tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post4205233390094562542..comments2023-10-05T03:12:14.296-07:00Comments on poemette: Guiding lights?gautami tripathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-53602055334163213992008-06-16T04:48:00.000-07:002008-06-16T04:48:00.000-07:00Like Keith says....I write and read poetry...but y...Like Keith says....I write and read poetry...but yes, i've never known the rights and wrongs of it. <br>I somehow would love to keep it that way....worried if i'd start getting too typical with the way it should be written<br>But since I love reading I will pick up these books and read them.<br>ThanksPratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10849938760602815322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-42456140110740131992008-06-15T20:44:00.000-07:002008-06-15T20:44:00.000-07:00I love the idea that Mary Oliver guides us to beli...I love the idea that Mary Oliver guides us to believe that imitating is a healthy thing to do...Jennifer Hickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18351458993630972607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-57454575445911491982008-06-15T17:29:00.000-07:002008-06-15T17:29:00.000-07:00You know I always wanted to be called a guide rath...You know I always wanted to be called a guide rather than a teacher! My shelf of writing books is growing bigger. I want to add the Mary Oliver "Handbook..." A handbook for poetry. I did not know there was such a thing.<br><br>bbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05114209481329773753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-42334199347858215412008-06-15T16:24:00.000-07:002008-06-15T16:24:00.000-07:00I need this book! I write poetry, I read poetry, b...I need this book! I write poetry, I read poetry, but I don't understand poetry. I just don't get the rules and the disciplines. I'm too much of a free spirit to conform. I'm off to Amazon right now!keithsramblingshttp://keithsramblings.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-58396536739863462002008-06-15T13:41:00.000-07:002008-06-15T13:41:00.000-07:00So funny, I just received Mary Oliver's book a...So funny, I just received Mary Oliver's book as a gift, and I love it already. Will have to look for the Robert Pinsky book...annohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05102616203481686227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-5774387275563848182008-06-15T12:03:00.000-07:002008-06-15T12:03:00.000-07:00This is a different kiind of "guide" tha...This is a different kiind of "guide" than most of us chose in response to the prompt, and it is a timely reminder to those of us who are poets that we need never stop learning and improving our expressions of our deepest selves.<br><br>Thank you for the book reviews!Granny Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18214748856516412924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-52515694026515948092008-06-15T04:43:00.000-07:002008-06-15T04:43:00.000-07:00I am quite ignorant of Mary Oliver's work, but...I am quite ignorant of Mary Oliver's work, but you have etched out an intriguing review.Greyscale Territoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-81019763182617427102008-06-14T15:52:00.000-07:002008-06-14T15:52:00.000-07:00I love Mary Oliver's poetry... thanks for the ...I love Mary Oliver's poetry... thanks for the info!Onionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00212825203076248889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-27687036415220429782008-06-14T14:58:00.000-07:002008-06-14T14:58:00.000-07:00Informative! Thanks.Blessings,LindaIN MY FATHER’S ...Informative! Thanks.<br><br>Blessings,<br>Linda<br><br><a href="http://nickersandinkblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/in-my-fathers-field.html" rel="nofollow">IN MY FATHER’S FIELD, at Nickers and Ink</a>Linda - Nickers and Inkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14891624164014505323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-43021639712842618932008-06-14T14:32:00.000-07:002008-06-14T14:32:00.000-07:00Mary Oliver's "Rules for the Dance,"...Mary Oliver's "Rules for the Dance," a handbook for writing metrical verse, is also worth reading.Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-1417632477087731122008-06-14T11:10:00.000-07:002008-06-14T11:10:00.000-07:00i suppose a bit of education in the field of poetr...i suppose a bit of education in the field of poetry can't be bad.<br>i will be looking for these books...polonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12631341810150848122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-5908235502516745192008-06-14T06:09:00.000-07:002008-06-14T06:09:00.000-07:00I have read (and re-read and re-read) the Oliver, ...I have read (and re-read and re-read) the Oliver, but not Pinsky (oddly enough since I heard him read once and he was amazing). Since I'm deep in my summer-reading right now, this might be one I pick up to savor!<br>Love,<br>D.Left-handed Trees...http://www.blogger.com/profile/06057727021295729384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-74759990124442720392008-06-14T05:49:00.000-07:002008-06-14T05:49:00.000-07:00Crazy! I bought four books the other day, and thos...Crazy! I bought four books the other day, and those two are two of them. I guess I didn't choose two bad books then! I'm hoping they improve my writing.noahthegreathttp://noahthegreat.