wars - but now I've settled back in to where I began.Eberlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06523773865788173026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-76485687331214000662010-03-01T11:59:45.897-08:002010-03-01T11:59:45.897-08:00I should come out of the 19th century, I know...th...I should come out of the 19th century, I know...there's just so much I want to read and understand, as far as later( new ) poetry...<i>Alcool</i> looks promising in that. The only French authors under my readings are Hugo and Balzac( mainly ). This Apollinaire I will give a more indepth read anon ( tho' I did persue some of it )...<br /><br />And many congrats on the other book, sir :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com