tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post1282422823052215587..comments2024-03-27T11:02:20.107-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: The Day came slow — till Five o'clock —Susan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-23016614214243646582023-12-08T10:02:22.382-08:002023-12-08T10:02:22.382-08:00Aside from the culturally engrained, unquestioned ...Aside from the culturally engrained, unquestioned antisemitism, it’s nice to read a happy poem. Why ED was lolling in the orchard before 5:00 AM is her business, but summer mornings in Massachusetts can be irresistible.<br /><br />The sense of Stanza 2 stuns me; pure word magic:<br /><br />The night could not keep the East —<br />The Sunrise shook it off and <br />Packed it in a bag,<br />The Sun simply unrolled —<br /><br />Stanza 4 thanks the artistic creator of the morning for the privilege of watching the birth of the painting from the best seat in the auditorium, the Dickinson Orchard.<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-75276040469468120142023-10-12T13:28:33.193-07:002023-10-12T13:28:33.193-07:00For me the Jew line reads as complimentary. Perhap...For me the Jew line reads as complimentary. Perhaps it is true that given the stereotype you can't dissociate it from the idea of "acquisitiveness", but why should it be so? Isn't that stereotype itself problematic? Anyway, no negative judgement seems to be attached to it here, only "stupendous might".<br /><br />The musket fire line will stick with me. Thinking of the sunset as the sudden red of gunfire spilling from a gun is something.d scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08242682202760522439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-69966898523732735052015-06-12T08:21:46.287-07:002015-06-12T08:21:46.287-07:00I hadn't thought of the "jewel" asso...I hadn't thought of the "jewel" association. I think you're right. She probably intended the doubling, with the emphasis on the glittering jewels.Susan Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-73493444038064109482015-06-12T06:13:40.430-07:002015-06-12T06:13:40.430-07:00Being Jewish, whatever that means, and an unbridle...Being Jewish, whatever that means, and an unbridled lover of Ed, this image took me aback. I quickly made two associations, one Jew as short for Jewel and two, the Old Testament in which the garden has become this orchard packed with ripe apples waiting to be picked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com