re: "The cats will know,".Thanks for the link, tailor. What a love letter!Or better, two love letters, one in verse and one in prose. Iīll have a look if I can find more poems by him.
"Stars Over the Dordogne...". Enjoyed the poem about the orphan stars.
"To fling my arms wide"."Dream Variations" by Langston Hughes
https://poets.org/poem/dream-variations
"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
re: Stars... found an analysis... https://poemanalysis.com/sylvia-plath/stars
re: Hughes - Simple poem at first glance, then more complex... https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/ed...eam-variations
"Upon the verge;" - Deepak Kumar Pattanayak; A bride... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-bride-5/
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
re: Enjoyed both analysis very much, specially the one about "Dream Variations".It occurred to me that flinging the arms about the body has also to do with they being unfettered.
"A Bride"- Enjoyed!
"Vill nobodies try my nice Annual Pill,"."The Annual Pill." by Thomas Moore
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...ual-pill-27249
"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
An lol dialect poem
"When his ship first came to Australia," - Jane Hirshfield; Global Warming... https://poets.org/poem/global-warming
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
Global Warming... Short and very much to the point. The reader has to made the connection between title and content.
A poem by an author with name starting with "X"."Chocolate" by Jinhao Xie
https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/chocolate/
"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
"A hurricane / found underneath your seat is your uncle’s / reckless driving technique." Enjoyed
"you no longer believe in anything" - Anne Waldman; Matriot Acts, Act I [History of Mankind]... https://poets.org/poem/matriot-acts-...istory-mankind
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
Anne Waldman; Matriot Acts, Act I -Will have to reread it to get a better idea.
"Zest of living one discovers"."Zest for life" by Ronald TirinoAnne Waldman; Matriot Acts, Act I [History of Mankind]..Anne Waldman; Matriot Acts, Act I [History of Mankind]..
https://www.poetry.com/poem/128873/zest-for-life
"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
Zest:Enjoyed - "Hearts at rest deep in healing / within the time of now extending"
"Away, ye peacocks, with my winged car!" - Friedrich Schiller; Semele: In Two Scenes... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...o-scenes-30722
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 now I read Schillerīs short play. I had a selection of his works in three volumes, but never knew about this one. I didnīt compare it with the original but the translation flows well and reproduces Schillerīs highly dramatic style.
"Beneath all this I’m carving a cathedral". "Cathedral of Salt" by Nick Flynn
https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/cathedral-of-salt/
"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
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