tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post2506575833126137530..comments2024-03-14T01:11:49.757-06:00Comments on chasing the long white cloud: On Stand of Trees (Poem)Tylerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08502527563795165435noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post-18501359383241224052009-10-16T12:29:50.110-06:002009-10-16T12:29:50.110-06:00Very good point, Luisa, an implied part of the def...Very good point, Luisa, an implied part of the definition (I'm working from <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neglect" rel="nofollow">this one</a>) that I <i>neglected</i> in my considerations yesterday. I'll keep interrogating, keep tinkering with my word choice until I either decide to stick with <i>neglect</i> or find a verb I like better. (Slighting? Avoiding? Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08502527563795165435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post-84540407835661836662009-10-16T11:13:09.784-06:002009-10-16T11:13:09.784-06:00That collaboration would be amazing. It might eve...That collaboration would be amazing. It might even supersede the OED CD-ROM on my Santa list.<br /><br />Though this is not part of the strict definition, "neglect" to me connotes something once tended, now abandoned (as opposed to procrastinating/avoiding dealing with).Luisa Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310698422276446909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post-82164497851283254942009-10-15T17:17:25.794-06:002009-10-15T17:17:25.794-06:00Working toward that, too. Maybe (like we toyed aro...Working toward that, too. Maybe (like we toyed around with before) I can get JKR to "officially" collaborate in the whole print thing, i.e. print the paintings with the poems.Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08502527563795165435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post-16407275500758493422009-10-15T17:00:35.963-06:002009-10-15T17:00:35.963-06:00.
We need to see this into print at some point..<br /><br />We need to see this into print at some point.Th.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post-76592316426508749402009-10-15T13:40:38.586-06:002009-10-15T13:40:38.586-06:00Thanks, Th. That's what I'm working toward...Thanks, Th. That's what I'm working toward with all this JKR business...Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08502527563795165435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post-40434393056735836192009-10-15T13:35:29.183-06:002009-10-15T13:35:29.183-06:00.
I haven't read any of the poetry posted thi....<br /><br />I haven't read any of the poetry posted this week (a shame because there's been a lot, all over) until this today and it is great, yes, but then I clicked on the image and holy crap, Tyler. You nailed this one. This is exactly was artistic response to art should be like.<br /><br />Well done.Th.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post-69470038289072156592009-10-15T13:10:03.640-06:002009-10-15T13:10:03.640-06:00Good questions all, Luisa. And you've hit on t...Good questions all, Luisa. And you've hit on the section---the word, really---that I've been interrogating most since I wrote it: neglecting.<br /><br />First off, you're right to doubt that I'm using this simply as an introduction. I took my ekphrastic cues from the sections in JKR's painting and tied that to my continuing efforts to engage with memory (personal and Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08502527563795165435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800938683262569469.post-65690442438558765202009-10-15T11:34:42.776-06:002009-10-15T11:34:42.776-06:00I can't believe I know you (however virtually)...I can't believe I know you (however virtually). <br /><br />This is the best yet of all your poems I've read. I could write a whole paper on the layers and layers of rich imagery.<br /><br />I have no problem with the last stanza, but the first throws me. Do you see it as merely an intro into the post-Edenic montage you've created? Somehow I doubt it. <br /><br />What does it Luisa Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310698422276446909noreply@blogger.com