tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post8877630054043311031..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Throne SamplerMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-56578982918512947552012-02-28T17:21:10.528-05:002012-02-28T17:21:10.528-05:00Robbi,
That is a pleasant wish. Thanks. I never r...Robbi,<br /><br />That is a pleasant wish. Thanks. I never really think about those things because the whole enterprise of poetry is obscure these days, and the kind I write is not a bit trendy.marlyhttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-47872571309603186492012-02-28T16:08:50.887-05:002012-02-28T16:08:50.887-05:00It really is a fabulous book. I hope you win some ...It really is a fabulous book. I hope you win some prizes for it. It deserves some.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-46300660581673646392012-02-27T18:49:04.163-05:002012-02-27T18:49:04.163-05:00marja-leena,
Yes, the event behind the poem came ...marja-leena,<br /><br />Yes, the event behind the poem came on a day when we decided to move him to another hospital with an I. D. department, as he hadn't even moved in days--and didn't move until the seventh day, as it turned out.<br /><br />I remember so many things from that time of meningitis with great vividness. Yes, it was full of powerful moments.<br /><br />And I'm so glad marlyhttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-766544157318365242012-02-27T18:38:18.687-05:002012-02-27T18:38:18.687-05:00Oh so beautiful, Marly, all of them. I love the on...Oh so beautiful, Marly, all of them. I love the ones about your children. The last one is so heart rending. As I read it I could not help imagining one of my own children there. Thankfully he survived while I'm sure the experience left something of a scar, like a burn, on you. That comes out in your powerful poem.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-34011579096204618382012-02-27T13:35:37.196-05:002012-02-27T13:35:37.196-05:00Dale, that is a lovely thing to say! Thank you.
...Dale, that is a lovely thing to say! Thank you. <br /><br />I have yours right here... and better go read another poem before child no. 3 appears, hair on end after the first day back in school.marlyhttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-24225935835535162872012-02-27T13:20:26.667-05:002012-02-27T13:20:26.667-05:00Such a gorgeous book. It was my main poetry readin...Such a gorgeous book. It was my main poetry reading for weeks: I carried it with me everywhere.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.com