tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post2639746208385915131..comments2024-03-18T12:24:57.638-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: My Reward for Being, was this—Susan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-5408983657596329012023-07-06T16:06:38.156-07:002023-07-06T16:06:38.156-07:00A peerless explication, Susan. But, as always, a g...A peerless explication, Susan. But, as always, a great poet intends meaning at several levels. You have nailed the eternal, so I’ll try to muster the quotidian.<br /><br />An unpeerless interpretation:<br /><br />“My Reward for Being was this,<br />a premium, a bliss,<br />an Admiralty, minus <br />an Mrs. degree.<br />I’m left penniless,<br />with rubbish kingdoms. <br /><br />“When I’m offered ordinary titles <br />like "Me—Miss—Me",<br />I’ll unroll my prenup for heaven,<br />with Thee (Wadsworth)!<br />That should be sufficient pedigree;<br />creation is powerless <br />to equal my title of grace; <br />an empire is too little, mere dust, <br />to dower the Queen of Calvary”<br /><br />(That is, Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco).”<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-34725230034163971902015-02-07T06:46:35.336-08:002015-02-07T06:46:35.336-08:00Yes -- especially remarkable since her voice and s...Yes -- especially remarkable since her voice and style were so different from what was popular and considered good in her day.Susan Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-49846011581435468462015-02-07T05:19:38.920-08:002015-02-07T05:19:38.920-08:00What amazes me is she is so sure not only of her p...What amazes me is she is so sure not only of her poetic gift but even without publishing in her lifetime she knew her poems would endure many lifetimes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com