tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post2933647365155247145..comments2024-03-29T05:29:08.934-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Don't be afraid: it's just poetryNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-43929560016615746352018-04-07T07:36:59.674-05:002018-04-07T07:36:59.674-05:00didn't know you were a skierdidn't know you were a skier<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-21877818112235188232017-04-20T17:22:09.781-05:002017-04-20T17:22:09.781-05:00Be careful with you and yours in Paris, if still t...Be careful with you and yours in Paris, if still there. This just in-<br /><br />IS group claims Champs-Elysees attack on police officersPrivatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-80053646034354706432017-04-19T06:16:43.507-05:002017-04-19T06:16:43.507-05:00If you pay, you decide to some extent.If you pay, you decide to some extent.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-86230102615828270132017-04-17T08:03:08.483-05:002017-04-17T08:03:08.483-05:00I hope your hand isn't hurt.I hope your hand isn't hurt.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-33231777415823399472017-04-09T06:59:42.367-05:002017-04-09T06:59:42.367-05:00It must have been difficult to have your dad not s...It must have been difficult to have your dad not speak to you for 6 mos. Hard for your mom too. Had a rough dad myself.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-71871116563363572632014-04-08T12:22:31.205-05:002014-04-08T12:22:31.205-05:00Neil,
Yeah, my wife and I attended the Sandburg c...Neil,<br /><br />Yeah, my wife and I attended the Sandburg celebration, and really enjoyed it. There were many interesting presentations. We got there a little late, which is why I remarked upon the standing-room-only crowd, as we were among those standing, which was no problem. In addition to allowing for different vantage points, it made it easier to avail oneself of the complimentary Haymarket beer... ; ) Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-18264126885895570532014-04-07T22:45:58.266-05:002014-04-07T22:45:58.266-05:00This is wonderful; I believe there's nothing q...This is wonderful; I believe there's nothing quite like good poetry. It's true, there's no accounting for taste, and that's a good thing. There is so much reward to be gained when a poem speaks to you in just the right way, at just the right time.SandyKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-12256172821588281042014-04-07T17:21:45.821-05:002014-04-07T17:21:45.821-05:00Thanks Jakash -- fixed now. You are right about th...Thanks Jakash -- fixed now. You are right about that event. I fully meant to go. Bill edited my Chicago book, and I've had lunch with Robert -- a charming man. Marc is a hoot too -- he invited me to be the featured reader at the Poetry Slam, which was scary fun. But I bobbled the date. Were you there? Was it wonderful? Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-28566787725344736872014-04-07T13:14:07.091-05:002014-04-07T13:14:07.091-05:00Neil,
FYI, as far as I can tell, the "contin...Neil,<br /><br />FYI, as far as I can tell, the "continue reading" link for this post now links to the Robert Frost poem at the Poetry Foundation website rather than the rest of the column.<br /><br />"while the commencement of baseball is marked in Chicago with pomp, solemnity and mass ritual, events like Poetry Month are shrugged off by the vast majority, which is just plain wrong."<br /><br />Well, there's no denying that. However, in March, the Newberry Library hosted a standing-room-only crowd for a charming celebration of the 100th anniversary of Carl Sandburg's "Chicago." Your buddy Bill Savage, Robert Polito of the Poetry Foundation, and Marc Smith of the Uptown Poetry Slam, along with a number of others, participated. Perhaps if you weren't so busy bundling up for baseball games and watching the Bulls on TV, you could've attended! ; ) Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-30849242570516107842014-04-07T11:46:25.939-05:002014-04-07T11:46:25.939-05:00Poetry is kind of at a dead end.Many more people w...Poetry is kind of at a dead end.Many more people want to write it than read it, and discerning the good from the bad is kind of an arbitrary thing.Denisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-29564415247790651332014-04-07T11:06:00.335-05:002014-04-07T11:06:00.335-05:00Stratagem is usually defined as a way to deceive o...Stratagem is usually defined as a way to deceive or outwit your opponent, so I don't think it is the right word here. Would shameful sissification work? Woeful weakness? dull_old_mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-53463562152133326792014-04-07T08:52:38.415-05:002014-04-07T08:52:38.415-05:00I like what Keats, an eminent practitioner, said i...I like what Keats, an eminent practitioner, said in trying to distiguish between poetry and prose: "A sentence can be infinitely varied for good or ill, but a line of poetry sometimes comes right with an audible click." Much modern poetry strikes me as "clickless," but I'll have to look into Louise Gluck. <br /><br />WWI was the last real "literary war." It was said that most British soldiers carried with them a bible and a copy of "The Shropshire Lad." Wilfred Owen was only one of many, although among the best. Paul Fussell's "The Great War and Modern Memory" is a fine treatment of the circumstances that created and inspired them.<br /><br />It used to be that you could read popular song lyrics as light poetry -- Ira, Cole, Lorenz etc. No more, alas!<br /><br />I agree that poetry can be useful to those who invest themselves in it, but probably not in a more general sense. As Auden put it:<br /><br /> "For poetry makes nothing happen, it survives<br /> In the valley of its saying where executives<br /> would never want to tamper."Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-63779342149538983902014-04-07T08:21:55.583-05:002014-04-07T08:21:55.583-05:00Don't forget the Chicago poets like Carl Sandb...Don't forget the Chicago poets like Carl Sandburg, Gwendolyn Brooks, Marc Smith (of Uptown Poetry Slam), and Li-Young Lee.<br /><br />And for poetry happening now, there's this: http://chicagopoetrycalendar.blogspot.com/<br />Brent Mesicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-8236815940321367732014-04-07T05:57:56.364-05:002014-04-07T05:57:56.364-05:00I always keep a copy of Louise Gluck's "T...I always keep a copy of Louise Gluck's "The House on Marshland" nearby, in case things get a little "lite."J.J. Tindallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381555158949851490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-88068251374469892012014-04-07T05:28:46.199-05:002014-04-07T05:28:46.199-05:00http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/06/poems...http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/06/poems-make-grown-men-cry-extract <br /><br />Just read a book review Poems That Make Grown Men Cry, published by Simon & SchusterMark Leipoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11950207516651137361noreply@blogger.com