tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post5768227357550976794..comments2024-03-23T20:37:37.891-07:00Comments on First Known When Lost: "He Tries To Climb The Wall Around The World"Stephen Pentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-52372057137190209282013-01-19T21:51:43.592-08:002013-01-19T21:51:43.592-08:00alice c: thank you very much for MacNeice's &q...alice c: thank you very much for MacNeice's "Snow": it does go very well with Nash's painting -- and with your weather! I envy you the snow.<br /><br />Thanks for visiting again.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-61670914061320265962013-01-18T07:33:55.027-08:002013-01-18T07:33:55.027-08:00Your choice of picture and the snowy weather here ...Your choice of picture and the snowy weather here in the UK reminded me of the following poem:<br /><br />Snow<br /><br />The room was suddenly rich and the great bay-window was<br />Spawning snow and pink roses against it<br />Soundlessly collateral and incompatible:<br />World is suddener than we fancy it.<br /><br />World is crazier and more of it than we think,<br />Incorrigibly plural. I peel and portion<br />A tangerine and spit the pips and feel<br />The drunkenness of things being various.<br /><br />And the fire flames with a bubbling sound for world<br />Is more spiteful and gay than one supposes –<br />On the tongue on the eyes on the ears in the palms of one's hands –<br />There is more than glass between the snow and the huge roses.<br /><br />Louis MacNeicealice chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-79442405509253025512013-01-15T20:21:35.194-08:002013-01-15T20:21:35.194-08:00eugubino: thank you very much for your kind words,...eugubino: thank you very much for your kind words, and for your visits here. I'm always grateful to hear that the poems and images that I post are appreciated. Thanks again.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-32196331353757726302013-01-15T12:05:42.973-08:002013-01-15T12:05:42.973-08:00This blog is one of the constants for me, with it&...This blog is one of the constants for me, with it's pleasurable mix of poetry and paintings ,as opposed to the overflow of updated distractions on the rest of the net. It's an aid in my late approach in attempting get to know poetry better, Thankseugubinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02092540102889915047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-49348585548723575982013-01-14T13:09:39.167-08:002013-01-14T13:09:39.167-08:00N. F. Mohammad: thank you for visiting again, and ...N. F. Mohammad: thank you for visiting again, and for those thoughts.<br /><br />Yes, the last line is very nice, isn't it? I agree that we should keep the Romantic in us alive. To some extent, all poetry has a bit of the Romantic about it, I think. (Apart from, say, "political poetry," which is propaganda, not poetry.)<br /><br />Thanks again.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-18217271590638954322013-01-13T07:12:15.757-08:002013-01-13T07:12:15.757-08:00Romanticism in this sense has been always my probl...Romanticism in this sense has been always my problem. Moon, night, stars, is my favorite landscape, especially stars. But, i rather be that romantic, than a dead realist. passion is what motivates me to live this life day after day. <br /><br />The poet describes accurately the mood of a romantic, i liked the last line, which u used as a title. that is what sometimes i feel i need to do, or what may satisfy my restlessness: to climb the wall around the world, for i wish to see what goes beyond the limitation of man. Nadia Mohammedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03462355780396120620noreply@blogger.com