DD: Draft Dodger ? 10+ books of poetry; knew Philip Larkin from working with him in a library. Larksong... L5 and L6 would have been better served without the trappings of technology matching the tone of the rest of the poem IMHO.
Dante Alighieri
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literatu...ieri-biography
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ther...entle-thought/
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DD-Draft Dodger?
DA-Sweet poem. Love his Divine Comedy. Had some sense of humour. All his political enemies where put into the hell part of the poem.
Antonio Machado
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Machado
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-j...lacio/#content
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
DA: Haven't read The Divine Comedy yet... I slogged through The Inferno about 10-years ago. AM: Spanish poet. Tragic the loss of his young wife. A natural poet of place as he dedicates the poem to his friend.
Marjorie Fleming
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Fleming
http://www.poetryexplorer.net/poem.php?id=10060091
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
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DA- I think that The Inferno is the most interesting part of the Divine Comedy.
MF- Absolutely amazing. A child poet that reads adult poetry and has a very own sense of humour:'EPHIBOL ON MY DEAR LOVE ISABELLA "She and I in bed lie nice./And undisturbed by rats and mice;" A great pity she died so young.
Franēois Villon
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...rancois-villon
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ball...adies-of-yore/
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
FV: "perhaps the best-known French poet of the Middle Ages"... Perhaps a rogue, and companion of rogues, as well. I looked up his refrain in the poem you cited... "Where are the snows of yesteryear?" or: Why does life fade so quickly ?
Vittoria Colonna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittoria_Colonna
The following is a bit convoluted (in need of editing) and needs to be magnified (Ctrl +) but adds much information on her life, times, and poetry:
https://archive.org/stream/vittoriac...crich_djvu.txt
and a poem:
http://www.jimandellen.org/vcsonnets/vcsonnet85.html
... the preceding from Ellen Moody's marvelous pages: http://www.jimandellen.org/vcpoetry/vctitle.htm
... from the greater http://www.jimandellen.org/ellen/emhome.htm created by her husband Jim
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Just took a quick break on LitNet. Have to buy black ink for my printer. Reading about Victoria when I am back
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
There's a lot there... if rushed for time just read links 1 and 3... I was amazed at the work others had done.
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
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VC-Interesting historical figure, of political and religious influence, Friendship with Michelangelo. Beautiful pages! Read the poem but am going to come back to browse in the Archiv.
Charlotte Brontė
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...e-bronte#about
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/pleasure-2/
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
CB: Watched most of a movie the other day about the Brontė sisters that was interesting, albeit melodramatic. Only 38 or 39 years old when she passed on. I wasn't aware of her poetry at all. Her poem in an abab form using sight rhyme as well as perfect rhyme (a typo with yound instead of young) is very nice.
Bobby Long
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Long_(musician)
http://nodepression.com/article/bobb...s-his-humanity
tailor
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what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
BL-Noticed just now, that we were born on the same day (a difference of 32 years). Musician, likes poetry written in Spanish.
"I still come back here to remind myself,
that upon this ridge where the moss grows,
the moss is still growing."
Laxmi Prasad Devkota
http://xnepali.net/laxmi-prasad-devk...pali-mahakabi/
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewPoetry.asp?id=76848
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
LPD: The greatest poet of Nepal: "Nepali poetry soared to new heights with Devkota’s groundbreaking and innovative use of the language." Poetically adroit. Wonderful ethos. Enjoyed these lines from Muna Madan :She lives across the river.
On the other side.
But she laughs with the flowers,
dances with water,
blinks with the stars,
speaks with the blackbird,
and her eyes, they shine.
She weeps with the dew
and when she is sad,
you will see the mist sinking.
Denise Duhamel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Duhamel
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets...el/poems/14860
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
DD-Very irreverent. Liked her description of the poet "Ai", who is already listed in the thread. In Portuguese there is a different association to "Ai":
It“s an exclamation of pain. Found another poem by her:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...s/detail/54110
Derek Walcott
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe.../derek-walcott
http://www.poetrycat.com/derek-walcott/after-the-storm
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Ai: Same here; also an exclamation often coined Ai Ai Ai ! or Ai yi yi (or Aya Yi Yi)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtUpq84olaw DD: Enjoyed Ego. DW: Caribbean poet and playwright. After The Storm dovetails nicely with Denise Duhamel's Ego. He's since passed on (17 March 2017) since we last visited him (typo on his name first time around this past January: corrected). "In 1992, Walcott won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Nobel committee described his work as “a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment.”"
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallada_bint_al-Mustakfi
http://www.online-literature.com/for...ic-to-English)
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi-From Andalusia when it still was dominated by the Arab nobility.
Interesting how she found her place as a woman and a poet among all those male sucessors. I remember Amylian“s translations of her verses.
Marvin Bell
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...il/marvin-bell
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...ontentId=30898
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-or-someone-like-me/
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
MB: "American poet and critic Marvin Bell "is a poet of the family." Quite astute about the secrets to writing poetry. AN AFTERWORD TO MY FATHER (his emphasis not mine): a poem about family and family history which is dear to me. I also like the sensibility that shines with Or Someone Like Me.
Barbara Goldberg
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...rbara-goldberg
http://barbaragoldberg.net/html/poems.html
tailor
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