tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18745582.post113875459245174678..comments2023-05-27T10:50:20.637-05:00Comments on Literatrix: Good Poems for Hard TimesJennifer Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039865566870992465noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18745582.post-1138848433047643212006-02-01T21:47:00.000-05:002006-02-01T21:47:00.000-05:00Kipling's "Ballad of East and West" is a nice yarn...Kipling's <A HREF="http://www.bartleby.com/246/1129.html" REL="nofollow">"Ballad of East and West"</A> is a nice yarn. "Gunga Din" was nice enough. Those two can't compare to "If", though.<BR/><BR/>I like <A HREF="http://www.potw.org/archive/potw232.html" REL="nofollow">Longfellow's "Psalm of Life"</A>SNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03953992447839442060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18745582.post-1138834958252339932006-02-01T18:02:00.000-05:002006-02-01T18:02:00.000-05:00Nerd,I'll keep a lookout.Myrhaf,I agree about Keil...Nerd,<BR/><BR/>I'll keep a lookout.<BR/><BR/>Myrhaf,<BR/><BR/>I agree about Keillor, but I've developed the ability to filter out the worst of the garbage while still enjoying it when people say interesting things. I do hope you enjoy it, at least.<BR/><BR/>Toiler,<BR/><BR/>I really enjoy Rudyard Kipling, in fact, I was planning to do some looking around to see if I could find a few of his poems to blog about today. <BR/><BR/>I sort of enjoy Shel Silverstein, personally, but I think he's still alive so good luck finding anything of his online for free; he's still got copyrights.<BR/><BR/>Ed,<BR/><BR/>I have no idea, but if I were to hazard a guess I'd say thathe meant, a king is only a king, there's nothing special or magical about a title.Jennifer Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00039865566870992465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18745582.post-1138824481040364302006-02-01T15:08:00.000-05:002006-02-01T15:08:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing that poem. It is a good one. On...Thanks for sharing that poem. It is a good one. <BR/><BR/>One question though: Regarding the line "For all clean men are as good as I,/And a king is only that.", is he saying a king is only a clean man, and by inference talking about the old cliche "a land where every man is king"?EdMcGonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892046331126818396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18745582.post-1138811910061198902006-02-01T11:38:00.000-05:002006-02-01T11:38:00.000-05:00Hi, Jennifer! Poems are usually hit and miss for m...Hi, Jennifer! Poems are usually hit and miss for me, too. Most of the collections I have contain only a few real gems. (Maybe I just lack experience reading verse.) Anyway, here are a few good ones that leap to mind. How about <A HREF="http://www.swarthmore.edu/~apreset1/docs/if.html" REL="nofollow">"If"</A> by Rudyard Kipling. Or <A HREF="http://judithpordon.tripod.com/poetry/id107.html" REL="nofollow">"Caged Bird"</A> by Maya Angelou. And one of my childhood favorites by Emily Dickinson: <A HREF="http://www.bartleby.com/113/4129.html" REL="nofollow">"Adrift! A little boat adrift!"</A>. (She's religious, but I didn't know that when I was only knee-high.)<BR/><BR/>Speaking of this last one, my favorite poetry collection would probably be: <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0803708890/ref=sr_11_1/102-9690472-6788936?%5Fencoding=UTF8" REL="nofollow">"A Child's Treasury of Seaside Verse"</A>. It's a beautiful book, and a lot of the poetry is lusty and Romantic, even a bit sentimental.<BR/><BR/>I hope we live to see the day when New Romantic Poets begin to appear. It's exciting to imagine reading wordsmiths from the 21st century.<BR/><BR/>I also hope this list of mine brings you some cheer! Happy writing!Toilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08953413585016766709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18745582.post-1138778612176926462006-02-01T02:23:00.000-05:002006-02-01T02:23:00.000-05:00I followed your link to amazon and bought the book...I followed your link to amazon and bought the book, despite the presence of Garrison Keillor's name on the cover. He can be hard to take.Myrhafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16340507405537605164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18745582.post-1138774566476044162006-02-01T01:16:00.000-05:002006-02-01T01:16:00.000-05:00Recently, I've been searching the web for recordin...Recently, I've been searching the web for recordings of poems. There are a few sites, but most seem to focus on recordings done by the poets themselves and thus limit themselves to fairly modern poets.<BR/><BR/>A few sites have older poems, read by others, but it's rare to find those. If you ever come across something like that, do post a link.SNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03953992447839442060noreply@blogger.com