tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post85947380268793286..comments2023-12-05T23:02:28.580-05:00Comments on Excursions and Diversions: it rests so quietly the moonSteve Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-7822683214235180562014-03-23T09:01:20.776-04:002014-03-23T09:01:20.776-04:00Thank you, Karin. I hadn't known of that quot...Thank you, Karin. I hadn't known of that quote. I appreciate you sending it over.<br />SKSteve Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-3323659823069851622014-03-23T08:59:09.031-04:002014-03-23T08:59:09.031-04:00Back again and finally loooked up the Pascal quote...Back again and finally loooked up the Pascal quote that this poem always makes me think of--you probably know it, but here's a link -- about man being only a reed, but a thinking reed. http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/394587-man-is-only-a-reed-the-weakest-in-nature-but (Manicddaily)Outlawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698845661756444061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-57579020023232228422014-03-15T07:51:27.729-04:002014-03-15T07:51:27.729-04:00Thanks so much for the revisit!Thanks so much for the revisit!Steve Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-69704231854892094782014-03-15T07:47:07.787-04:002014-03-15T07:47:07.787-04:00Lovely to revisit--just a beautiful poem--thinking...Lovely to revisit--just a beautiful poem--thinking of this dead reeds line this time--of course there are the woodwinds--but one also pictures a kind of sedge like the Belle Dame sans Merci. Just a lovely poem k. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-88926521192050141292014-03-14T21:48:51.109-04:002014-03-14T21:48:51.109-04:00This is really beautiful writing. It wafts in the ...This is really beautiful writing. It wafts in the senses--perhaps like the motif--Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-10437850337008775022014-03-13T09:03:26.386-04:002014-03-13T09:03:26.386-04:00Thanks for the visit, Karin.Thanks for the visit, Karin.Steve Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-75911912588271020582014-03-12T22:56:30.075-04:002014-03-12T22:56:30.075-04:00This is just a beautiful poem, Steve. Almost arch...This is just a beautiful poem, Steve. Almost archetypical in its phrasing--it describes so well the opposite of overlap-- maybe balance? The two sides-- one thinks one wants union but maybe there would not be so much fun or strengthen and yet one longs for that coupling. The phrasing and cadence are especially lovely. K . ManicddailyOutlawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698845661756444061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-70429556897861581942014-03-12T09:07:14.028-04:002014-03-12T09:07:14.028-04:00Steve this is a visual and musical poem. I hear no...Steve this is a visual and musical poem. I hear notes straining for the duet. I see the distance just a bit to far and I feel a sweet if not exhausting struggle...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-80733911143853554622014-03-11T04:39:37.331-04:002014-03-11T04:39:37.331-04:00This poem reminds me so much of your cover illustr...This poem reminds me so much of your cover illustration, the sense of a magnitude beyond or inside the obvious one. It's what poetry tries to explore and name and share, even though the effort is probably a doomed one. How do we heart that music, discern its confounding harmony that is plural and one at once? How to hear far things up from the simple well of the present moment? Indeed. Thanks for this response.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-28660294875419859582014-03-10T20:46:41.050-04:002014-03-10T20:46:41.050-04:00The yearnings are there to carve a path to shorten...The yearnings are there to carve a path to shorten the distance. If only a response is forthcoming. It will make things a lot easier! Brilliantly written Steve!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-54567119876522349492014-03-10T18:31:19.756-04:002014-03-10T18:31:19.756-04:00Beautifully written Steve, specially the ending st...Beautifully written Steve, specially the ending stanza ~ When reading it out loud, it is melodious as a song ~ Happy week ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-86162268201023504952014-03-10T16:22:42.880-04:002014-03-10T16:22:42.880-04:00This is so beautiful. I love the way you've de...This is so beautiful. I love the way you've described the way harmony works, the distance between notes that must be just so… beautiful.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15349928247626849914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-89468674167323408202014-03-10T15:19:20.195-04:002014-03-10T15:19:20.195-04:00'.. the ear must surrender
every compound use
...'.. the ear must surrender<br />every compound use<br />and harbor only simple things..'<br /><br />I am not big on cutting and pasting people's words back at them, but this really struck me as a very felicitous and musical three lines at the heart of the piece, with that classic feel you do so well, Steve--as if the message and phrasing is something one should be able to remember in one's bones. The sense of separation is strong, separation even in the unity of the forces of nature working on us,surrounding us all, that should bring us closer but often doesn't. The quiet yearning mood is set off by the solemn and measured language and cadence. Just a fine poem.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-74524868547494423062014-03-10T13:14:06.052-04:002014-03-10T13:14:06.052-04:00Thanks for the very generous comment, Kerry.Thanks for the very generous comment, Kerry.Steve Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-76759626450831774302014-03-10T13:04:41.421-04:002014-03-10T13:04:41.421-04:00Oh this is so nice! I love your description of har...Oh this is so nice! I love your description of harmony and that last beautiful stanza. cosmos camihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558327124451076957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-87621737037330022992014-03-10T13:00:41.629-04:002014-03-10T13:00:41.629-04:00Such BEAUTIFUL writing, Steve! Melodic and hauntin...Such BEAUTIFUL writing, Steve! Melodic and hauntingly beautiful.......I loved every perfect line, and was most struck by "the ear must surrender<br />every compound use and harbor only simple things". Such a dance, to be both oneself and part of a couple at the same time. Thought-provoking.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-23569680768302989882014-03-10T12:26:21.579-04:002014-03-10T12:26:21.579-04:00You're right--it hardly ever works out so neat...You're right--it hardly ever works out so neatly...Steve Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-88539962576966819862014-03-10T11:19:27.231-04:002014-03-10T11:19:27.231-04:00two separates conspire
to masquerade as the one
M...two separates conspire<br />to masquerade as the one<br /><br />Mmmm - harmony at its best.Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-40661064051725008952014-03-10T11:08:54.142-04:002014-03-10T11:08:54.142-04:00When the sea is moon-calmed you'd think we cou...When the sea is moon-calmed you'd think we could hear more clearly, but the rise and fall of waves lift us closer at times in all of its turbulence. I don't think we can have it both ways, do you?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-51180040444477225512014-03-10T10:40:10.054-04:002014-03-10T10:40:10.054-04:00I get the impression that every word in this poem ...I get the impression that every word in this poem has been chosen with the utmost care, to create just the right nuance. Wonderful lyrical poetry.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-85363324281404339722014-03-10T08:05:14.965-04:002014-03-10T08:05:14.965-04:00Thanks for the revisit!Thanks for the revisit!Steve Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-8352794503644304812014-03-10T07:52:14.870-04:002014-03-10T07:52:14.870-04:00me again: just read your poem Seven Sails
Love it....me again: just read your poem Seven Sails<br />Love it.<br />It starts off being pared down and distant, like Lorca.<br />Then slowly it becomes emotional and personaljo-hannahttp://sky-poet.blogspot.com/2014/03/mixing-seasons.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-64582147730742843612014-03-10T07:44:34.164-04:002014-03-10T07:44:34.164-04:00The distance inbetween...thereby hangs a tale.
Sub...The distance inbetween...thereby hangs a tale.<br />Subtle difference between technical and emotional interpretation of the melody: listening with the heart rather than the ear. avalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051456576217305095noreply@blogger.com