tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post3388536293294991193..comments2024-03-28T18:48:28.471-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: By a flower – By a letter –Susan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-32170434112478286522022-11-16T21:03:49.195-08:002022-11-16T21:03:49.195-08:00OOPS!~! In the confusion...... The paragraph ab...OOPS!~! In the confusion...... The paragraph above that begins "Our inclination..." should read,<br /><br />Our inclination is to read “fast” and “faster” as adverbs, as in quick and quicker, but the ED Lexicon reminds us they can also be adjectives, as in bound tight and bound tighter. Love is the rivet that binds two people together. ED’s concern is permanence of love, both here on Earth and “final” permanence in Heaven “above”.LarryBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-6885526323211654382022-11-15T17:02:19.947-08:002022-11-15T17:02:19.947-08:00Somehow, Paragraph 1 vanished during Copy/Paste. H...Somehow, Paragraph 1 vanished during Copy/Paste. Here it is: <br /><br />The ED Lexicon’s first definition of “nimble” is “agile …..; [fig.] thoughtful ……”. To my ear, three parallel phrases, “By a flower – By a letter – / By a thoughtful love – ” makes more sense and sounds better than “By a flower – By a letter –/ By an agile love – ”<br />Larry Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-23906772439637046892022-11-15T15:08:41.443-08:002022-11-15T15:08:41.443-08:00Our inclination is to read “fast” and “faster” as ...Our inclination is to read “fast” and “faster” as adjectives, as in quick and quicker, but the ED Lexicon reminds us they can also be adverbs, as in bound tight and bound tighter. ED’s concern is permanence of love, both here on Earth and “final” permanence in Heaven “above”.<br /><br />An “Anvil” is a heavy metal platform where a blacksmith shapes formless red-hot iron into useful shapes. It’s a perfect metaphor for the poet’s tiny writing table where she shaped formless words into fascinating poetry.<br /><br />Finally, a “Forge” is a blacksmith’s workshop, an apt metaphor for ED’s bedroom/office where she forged 1789 poems. The bane of her existence, especially early on, was her sister, Lavinia, her face smudged from tending fires, calling ED to come help in the kitchen. ED managed to broker a deal with her father that gave her mornings from 5 AM to noon off duty. His end of the bargain was to hire an Irish cook, over the objections of his wife.<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-56057927490813063992020-02-06T00:57:44.594-08:002020-02-06T00:57:44.594-08:00Superb reading of a complex little poem. Thank you...Superb reading of a complex little poem. Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08914565455708201878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-34431378491128429712017-01-15T20:17:21.244-08:002017-01-15T20:17:21.244-08:00I agree and I thank you for driving me to the dict...I agree and I thank you for driving me to the dictionary.<br />Susan Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-89881586959157899342017-01-15T19:19:37.567-08:002017-01-15T19:19:37.567-08:00You'll think I'm perseverating on speculat...You'll think I'm perseverating on speculation but I interpret the last two lines to mean that she will risk the flames of hell for a nimble love.mcjeepshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15354406129562154763noreply@blogger.com