tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536632601144343589.post4044678673335476210..comments2023-10-21T17:15:44.508+01:00Comments on logophilia: Random jottingsLogophilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09822880147540261566noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536632601144343589.post-37207534232817889292008-02-19T23:57:00.000+00:002008-02-19T23:57:00.000+00:00Orchidus, Preeta's recommendations are fanastic if...Orchidus, Preeta's recommendations are fanastic if you fancy diving into any new poets. <BR/><BR/>Preets, I love being reminded of poems I love and poets I really should read (rather shamefully I've never read e.e. cummings!)<BR/><BR/>Marilyn K, I've read very good things about Odd Thomas. Koontz's isn't an author I've read yet.Logophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09822880147540261566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536632601144343589.post-54313363029864683792008-02-18T17:47:00.000+00:002008-02-18T17:47:00.000+00:00Ack I am retarded. The Jack Gilbert poem is calle...Ack I am retarded. The Jack Gilbert poem is called "The Forgotten Dialect of The Heart" -- I don't think my link worked.<BR/><BR/>-- PreetaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536632601144343589.post-17102302521024235552008-02-18T17:46:00.000+00:002008-02-18T17:46:00.000+00:00For the person who asked for Seamus Heaney recomme...For the person who asked for Seamus Heaney recommendations: my very favourites are "Perch," "Punishment," and "Mid-term Break." I just checked and they are all online.<BR/><BR/>I love Yeats, too (The Song of Wandering Aengus might just be my my favourite poem ever, if there is such a thing) and the other modernists (Eliot and Auden in particular -- I love "As I Walked Out One Evening" by Auden and could read it every day). And e.e. cummings though he is such a divisive poet and maybe many people here are going to hate me for saying I love him.<BR/><BR/>I love Eavan Boland too, and Paul Muldoon most of the time. And contemporary American poets: Sharon Olds, and Nancy Willard, who is a contemporary poet possibly not so well-known in the UK, but god I love her work. And Jack Gilbert, especially this poem:<BR/><BR/>http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/Jack-Gilbert/7071<BR/><BR/>Poetry when it's good is just so very, very good, isn't it? But when it's bad it's a million times worse than bad fiction. It makes me literally cringe, even when I'm all alone. It deeply embarrasses me in a way fiction never does, no matter how bad.<BR/><BR/>-- PreetaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536632601144343589.post-22160542066242757352008-02-18T15:11:00.000+00:002008-02-18T15:11:00.000+00:00Hello!Marianne Moore is good. Try Dean Koontz's bo...Hello!<BR/><BR/>Marianne Moore is good. Try Dean Koontz's books. Especially Odd Thomas. Gentle horror. Very warm. :)<BR/><BR/>Marilyn KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536632601144343589.post-7320408609940767472008-02-17T07:08:00.000+00:002008-02-17T07:08:00.000+00:00Hahaha. I have to agree with you that note. I usua...Hahaha. I have to agree with you that note. I usually read Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and Shakespeare. But, with literature class introducing new-to-me poets, I have to say I am starting to like some of John Keats' and Dylan Thomas' poems. I have yet to read a few of the poets you have mentioned, namely Seamus Heaney and Eavan Boland. Any recommendations on which poems to start with?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536632601144343589.post-86272076848189430762008-02-16T21:10:00.000+00:002008-02-16T21:10:00.000+00:00Juliet, know what you mean about losing time in th...Juliet, know what you mean about losing time in the poetry archive! It never ceases to delight me...<BR/><BR/>Orchidus, I'd be with you on the Romantics to an extent - I love Coleridge, but I'm not so hot on Byron...it's so hard to pin down a favourite poet, but I'd have to say Seamus Heaney, Eavan Boland, Patrick Kavanagh, Yeats, Emily Dickinson, Shakespeare, Milton and John Donne are all up there for me (can you tell I'm terrible at picking just one favourite?!). How about you? Any particular favourites?Logophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09822880147540261566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536632601144343589.post-9133236574905745992008-02-16T19:01:00.000+00:002008-02-16T19:01:00.000+00:00Marianne Moore... I have to say that I think I hav...Marianne Moore... I have to say that I think I have heard her name somewhere. Do you any works she is known for?<BR/><BR/>I love poetry. I usually lean towards the Romanticists because of their ability to use imagery to explore a theme. How about you? Any favorite poets? :]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536632601144343589.post-53400520785431194092008-02-15T20:39:00.000+00:002008-02-15T20:39:00.000+00:00Agree entirely about the Poetry Archive. It's wond...Agree entirely about the Poetry Archive. It's wonderful - I don't go there anything like enough, but when I do, it spells disaster for my day's work plans!Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536632601144343589.post-48853408770525104622008-02-14T20:19:00.000+00:002008-02-14T20:19:00.000+00:00Preeta, welcome! I need some more Peter Carey in m...Preeta, welcome! I need some more Peter Carey in my life...I also can't wait to read your own book!! So exciting!! <BR/><BR/>Stefanie, I love a personal recommendation so your comment makes me want to read her even more!Logophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09822880147540261566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536632601144343589.post-55748633748818879942008-02-14T13:53:00.000+00:002008-02-14T13:53:00.000+00:00I love when something like this happens. Marianne ...I love when something like this happens. Marianne Moore is wonderful.Stefaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943596258182968212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536632601144343589.post-35603406949244165492008-02-13T21:36:00.000+00:002008-02-13T21:36:00.000+00:00Catherine! I followed you here from AKR's Treataw...Catherine! I followed you here from AKR's Treataweek blog. So cool that you are doing this, not just making a commitment to read so much this year, but to keep a record of what you read....<BR/><BR/>I am trying to read Peter Carey's entire oeuvre. He is so scarily GOOD.<BR/><BR/>xo<BR/>PreetaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com