tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post6521296663970058986..comments2024-03-01T03:58:21.808-05:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Night journeyMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-15520489912762702192011-07-07T23:35:09.276-04:002011-07-07T23:35:09.276-04:00Luisa,
Don't think that will work for me! It&...Luisa,<br /><br />Don't think that will work for me! It's not happening quite fast enough, is it? Imagine the chagrin of those who almost live "forever"... <br /><br />But I still hope to have the brains to write when I am a crone.<br /><br />Glad you liked it. (Mutual fan club.)Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-9456014869773714962011-07-07T23:25:12.707-04:002011-07-07T23:25:12.707-04:00Interesting / coincidental? - that I saw this news...Interesting / coincidental? - that I saw this news link today: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/04/us-ageing-cure-idUSTRE7632ID20110704<br /><br />But yes, love that poem too!The Poet's Lizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02281761931730577108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-68250772533040526422011-07-07T08:31:01.232-04:002011-07-07T08:31:01.232-04:00Ah, Susanna, that was sweet--and to emulate my par...Ah, Susanna, that was sweet--and to emulate my parasailing Aunt Myra would be wondrous. Although I prefer to fly high in words, certainly!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-14762200412612757092011-07-07T08:29:28.853-04:002011-07-07T08:29:28.853-04:00Robbi,
I heard him read this poem at West Chester...Robbi,<br /><br />I heard him read this poem at West Chester and liked it. One of those small rooms that is bigger on the inside.<br /><br />It is wonderful when people get to keep their marbles and their energy into the 90's. I hope to still be able to find a world of beauty and glory and joy when I am so old--if I manage to make it that far.marly youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-29083269657243817052011-07-07T08:26:05.715-04:002011-07-07T08:26:05.715-04:00Paul,
Nor can I! Although all those aches and twi...Paul,<br /><br />Nor can I! Although all those aches and twinges tell you what 90 must be like--a whole bundle of them, I guess. <br /><br />I'm glad I look like a doer; from my side, I feel that I have little time to write and must hop to it in my free moments.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-90040378828267197542011-07-07T07:46:24.432-04:002011-07-07T07:46:24.432-04:00I really thought pails comment was beautiful your ...I really thought pails comment was beautiful your poetry is just going to get better and better. Even a t 90 you will never be old. You'll be like that high flyer aunti of yours.<br />SusannaSusannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419802372495554966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-81785177433125955992011-07-06T23:12:13.656-04:002011-07-06T23:12:13.656-04:00That is a wonderful poem. I must get a hold of his...That is a wonderful poem. I must get a hold of his recent stuff. I've always very much admired his work, and I am glad that he has kept on producing it.<br />Being the daughter of a very vital 93 year old man (at the time of his death last year), I know that elderly people can maintain all the energy and emotional verve of their younger selves. If they are lucky enough to keep their minds, Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-29513680211734000372011-07-06T22:59:30.172-04:002011-07-06T22:59:30.172-04:00(Not that you don't try. You MUST! That stuf...(Not that you don't try. You MUST! That stuff does not just 'happen'! But you are so prolific. A doer!)Paul Digbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-66742289990712707632011-07-06T22:58:08.358-04:002011-07-06T22:58:08.358-04:00When older, I think most people relax a little and...When older, I think most people relax a little and have learned to accept themselves and be themselves.<br />I love that people of all ages write poetry. <br />I really think people end up trying less, and doing more.<br /><br />In your case, Marly, I think that would not be possible!<br />You just 'do' now! <br />I am trying to imagine your poetry when you are older. I cannot!<br />Paul Digbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-69163050484617912032011-07-06T14:39:55.968-04:002011-07-06T14:39:55.968-04:00Dale--
Keats and Shelley must be the source of th...Dale--<br /><br />Keats and Shelley must be the source of that romantic idea! Since that was all the game they had... I look to Yeats as inspiration for getting older.<br /><br />The power of the unsaid. It's a lesson to us, isn't it? With your widow, it's all there, shared without having to make it explicit.<br /><br />marja-leena--<br /><br />Looking ahead, it's pleasing to see marly youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-87619829648615518792011-07-06T14:28:04.708-04:002011-07-06T14:28:04.708-04:00Yes, if we could all be that creative even at nine...Yes, if we could all be that creative even at ninety, were we to live that long. Wonderful poem of love and longing.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-82549990175842366812011-07-06T14:23:32.641-04:002011-07-06T14:23:32.641-04:00Oh. I'm doing a lot of massage, right now, for...Oh. I'm doing a lot of massage, right now, for a widow in her nineties, and sometimes the grief - which she never alludes to in words - is overwhelming.<br /><br />What a terrific poem. Some idiot - might it have been Gore Vidal? - once said that poetry was a young man's game, and reading Wordsworth made me think it was true: but it's not at all, thank God!Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.com