tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post618615691392512435..comments2024-03-28T14:04:54.557-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: Without this — there is nought —Susan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-45570740083548467162023-09-27T16:32:19.437-07:002023-09-27T16:32:19.437-07:00Stanza 1 reminds me of I Chronicles 1:1 with “this...Stanza 1 reminds me of I Chronicles 1:1 with “this” = “charity”: <br /><br />“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.”<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-90610056186013301562023-09-27T15:24:16.815-07:002023-09-27T15:24:16.815-07:00Yes, ED knows she’s a poetic genius and would magn...Yes, ED knows she’s a poetic genius and would magnify her gratitude to God (or to the gods) if there were a way to subdivide her heart. Without her poetic gift all other “Riches” would be like a bird twittering beside a roaring ocean.<br /><br />ED loves riddles and just “For Ecstasy — of it” gives us a pronoun, “this”, to puzzle over and also to avoid saying literally, “Without my poetic genius — there is nought —”<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-3261295573448170752023-08-10T19:23:09.371-07:002023-08-10T19:23:09.371-07:00Just after writing the above comment I told my 11 ...Just after writing the above comment I told my 11 year old that she should count her smiles while watching Modern Family to see how many she averaged per episode. She said, "counting my smiles defeats the purpose of smiles." This seemed in keeping with this poem. d scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08242682202760522439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-51565869959322105442023-08-10T19:11:56.097-07:002023-08-10T19:11:56.097-07:00I'm so intrigued by these kinds of poems, by t...I'm so intrigued by these kinds of poems, by that "This". This golden "whole". I think you are onto something by connecting this "this" to poetry. THIS, as in this that I am writing and you are reading. (poetry seems too small a word, a kind of subdivision).There are other poems I seem to recall that are self-referential in this way. <br /><br />It is helpful to connect that this to the solid gold bars of the previous poem, F455. And also the connection to circumference is very good here. The ball! The whole circumference thing has long intrigued me too. <br /><br />But the crux of this poems seems to be in the riddle presented in the last stanza. why would gratitude grow if this whole could be subdivided?<br /><br />The only thing I can figure is tha trying to grasp the "whole" is a kind of impossible task, one that keeps you yearning, striving, and doesn't allow for gratitude. To be content with and accept the "partial" is to be grateful for it. Otherwise you are always feeling somehow incomplete and it is difficult to be grateful in that state? There's the rub, and this rub drives the poetry itself. And moreover is beyond all other riches. d scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08242682202760522439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-81756169056798746062023-05-28T05:27:25.549-07:002023-05-28T05:27:25.549-07:00I like Your Fractal Art design by G. Haitsma ©️I like Your Fractal Art design by G. Haitsma ©️Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-26858751502238089382020-06-04T13:54:12.572-07:002020-06-04T13:54:12.572-07:00that's sadthat's sadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-26592620395171056622019-04-21T14:33:34.938-07:002019-04-21T14:33:34.938-07:00wthwthAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06395889265418248391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-30790757912671662382013-06-23T07:28:27.072-07:002013-06-23T07:28:27.072-07:00Thanks, Scott. I loved my time in New Zealand. Our...Thanks, Scott. I loved my time in New Zealand. Our visas ran out or we'd still be there (the Chch earthquake didn't help either as our house had to come down). The Baxter review was my favourite, I think, for I had never read Baxter before. Needless to say I bought the collected works. I had a yummy time with that in hand as I read The Snake-Headed Muse. Baxter would be a great blog project!Susan Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-76776975868438654822013-06-23T05:20:11.988-07:002013-06-23T05:20:11.988-07:00Great idea for a blog! I enjoyed your review on th...Great idea for a blog! I enjoyed your review on the book on Baxter and classical myth; did you enjoy your time in New Zealand? <br /><br />ScottAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com