tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post8240135777224636027..comments2023-11-05T04:15:44.564-08:00Comments on Robert Frost's Banjo: “Domination of Black”Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-27626183490486336402009-02-02T14:23:00.000-08:002009-02-02T14:23:00.000-08:00Hi K:Geez, thanks-- I'll be by shortly. Sadly...Hi K:<BR/><BR/>Geez, thanks-- I'll be by shortly. Sadly, my "Great Gatsby" is in our old house (long story on storage issues still being resolved with our "new" house), so I might have to wait & check that until the snow dwindles a bit. <BR/><BR/>Glad you liked the poem.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-72248905892812901462009-02-02T14:14:00.000-08:002009-02-02T14:14:00.000-08:00Talk about chilling. I sure like poetry that gets ...Talk about chilling. I sure like poetry that gets at the profound in plain language.<BR/><BR/>Dig out your copy of <I>The Great Gatsby</I> and compare this poem to the Peacock Scene, the one where Gatsby reunites with Daisy during the party at his mansion. He gets her into his bedroom and starts pulling out and throwing around shirts of wildly varying colors. We LitCrit types liken his beg=havior to a peacock displaying for a prospective mate.<BR/><BR/>Drop by Citizen K. later today and pick up your Superior Scribbler award.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-5515797191717986002009-02-02T05:07:00.000-08:002009-02-02T05:07:00.000-08:00Thanks Willow:Glad you enjoyed this poem. I adore...Thanks Willow:<BR/><BR/>Glad you enjoyed this poem. I adore Stevens poetry-- overall, he may well have been the biggest poetic influence on me. I've kiddingly said that "Wallace Stevens' Banjo" might be a better reflection of my own aesthetics, but it just doesn't have the same ring. <BR/><BR/>I appreciated learning about the event from you & kimy, & I really like "The Gold Puppy."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-30799579904723444082009-02-02T04:42:00.000-08:002009-02-02T04:42:00.000-08:00Oh, I love this lovely, haunting poem. In fact, fu...Oh, I love this lovely, haunting poem. In fact, funny that you posted it, because I just read it in a book of Wallace Stevens poems I picked up from the library Friday! <BR/><BR/>I'm glad you participated in the poetry event.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.com