tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post4793017793796423003..comments2024-03-29T05:29:08.934-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: But does it have to be as lovely as a tree?Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-68348776233212104452013-10-07T10:26:49.796-05:002013-10-07T10:26:49.796-05:00I'm going to have to check Ms. Oliver out, new...I'm going to have to check Ms. Oliver out, new name for me.J.J. Tindallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381555158949851490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-11919399646237303912013-10-06T15:54:33.121-05:002013-10-06T15:54:33.121-05:00No worries J.J. I too am a big fan of Pinsky's...No worries J.J. I too am a big fan of Pinsky's translation. Billy Collins is fun. But there are a lot of contemporary poets who have great stuff -- I mentioned Oliver. Louise Gluck is very good, too. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-21300156431228653352013-10-06T15:42:11.029-05:002013-10-06T15:42:11.029-05:00Also: you may already be hip, but Pinsky did a tr...Also: you may already be hip, but Pinsky did a translation of Dante's "Inferno," trying to stay close to the music but making it "relatable" to us now. Most contemporary ACADEMIC poetry, to my ear, is like contemporary painting: more for colleagues than the General Public. Billy Collins is an exception, like Pinsky, in terms of contemporary poetry. I'm blabbing.J.J. Tindallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381555158949851490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-80417161160437633342013-10-06T15:34:47.109-05:002013-10-06T15:34:47.109-05:00I LOVE your classicism. Keeping us on the base of...I LOVE your classicism. Keeping us on the base of it, trying to learn Latin with your son. The 20th century has some greats, although this is not the place for one's favorite poem, Just glad you keep it in our face.J.J. Tindallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381555158949851490noreply@blogger.com