tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post9211767486035956215..comments2023-11-12T13:22:30.358+01:00Comments on andrewjshields: The Fifth Daily Poem Project, Week Two Call for VotesAndrew Shieldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-88298913000820601522009-03-04T19:10:00.000+01:002009-03-04T19:10:00.000+01:00For me, it came down to "Meeting of the Birds" and...For me, it came down to "Meeting of the Birds" and "Landscape with Mudturtle." I have to go with "Landscape," partly because its ending was more satisfying then "Meeting," and because it reminded me of my own formative years growing up "somewhere in the swamps of Jersey" (as The Boss once put it).Gabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320217117435696799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-76680981328463732342009-03-04T19:07:00.000+01:002009-03-04T19:07:00.000+01:00"Who Do Mambo" is kwazy. Remember Sylvia Plath's ..."Who Do Mambo" is kwazy. Remember Sylvia Plath's "Daddy"? But I'm going with Jesme, "Small Sphere".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-83594504276903176522009-03-03T12:46:00.000+01:002009-03-03T12:46:00.000+01:00I'm with Sorlil.I'm with Sorlil.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-20676687509602755862009-03-03T00:50:00.000+01:002009-03-03T00:50:00.000+01:00Yeah, sorry, it was Kinsella's I meant, above; res...Yeah, sorry, it was Kinsella's I meant, above; responding to Andrew's post. I wrote the wrong poet's name, probably because Dickman was my runner-up.Donald Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391024449222256377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-33280408221966924152009-03-02T23:25:00.000+01:002009-03-02T23:25:00.000+01:00"Seeing Whales," which I think is a terrific, terr..."Seeing Whales," which I think is a terrific, terrific poem. <BR/><BR/>(I too don't understand D. Brown's comments).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-33407260702441447712009-03-02T04:34:00.000+01:002009-03-02T04:34:00.000+01:00Wow. Michael Dickman, Seeing Whales.Wow. Michael Dickman, Seeing Whales.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435013887780629734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-34852056426175029042009-03-02T01:41:00.000+01:002009-03-02T01:41:00.000+01:00Atkinson is my pick.Atkinson is my pick.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10420439951183484197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-3762598845509401712009-03-02T00:34:00.000+01:002009-03-02T00:34:00.000+01:00Jesme - Small Sphere, with Kinsella - A Meeting of...Jesme - Small Sphere, with Kinsella - A Meeting of the Birds as runner-up.<BR/><BR/>I am lukewarm about this week's selection, except that I really did NOT like Who Do Mambo.Katy Loebrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00107094782074333133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-28498141548005768012009-03-02T00:12:00.000+01:002009-03-02T00:12:00.000+01:00I'm for Field's "Cataract Op". I hope I'm writing ...I'm for Field's "Cataract Op". I hope I'm writing as well in my 80s (if I live that long...).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-60435401213013436032009-03-01T23:23:00.000+01:002009-03-01T23:23:00.000+01:00I chose Dickman's 'Seeing Whales' because of it's ...I chose Dickman's 'Seeing Whales' because of it's blend of spaciousness and intimacy, it's zen like clarity, and the urge it gave me to see again the things I no longer see or have not been patient enough to see.<BR/><BR/>Question: Donald Brown, in your critique of Dickman were you actually referring to the Kinsella poem with the repeated phrase about the weather and the last line as an italicized punctuation? I could not connect your critique with Dickman's 'Seeing Whales'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-69470422461852985962009-03-01T21:23:00.000+01:002009-03-01T21:23:00.000+01:00Count me in for Edward Field's "Cataract Op" this ...Count me in for Edward Field's "Cataract Op" this week. 'Nuf said, but ...<BR/><BR/>IF you were counting second choices, too, mine would be Barbara Hamby's "Who Do Mambo" (even though I suppose it was<BR/>thrown together on a paper placemat,<BR/>while the poet and her family were<BR/>waiting for too-slow-service in, say,<BR/>a Mexican restaurant in Toledo, Ohio).<BR/><BR/>-- dhshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-82619649989573744252009-03-01T21:05:00.000+01:002009-03-01T21:05:00.000+01:00'A meeting of the Birds' - Kinsella.'A meeting of the Birds' - Kinsella.Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-13105060466495353232009-03-01T19:42:00.000+01:002009-03-01T19:42:00.000+01:00Cataract opCataract opRChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14678775084337683859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-66690051820691484932009-03-01T17:44:00.000+01:002009-03-01T17:44:00.000+01:00I'm voting for Field: it's obvious in its intentio...I'm voting for Field: it's obvious in its intentions, but both experiences are deftly narrated and neatly resolved, so, as narrative poetry, it works. Dickman's poem, to me, was the more heavy-handed with it's constant reiteration about weather and then it's "get-it?" underlining of tree and these times -- while "distrusting allegory."Donald Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391024449222256377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-26340571696932705452009-03-01T17:25:00.000+01:002009-03-01T17:25:00.000+01:00My vote goes to "A Meeting of the Words" by Kinsel...My vote goes to "A Meeting of the Words" by Kinsella. The poem reminded me of the numerous times I looked out the winter this past winter, seeing precisely this image as seen in this poem.<BR/><BR/>DinoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-5634547834002388692009-03-01T15:48:00.000+01:002009-03-01T15:48:00.000+01:00For me, it came down to Kinsella or Field, and I h...For me, it came down to Kinsella or Field, and I have decided to choose Kinsella because Field's poem seems to me to be a bit too heavy-handed in how it plays out the basic comparison it wants to make. A little less telling, a bit more trust in the showing, and it would be more effective.<BR/><BR/>Kinsella's poem, in contrast, does not wear its motivation on its sleeve, so to speak.Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-39434845088810254922009-03-01T15:26:00.000+01:002009-03-01T15:26:00.000+01:00Edward Field: Cataract OpEdward Field: Cataract OpJustin Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12161484350184865575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-25926412373224481102009-03-01T14:41:00.000+01:002009-03-01T14:41:00.000+01:00it was a close call between michael dickman and ed...it was a close call between michael dickman and edward field, one i ahd to think about but in the end i decided to go for field.<BR/><BR/>the link to hsi home security poem is well worth checking out alsoswisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924594772578153947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-56529985089635435732009-03-01T14:10:00.000+01:002009-03-01T14:10:00.000+01:00Ooh, Ooh! I'm first! I'm voting for John Kinsell...Ooh, Ooh! I'm first! I'm voting for John Kinsella, "A Meeting of the Birds."Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629979942016781958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-53625500064420810802009-03-01T12:24:00.000+01:002009-03-01T12:24:00.000+01:00A good week, with several poems I like - Atkinson,...A good week, with several poems I like - Atkinson, Field and Dickman close contenders for me, but my selection is John Kinsella's A Meeting of the Birds.Colin Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627539650929533832noreply@blogger.com