tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post3639760130270950065..comments2024-03-29T00:07:13.458-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: I had no Cause to be awake—Susan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-54003779386571388002024-02-09T17:05:17.114-08:002024-02-09T17:05:17.114-08:00An interpretation:
I had no Cause to be awake—
My...An interpretation:<br /><br />I had no Cause to be awake—<br />My Best [Poems—were] gone to sleep—<br />And Morn a new politeness took—<br />And failed to wake them up—<br />But [Morn] called the [other poems]—clear—<br />And passed their Curtains by—[.]<br />(Sweet Morning—when I oversleep—<br />Knock—Recollect—to Me— [what I was writing last night])<br /><br />I looked at Sunrise—Once—<br />And then I looked at [my Best poems, still sleeping]<br />And wishfulness in me arose—<br />For Circumstance the same [as theirs]—<br /><br />'Twas such an Ample Peace [I felt]—<br />[I] could not [resist] a Sigh —<br />'Twas Sabbath—with the Bells [reversed]— <br />'Twas Sunset—all the Day—[.]<br /><br />So choosing but a Gown—<br />And taking but a Prayer—<br />The Only Raiment I should need—<br />I struggled—and was [in Heaven]—<br /><br />In Heaven literally (suicide)? Or figuratively (peaceful satisfaction with her “Best” and wistful resolve to improve the rest)? My choice is peaceful satisfaction. <br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-63399508160176166712024-02-09T15:04:00.653-08:002024-02-09T15:04:00.653-08:00Reading this seemingly disjointed poem reminds me ...Reading this seemingly disjointed poem reminds me of Ophelia’s speech as she sank into insanity. Is that my limitations speaking? <br /><br />Previous ED poems sometimes seemed ravings on first read but then came clear with a good night’s sleep, or two. This one maybe not. Perhaps a witch recipe will help?:<br /><br />“Double, double toil and trouble;<br />Fire burn and caldron bubble.<br />Cool it with a baboon's blood,<br />Then the charm is firm and good.”<br /><br />We hope.<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-80794165556131185082023-01-30T19:53:00.669-08:002023-01-30T19:53:00.669-08:00👍👍Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-4888367280932893442023-01-21T11:25:49.742-08:002023-01-21T11:25:49.742-08:00I have been a reader of these master works since I...I have been a reader of these master works since I was 13, and have never found need to scrutinize her intent. However, I do enjoy reading others’ insights and sharing my own when the mood strikes me. I may be way off, but I think it’s perfectly safe and reasonable to discard the notion that this particular poem is anything but intensely and closely personal. I’m my estimation, this is absolutely the cry of sorrow and separation for a person whose empathy was crippling, and whose doubt and disbelief about spirit or “heaven” presented her with emotional and mental anguish so profound, the plain fact of death and loss overwhelmed her capacity to desire for anything but nothing. Finally. I think she was able to project that innate knowing of inexplicable and unbearable loss and use analogy and metaphor to apply similar themes in many of her poems. It’s the conscious mind’s howling query to the cruel and impersonal impertinence of death, in the context of not believing in “heaven” or ultimate reunion. It’s the pain one expresses when your “best” has died and you feel you truly will never see them again. For that person to be gone from the world and from your grasp can be utterly destabilizing and ruinous. And leaves this realm feeling moot. Why bother? Carrie Poggionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-24137748652118372712020-04-13T10:18:12.509-07:002020-04-13T10:18:12.509-07:00Susan, I can't add anything more. You have off...Susan, I can't add anything more. You have offered several plausible 'slants' and all are worthy of pondering. I also appreciate the reference to her reminder that she is not always the speaker. Be well! Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958946770839528626noreply@blogger.com