tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post8385294512268657488..comments2024-03-28T05:56:52.754-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Looking for clarity.The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-57423032483371672352010-10-10T05:15:08.799-07:002010-10-10T05:15:08.799-07:00Perhaps better to use these as a guide, rather tha...Perhaps better to use these as a guide, rather than hard and fast rules...Golden Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590087189810939432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-86808659970662302302010-10-09T06:55:46.050-07:002010-10-09T06:55:46.050-07:00Maybe Heather has the answer here - although opini...Maybe Heather has the answer here - although opinions are so varied - isn't it an interesting subject. We could go on about it for weeks.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-43838008394764542202010-10-09T05:44:57.669-07:002010-10-09T05:44:57.669-07:00Fascinating. I find it's the clash of heart an...Fascinating. I find it's the clash of heart and mind. The emotional load, which the brain knows it should refine and the heart saying: "Oh no, not that bit, leave that alone!" You have to be Seamus Heaney to get them both on board.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-67652812292101331852010-10-09T05:38:31.318-07:002010-10-09T05:38:31.318-07:00I like so many different kinds of poetry that I fe...I like so many different kinds of poetry that I fear if you all started following the same rules, it might all start to sound the same.jeanette from everton terracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02025486213973874174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-45855056205269255782010-10-09T03:05:42.777-07:002010-10-09T03:05:42.777-07:00The trouble is that we are all different and while...The trouble is that we are all different and while one writer would be happy trying to follow those rules, admirable though they might be, another would feel strangled by them. Rather like painting, some artists need to be free spirits to express themselves while others strive for perfection in the execution of their work. However, maybe we all need to learn the rules and use them, before we try to be free spirits!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-52040294239710633072010-10-08T18:43:10.982-07:002010-10-08T18:43:10.982-07:00Yes, good principles, Pat.Yes, good principles, Pat.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-8695494709511436142010-10-08T17:15:42.941-07:002010-10-08T17:15:42.941-07:00I'll try to etch these principles into my memo...I'll try to etch these principles into my memory, Weaver. Thanks.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-71113384792697932102010-10-08T13:30:42.981-07:002010-10-08T13:30:42.981-07:00This should be a sampler on the wall above the des...This should be a sampler on the wall above the desk for us all, Pat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-71537104646535580302010-10-08T12:48:53.067-07:002010-10-08T12:48:53.067-07:00Interesting post, Pat. I like Sondheim and see no...Interesting post, Pat. I like Sondheim and see nothing in these rules with which I would disagree.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-30556994732236224102010-10-08T12:18:42.470-07:002010-10-08T12:18:42.470-07:00Weaver...don't put yourself down! the essence ...Weaver...don't put yourself down! the essence of the poet is the agonizing over which word or concept it should be and then letting it live it's own life! You fill all of the criteria..I love your work!!Gerry Snapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269492251928362799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-13744093389350009462010-10-08T09:34:38.961-07:002010-10-08T09:34:38.961-07:00Good rules for poems
I think I once wrote you June...Good rules for poems<br />I think I once wrote you June Jordan's questions to ask a poem --which I will now have to look up....<br />one of them is "Is it a unity"<br /><br />she was also very fierce about redudancies (and stuff you don't need) here I am being redundant and not precise.....hee hee<br /><br />even GERUNDS<br />as in preferring "I slept" over "I was sleeping"<br />very few INGS allowed ing-slashing highly recommended!<br /><br />and very few uses of the verb 'to be'Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-31874963707655543872010-10-08T09:22:19.210-07:002010-10-08T09:22:19.210-07:00Well I don't know, but I suspect Dylan Thomas ...Well I don't know, but I suspect Dylan Thomas is turning in his grave.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.com