tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post7105319551066371796..comments2024-03-23T20:37:37.891-07:00Comments on First Known When Lost: Under Trees, RevisitedStephen Pentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-40365815043207066042011-10-12T21:33:45.477-07:002011-10-12T21:33:45.477-07:00Mary: thank you very much for visiting, and for yo...Mary: thank you very much for visiting, and for your kind thoughts. I'm pleased that you found your way here. Thanks again.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-54413055722560678922011-10-12T14:30:35.906-07:002011-10-12T14:30:35.906-07:00Anonymous: thank you very much for visiting and co...Anonymous: thank you very much for visiting and commenting. I took the text from Above the River: The Complete Poems (1990), which has "Blaze up into golden stones." I also checked The Collected Poems (1971), which was published while Wright was still alive: it also has the "up."<br /><br />I believe that the poem was written in 1961 or so. It was not published in book form until 1963. Thus, I suspect that Hall's anthology used a version that appeared when the poem was initially published in a periodical. Or else the anthology text is simply incorrect.<br /><br />I can understand how the "up" might sound out-of-place after being accustomed to "blaze into."<br /><br />Again, thank you for stopping by.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-76801246451668547772011-10-12T11:24:39.581-07:002011-10-12T11:24:39.581-07:00Alcaic really speaks to the solitude of the season...Alcaic really speaks to the solitude of the season to me. The Hodgkin painting is so wonderful- I love it! It feels perfect for the poem- what a joy. Thanks for sharing these treasures.Mary ,East Coventrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-19215851520192325682011-10-12T11:05:58.064-07:002011-10-12T11:05:58.064-07:00In my 1962 Penguin Contemporary American Poetry, a...In my 1962 Penguin Contemporary American Poetry, an anthology by Donald Hall, Line 10 appears as 'Blaze into golden stones.' I gather James Wright often revised his work, but I can't feel the addition of 'up' is an improvement here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com