tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post7684894058618016522..comments2024-02-16T18:19:13.539-08:00Comments on Ramblings From Yet Another Stranger on the Bus: Between the CoversLeslie Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-30785633244481873452011-06-15T23:02:58.426-07:002011-06-15T23:02:58.426-07:00@ Tag ~ you've been a very busy man today for ...@ Tag ~ you've been a very busy man today for one operating out of his hospital bed. I hope you're finally resting. I'm glad you enjoyed the readings and my romantic little draw on what makes my friend tick. I hope she reads the post and enjoys it.<br /><br />And for now if the rocking feddy keeps you from sleep, you may eat from the apples or pears before we give the remainder of them to the old crone under the shawl.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-52044652043619223952011-06-15T23:00:10.016-07:002011-06-15T23:00:10.016-07:00@ Parsnip ~ It's really nice to see you here. ...@ Parsnip ~ It's really nice to see you here. Thank you for coming by. I think you and I might be in agreement that poetry isn't ever going to be our first choice. But I'm glad I opened my mind to it and I've even dashed off a couple of amateurish attempts that fulfilled me just a little.<br /><br />I echo your thoughts about "enjoy what you read". Actually, today, it just pleases me to remember that some people still DO read.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-91049729307299968892011-06-15T22:13:50.432-07:002011-06-15T22:13:50.432-07:00My friend loves poetry perhaps above anything else...My friend loves poetry perhaps above anything else because she considers the beauty of the desert and of light through glass and of flowers purchased at the farmers' market poetry,<br /><br />and you say your not a poet. <br />This book you mention sounds like a good read.<br /><br /> Both readings charmed me that nice baritone and the quirkyness of Millay's reading. We were veddy meddy and we were very tired. And I can't sleep for the rocking of the feddy. <br />But this Time I'm serious Good Night!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00533184345345882921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-6598567118418222592011-06-15T22:09:19.344-07:002011-06-15T22:09:19.344-07:00I don't think everyone can/has to read or enjo...I don't think everyone can/has to read or enjoy poetry. really poetry can be anything from a song to a haiku.<br />For some reason most of the people I follow are writers that either have published novels or are writing one and they all seem to write poetry. I am treader water here. <br />I enjoy reading their poems but I never really got in the whole poetry form. I would rather like you read about the poets/writers lives. I read just about anything. <br />Even my blog is set up for big photo small amount of type. I am more comfortable with paper and paint, than the written word.<br />But I do write haiku which I enjoy.<br /><br />I guess what I am saying what ever anyone reads I hope they just enjoy !<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-72597530880393647212011-06-15T18:46:13.197-07:002011-06-15T18:46:13.197-07:00@ Kirk ~ I have to read a poem way more than once,...@ Kirk ~ I have to read a poem way more than once, believe me! An if I wrote one word that made you want to seek poetry - oh! Girlfriend will be so proud. If you take Savage Beauty out at the library, it contains many of her poems and tells what was going on when she wrote it, etc. I find it a good read as well as a good guide.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-779830639768710572011-06-15T16:24:25.532-07:002011-06-15T16:24:25.532-07:00I just listened to "I Shall Forget You" ...I just listened to "I Shall Forget You" a second time, and immediately picked up on the sardonic humor that for some reason I missed the first time around. Now, I wonder if that's because the actor read it in a kind of straight forward way? Or is it because the first time I read it, I was still thinking about the other poem, the one Millay spoke herself? Hard to say, but, if possible, it's probably best to read a poem twice. All this makes me rather curious about Millay. I might just pick up a book of her poetry.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-32413220347914401852011-06-15T15:27:05.247-07:002011-06-15T15:27:05.247-07:00@ Kirk ~ Her husband was Dutch, so I'm thinkin...@ Kirk ~ Her husband was Dutch, so I'm thinking "does not sound like Tracy". ;~} I know that you would more appreciate those more dramatic presentations because of your admiration for the old films. And you hit on something I didn't say particularly well. It's not that Millay sounds like Harlow. It's more that the voices are so exaggerated (theirs and Hepburn's and many more we could name) that I immediately go to thinking, "Come on, Girlfriend, I want to hear what you actually sound like with your makeup and costume hung up and just sitting with friends." I guess I like the artifice removed.<br /><br />The reason I liked "I Shall Forget You" is that it's Millay talking about herself exactly as she is - fickle, temporary, engaged with lovers but not to remain. She had the guts to say "Here it is unvarnished, dearest." It is said she loved only one person wholly and permanently - her mother. Her life looks that way to me. Yes, she was distracted by others, including her husband, but could not or would not commit lastingly.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-91627060291668791062011-06-15T14:41:45.720-07:002011-06-15T14:41:45.720-07:00Maybe it's because I've seen so many old m...Maybe it's because I've seen so many old movies(including those starring Jean Harlow) but I enjoyed it, enjoyed it as in, I'm a member of the audience. Now, if I was sitting across from her in a restaurant and she started talking in such a dramatic/eccentric manner, I might find it annoying. But on stage it's different. Her voice didn't remind me of Harlow (who specialized in playing comical sluts) so much as another New Englander, Katherine Hepburn. Did her husband talk like Spencer Tracy?<br /><br />As for the actual poetry, to be honest, I couldn't remember any of that poem she recited the moment it ended. The second poem? I like the way she rhymed "seeking" with "biologically speaking", though I suspect I'm supposed to get more out of the poem than merely that.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-28177849556553413752011-06-15T09:08:54.069-07:002011-06-15T09:08:54.069-07:00@ CramCake ~ I thank you for that, so much. I don&...@ CramCake ~ I thank you for that, so much. I don't want to be frivolous and soulless. Really. But I struggle with "metty/merry" and "fetty/ferry" as Millay recites. I know a lot of my put-off is the recording technology of the day (the beautiful Jean Harlow, filmed and recorded at about the same, time also sounds hideous, as if one would want to silence her and only employ the eyes to enjoy her). Anyway, I appreciate your common thoughts. And I still am deeply pulled by Millay's life story.Leslie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702472429383639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7195616894993495285.post-48869709270041805362011-06-15T08:52:47.508-07:002011-06-15T08:52:47.508-07:00I feel the same way about that old-fashioned, flow...I feel the same way about that old-fashioned, flowerly lingo. Frankenstein freaking drove me nuts. Merry? Who's ever merry anymore? :-PMoreCakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997966214729747678noreply@blogger.com