Publication 599
By noota on
Thursday, February 19, 2004
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Hello , everyone here
For those interested in poetry values , appriciating poems , they might give you peace of mind , a kind of consolation , as it were , a spice of life .
In my case , My favorite poems are about wonderful , beautiful Nature ,so "Daffodils"by William Wordsworth is unforgetable , impressive one . I understand how deeply he was moved with the beauty and wonder of Daffodils .
In addition it , I appriciate how closely he looks at the moving of a crowd of the flowers .
The line of "Tossing their heads in sprightly dance ", " and then my heart with pleasure fills , and dances with the daffodils " is wonderful !
I hope your favorite poems or something you recommend .
Publication 603
By orwell on
Sunday, February 22, 2004
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Hello Noota
There is so much to read! remember! revisit! in our short lives, or maybe we are the ones been read by a poem the soucre of which eludes and seduces us to experience life, as if.....(this is the place where poetry speaks from and to)or maybe the ideal poem is a, something that can never be written on a page, with letters.
The poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins is always a renewed experience to take up again, there is "sense" captured and free in his poetry i.e The Windhover, The Wreck of the Deutschland. The Welsh poets Edward Thomas and R.S Thomas are an experience to read, as they demand closeness in their simple-diffculty of tone and place. Irish poetry (despite the odd term) is at its best in Patrick Kavanagh, Evana Boland, Austin Clarke, & Frank O' Connor.
The 19th century french poet Charles Baudelaire is in many ways the touchstone for so much of our modern urbanity and the contradictions & decadence, that he gave "life to" in his poetry, are still an experience when read these days. Of course I cannot forget Holderin..perhaps my favourite poet.. maybe Rilke..The list is to long, life so short...onwards...
Then again, we must like Walt Whitman learn how to live as if..our life was, is an immense experience every moment we are no longer ourselves, when we become like the Walt Whitman who rode around Manhattan on the upper open air deck of a Tram-Omnibus, being like a loafer and a tramp..here simply as a free man, living a fragment of life without care. Anyway I think there is a time to put down the books, unlatch ones door, take a deep breath, walk out and just look and be.. for a while.
N.B Perhaps you could suggest the names of or maybe a poem by a Japanese poet. Thanks
Publication 604
By noota on
Monday, February 23, 2004
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Hello, Orwell
Thank you for your good comment on poetry .
As you say , there are to many wonderful works to read in our short lives .
I appreciate you have been read a good different poetry so far . Unfortunately I'm poor in works you pointed in detail .
But I have one more memorable , impressive poem I've read recently . It is "Annabel Lee "by Edger Allan Poe , which was the last poem Poe composed .Akin to a fairy tale , the narrator brings us to a kingdom by the sea that was in the past when he and his beloved Annabel Lee were little children.
we could easily understand how strong their love is , so much so that nothing can sever the bonds that join him to his love .
This poem is filled with the moving scene .
In addition to it , Poe himself had been suffering poverty and sick wife which could created for poe the atmosphere or mood that he produces in his poetry .
One more thing is ,He had experienced the death of his mother when he was a small .
I'm sure you would be moved this poem .
I hope your opinion on it someday soon .
Thank you !
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