tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post7906960867512825319..comments2024-03-23T20:37:37.891-07:00Comments on First Known When Lost: "One Day It Will Be Sweet To Shut Our Eyes . . ."Stephen Pentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-32504610654942140322012-03-10T20:56:48.771-08:002012-03-10T20:56:48.771-08:00Eamonn: I'm glad that you posted your comment ...Eamonn: I'm glad that you posted your comment as well! And thank you very much for the link. The story about Ruth Stone is wonderful: the image of the poem/wind chasing her as she ran to her house to get to her pencil and paper in time was lovely, as was the part about catching the poem by the tail. It is indeed a fascinating subject to think about.<br /><br />Thank you once again for your comments, and for the link.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-91929809629146550342012-03-09T14:46:54.096-08:002012-03-09T14:46:54.096-08:00I'm glad I posted my thoughts Stephen - I near...I'm glad I posted my thoughts Stephen - I nearly didn't! <br /><br />Do you know, you are in good company with this awareness of being the 'scrivener' of work already formed? There's a wonderful talk by the author of 'Eat, Pray. Love' - Elizabeth Gilbert - on the TED website (see http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html) in which she talks about the experience of the American poet Ruth Stone, who would hear the arrival of a poem borne on the wind - a zephyr perhaps ...<br /><br />Warmly, <br /><br />EamonnEamonnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-13899365577013377932012-03-09T12:40:52.420-08:002012-03-09T12:40:52.420-08:00Eamonn: thank you very much for your thoughtful an...Eamonn: thank you very much for your thoughtful and thought-provoking comment. The point you make is excellent. You have hit the nail on the head: before I wrote ". . . so it was not the source of the dream . . .," I thought to myself something along these lines: "How do I know that Rossetti's poem was not the source of the dream? Maybe the poem was lying in a deep layer that I know nothing of." Thus, I thought of changing my words to ". . . so it was probably not the source of the dream . . ."<br /><br />Your area of exploration is a fascinating one. I know from my own experience (which is limited and non-professional) that some of the poems that I have written seem to come automatically from a sort of dream-like place, and that it feels as though I am simply acting as a scrivener. I have sometimes woken up in the middle of the night or in the morning and had poems in my mind which I am then able to write out. (Which may account for the lack of quality of the poems, of course!)<br /><br />Again, thank you very much for your thoughts, and for stopping by again. I always appreciate hearing from you.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-90041215095020527882012-03-09T03:07:45.000-08:002012-03-09T03:07:45.000-08:00Dear Stephen,
I've been wondering about this...Dear Stephen, <br /><br />I've been wondering about this post, and noticed your comment ".. so it was not the source of the poem ..." when you recalled the Rossetti poem a little while after having had your dream. <br /><br />I think our dreams are the most magnificent manifestation of the complexity of the human mind, and are only a hairsbreadth away from the comparable magnificence of the poet's eye and imagination. As a psychotherapist who is thinking a lot about <i>poesis</i> and the possibility that our minds (as opposed to our 'brains') need and want to communicate in the poetic mode, I wonder if your dream was actually a harbinger of the Rossetti poem - and that something about the Rossetti poem was needed just about then ... Just a thought ... ! <br /><br />All good wishes to you. <br /><br />EamonnEamonnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-7132677704107646942012-03-01T20:49:35.907-08:002012-03-01T20:49:35.907-08:00Merisi: thank you very much for visiting. I'm...Merisi: thank you very much for visiting. I'm happy that you like the poem, and I appreciate your kind words. I hope that you will stop by again.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-48226382489523640502012-03-01T00:37:04.130-08:002012-03-01T00:37:04.130-08:00A beautiful poem!
Thank you for your knowledge ab...A beautiful poem!<br /><br />Thank you for your knowledge about poetry with us.Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.com