tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954130354262793169.post4664314119946792394..comments2024-03-11T20:39:46.221+02:00Comments on vazambam: Common Groundvazambam (Vassilis Zambaras)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14515165428574974933noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954130354262793169.post-16764760842994772642012-03-02T09:47:52.011+02:002012-03-02T09:47:52.011+02:00Lassoing two poets with one lariat?Lassoing two poets with one lariat?vazambam (Vassilis Zambaras)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14515165428574974933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954130354262793169.post-74518870340739085862012-03-01T18:03:23.509+02:002012-03-01T18:03:23.509+02:00Dickey was a veritable Good Will Ambassador of the...Dickey was a veritable Good Will Ambassador of the Muse.<br /><br />When he was poet laureate of them thar you nighted states he found himself besieged with poems from those who thought, for some reason, that the poet laureate would be interested in reading them.<br /><br />He drafted this charming personalized all-purpose declension note.<br /><br />"I do not criticize unsolicited manuscripts, because I believe that often an external evaluation of a poet’s work distracts him from his necessary spontaneity, and from the pleasure which he may derive from the creation of his work."TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954130354262793169.post-36662018970712399382012-02-29T09:29:02.908+02:002012-02-29T09:29:02.908+02:00Joe,
Yes, yes what a fool I've been, dancing
...Joe,<br /><br />Yes, yes what a fool I've been, dancing<br />my life away with not a word <br />of thanks left for the muse<br />at the bitter end. <br /><br />(Though I have one now for you--<i>thanks!</i><br /><br />Tom,<br /><br />You're right about Modesty being among the honest poet's finest virtues--case in point; a friend of mine was a student under James Dickey and she remembers him telling her he'd just finished reading some of the finest poems he'd ever read--his own! Isn't that aMusing?vazambam (Vassilis Zambaras)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14515165428574974933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954130354262793169.post-7277697668639617002012-02-29T04:58:52.110+02:002012-02-29T04:58:52.110+02:00Maybe it means She's sneaking round the back w...Maybe it means She's sneaking round the back way, to illuminate (as if by back-lighting, as in chiaroscuro) the reverent fidelity of your dejection, while you remain (as yet) unawares... tomorrow's two-steps-forward poem lit up from within by tonight's feeling of three-steps-back... she recognizes Modesty as among the honest poet's finest virtues.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954130354262793169.post-615163268432739042012-02-28T19:20:13.669+02:002012-02-28T19:20:13.669+02:00She's trying to get you to dance, fool! And he...She's trying to get you to <i>dance</i>, fool! And here you are—dancing in words. Wonderful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954130354262793169.post-5237934236824769312012-02-28T13:59:40.840+02:002012-02-28T13:59:40.840+02:00Aditya,
Another fitting tribute to the muse--than...Aditya,<br /><br />Another <i>fitting</i> tribute to the muse--thanks for reminding us to watch our waste lines!vazambam (Vassilis Zambaras)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14515165428574974933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954130354262793169.post-42558708182782882992012-02-28T12:08:02.126+02:002012-02-28T12:08:02.126+02:00Beautiful poem Vassilis.
Muse/What the tailor tol...Beautiful poem Vassilis.<br /><br />Muse/What the tailor told me<br /><br />While getting <br />measured<br />for a new stitch<br />she'll always say<br />an inch tighteradityahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16078144194220301083noreply@blogger.com