tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post255437482157097638..comments2024-03-28T17:44:17.403-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: PoetryThe Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-52104008830044132032018-11-29T11:07:10.451-08:002018-11-29T11:07:10.451-08:00Thanks for your comments. Sorry some of you didn...Thanks for your comments. Sorry some of you didn't care for Briggflats - I just love the way it evokes the tough life the old travelling masons had as they went from village to village. I also think that first verse is wonderful and it is that I think of when I cross the River Rawthey - the fact that the bull,the river and the water running over the pebbles all together form a madrigal.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-85280632822081208052018-11-29T07:10:39.683-08:002018-11-29T07:10:39.683-08:00I like associating places with literature, whether...I like associating places with literature, whether actual or only in my imagination.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-30605915350378019612018-11-29T03:01:48.136-08:002018-11-29T03:01:48.136-08:00Thanks Rachel, I was beginning to think I was gonn...Thanks Rachel, I was beginning to think I was gonna be the odd one out. "Poem in October" by Dylan Thomas is my all time favourite. Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-65826055239060137682018-11-29T02:39:48.692-08:002018-11-29T02:39:48.692-08:00I used the Highwayman to help my students practice...I used the Highwayman to help my students practice giving class presentations. Its such a brilliant, evocative piece of writing, you can't help but get caught up in the story telling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-74555712675302944622018-11-29T02:33:47.278-08:002018-11-29T02:33:47.278-08:00I just looked at, and listened to some of, Briggfl...I just looked at, and listened to some of, Briggflats. He didn't waste words, did he? Where three would do, three you got. I am afraid I didn't like it, and found it dreadfully depressing. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-34803421164465154102018-11-29T02:17:54.273-08:002018-11-29T02:17:54.273-08:00I to can remember the Highway man and the Ancient ...I to can remember the Highway man and the Ancient Mariner also quite a lot of Hiawatha.walking in beauty carmarthenshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01353481918125809808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-11816152760542464942018-11-29T00:54:45.732-08:002018-11-29T00:54:45.732-08:00Glad you had your poetry afternoon to offset the a...Glad you had your poetry afternoon to offset the awful weather. I must admit that I can't remember much poetry from my school days but have since tried to educate myself and have spasmodic readings myself. The war poems are so poignant and evoke so many emotions. One of my favourites is Kipling's 'My Boy Jack'.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-23892883749545052552018-11-28T23:41:31.342-08:002018-11-28T23:41:31.342-08:00Poetry still forms part of GCSE English Lit so it ...Poetry still forms part of GCSE English Lit so it is still taught. Fear not those who are worrying. I have many favourite poems but one that always stays with me from school days is Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum. <br /><br />Mild and windy here.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-68177163553989942272018-11-28T23:34:06.725-08:002018-11-28T23:34:06.725-08:00We still learned poems and song lyrics by heart at...We still learned poems and song lyrics by heart at school, but nowhere near the amount that was taught the generations before mine. The ones I learnt back then are still with me, but overall I must admit I am not much of a poetry person.<br />Your poetry afternoons always sound wonderful, and what better way to spend such a dismal day than with your friends!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-57284594904950866622018-11-28T23:33:07.691-08:002018-11-28T23:33:07.691-08:00Had a look at "Briggflats" Pat but it ju...Had a look at "Briggflats" Pat but it just didn't appeal to me, sorry.<br />Got up this morning (Thurs) to our sixth morning of rain and winds lashing against the windows.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-66917974577282376792018-11-28T21:25:45.165-08:002018-11-28T21:25:45.165-08:00Extraordinary poem 'Briggflats', so long a...Extraordinary poem 'Briggflats', so long as to be almost a short story, yet there is such sadness in contemplating the words. I also remember the poem weekly recited to the class when I was a child.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-60687802809906617262018-11-28T20:25:01.932-08:002018-11-28T20:25:01.932-08:00I recall the Highwayman from studying it in Grade ...I recall the Highwayman from studying it in Grade 5 - what I suppose now would be called Middle School. I was very taken with it, - thought the Highwayman very romantic, and he still goes riding, riding, riding up to the old inn door...when I think of the poetry I learned in school. What DO they teach in school these days? Hildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420791064923078834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-28883886297698686522018-11-28T15:45:42.885-08:002018-11-28T15:45:42.885-08:00I did google Basil Bunting's 'Briggflatts&...I did google Basil Bunting's 'Briggflatts' and found a video of him reciting it which I very much enjoyed. Thank you for recommending it! I have always loved most all poetry but it does not seem to carry the popularity that it used to which is a shame.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-89945168327171142642018-11-28T15:39:43.915-08:002018-11-28T15:39:43.915-08:00My two girls used to love my DH reciting the Night...My two girls used to love my DH reciting the Night Mail by WH Auden to them instead of the usual bedtime story - they still remember it now.wherethejourneytakesmehttps://wherethejourneytakesme2.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-3904018746072667192018-11-28T14:26:07.169-08:002018-11-28T14:26:07.169-08:00I used to love "The Highwayman" as a chi...I used to love "The Highwayman" as a child and will have to revisit it now that you have reminded me of it. It is a very moving poem.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05224823051315463861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-53149301457681131292018-11-28T14:05:30.428-08:002018-11-28T14:05:30.428-08:00We do not have potery, oral stories, art, music, d...We do not have potery, oral stories, art, music, dance or cursive writing in many school now.<br /><br />cheers, parsnip and badger<br /><br />angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-6613124571612431852018-11-28T13:19:02.760-08:002018-11-28T13:19:02.760-08:00I had to learn Walter de la Mare - The Listeners. ...I had to learn Walter de la Mare - The Listeners. It was one of my favourites in my schooldays. I'll shall revisit it on YouTube. Thanks for the jolt! Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-7493273112257218332018-11-28T12:48:33.477-08:002018-11-28T12:48:33.477-08:00My dad too could recite poetry by heart in a big a...My dad too could recite poetry by heart in a big and dramatic voice. Poems like the ones you mention and by Robert Service, etc. I liked to listen to him and wish that was still taught. Even in my day it was no longer part of school. Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-50766348691231306512018-11-28T11:48:39.980-08:002018-11-28T11:48:39.980-08:00We had English lessons every day and were also giv...We had English lessons every day and were also given a poem to memorise for our English homework once a week. Our English teacher, Miss Clarkson, was older than other teachers in the school and I remember she came from Scarborough and never married because her intended died in WW1.<br /><br />The Highwayman is one of my favourite poems of all time. Joan (Devon)noreply@blogger.com