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-75370462243980240372008-06-13T15:42:00.000-07:002008-06-13T15:42:00.000-07:00my poet seems to be like a dissociated piece of me...my poet seems to be like a dissociated piece of me that only comes out when it wants to, and doesn't like to stay about too long --- thanks for pointing out a couple of guidelines that might nurture the poetic interest a bit moredannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14675797306131871129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-66422505898774645902008-06-13T14:58:00.000-07:002008-06-13T14:58:00.000-07:00YES YES YESYES TO MARY OLIVER!!!! One of my fave l...YES YES YES<br><br>YES TO MARY OLIVER!!!! <br><br>One of my fave lines by her: 'all you have to do is let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.'Divinedesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07242436562984837153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-10964561800792945572008-06-13T14:36:00.000-07:002008-06-13T14:36:00.000-07:00I've been wanting to get MaryOliver's book...I've been wanting to get Mary<br>Oliver's book, after reading your<br>review, it's now on my birthday list.Cynthiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10598169309616545734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-80890087371993825972008-06-13T11:46:00.000-07:002008-06-13T11:46:00.000-07:00I really love the sound of Mary Oliver's book ...I really love the sound of Mary Oliver's book and will try and get hold of a copy - I am a very shy poetry reader. .. and did try my hand at some. There definitely is technique, and it is very very difficult to do it well (and make it readable / understandable) to readers and listeners. It's a great art form.Seachangeshttp://51stories.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-23465031266305158242008-06-13T09:51:00.000-07:002008-06-13T09:51:00.000-07:00I always thought a good poet could read well...wro...I always thought a good poet could read well...wrong! I discovered at a poetry reading that it makes a HUGE difference in presenting a poem.<br><br>Mary Oliver's book is one I keep close. Love it!Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14673290512175050093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-21341946333694869682008-06-13T08:19:00.000-07:002008-06-13T08:19:00.000-07:00i am not a writer that poetry comes easy to. i fin...i am not a writer that poetry comes easy to. i find it difficult many times because, i suppose, i analyze it too much asking whether it is good or garbage, whether i am writing it well or not, or am i just winging it and just putting words together and calling it such (which of course is the case as i do not know nor follow the rules of poetry). every now and again i'll get inspired and write something "poetic"; now, whether it it good or not, i wouldn't know....all i know is that it flowed easily from me at the time and "sounded" pleasant and "right" to my ear, however elementary that may sound. <br><br>however, i do love to read poetry, my favorite poets/poems being The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, The Nymph's Reply to the Sheperd by Sir Walter Raleigh and, of course, Christopher Marlowe's Passionate Sheperd to His Love. I never tire or rereading them.rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18248554235709475320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-75341181047158574082008-06-13T07:49:00.000-07:002008-06-13T07:49:00.000-07:00No question that Mary Oliver is a queen: her poetr...No question that Mary Oliver is a queen: her poetry alone is teacher enuff. Peace to you.murat11http://www.blogger.com/profile/00663364407992075130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-4442695822034392002008-06-13T07:20:00.000-07:002008-06-13T07:20:00.000-07:00as a complete ignoramous, but I have to say this s...as a complete ignoramous, but I have to say this sounds sound to me. I've rarely read a poem that I enjoyed before hearing it read aloud by someone else. though I suspect sometimes a lot of readers, especially of the theatrical persuasion, put too much of themselves into the reading which is not required by the poem. the poem is a complete, self-contained instruction manual on how it should be read, a bit like a musical score. pity the fool who adds a tambourine and kazoo to a mozart concerto.ian russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-60993632859191795312008-06-13T07:05:00.000-07:002008-06-13T07:05:00.000-07:00As you know, I'm very new to poetry, but I sha...As you know, I'm very new to poetry, but I share Steve's suspicions here. If they really do not try to make you conform, I may well give them a go.anthonynorthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06680944720744601697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-45801942142797155752008-06-13T06:24:00.000-07:002008-06-13T06:24:00.000-07:00Poetry clarifies life. In few words. It is a gift....Poetry clarifies life. In few words. It is a gift.susiejhttp://www.susiej.com/index.php/the-cosmic-giggle-and-the-key-to-enlightement/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-16712533047171762332008-06-13T05:18:00.000-07:002008-06-13T05:18:00.000-07:00Poetry is the oldest form of story telling. A perf...Poetry is the oldest form of story telling. A performance that uses inflection and movement to bring an event back to the present.<br><br>Rose<br><br>xoRose Dewy Knickershttp://dewyknickers.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820615718469502862.post-17081320976259852092008-06-13T04:59:00.000-07:002008-06-13T04:59:00.000-07:00Gautami...im sick...high fever...danks for coming....Gautami...im sick...high fever...danks for coming. the word verification is for spammers actually... :(Ghost Particlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439371766182405053noreply@blogger.com