tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post6598444448602355363..comments2024-03-23T20:37:37.891-07:00Comments on First Known When Lost: "Wet Evening In April"Stephen Pentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-72902428728995367862012-04-20T22:59:51.085-07:002012-04-20T22:59:51.085-07:00Chris: thank you very much for the fine lines from...Chris: thank you very much for the fine lines from Whitman. They fit perfectly! I can see why they would have brought chills as you read them.<br /><br />I suppose that to write what Whitman and Kavanagh wrote on the one hand takes a great deal of self-confidence, but on the other hand is a very tender (I hope that that word doesn't sound too corny) and touching gesture. The idea of the connection across time is, I agree with you, lovely. <br /><br />As always, I appreciate hearing from you.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-4705231835485896412012-04-20T12:14:21.765-07:002012-04-20T12:14:21.765-07:00Stephen -- I love this sort of time-marking approa...Stephen -- I love this sort of time-marking approach. It reminds me, at least in terms of its effect, of "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" by Whitman. I remember reading late into a summer morning and being chilled by: "What thought you have of me now, I had as much of you...I consider'd long and seriously of you before you were born...Who knows, for all the distance, but I am as good as looking at you now, for all you cannot see me?"Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.com