tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post113777526330402457..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: New York DiaryMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1137897617585503272006-01-21T21:40:00.000-05:002006-01-21T21:40:00.000-05:00I haven't read much of Davies lately (aside from a...I haven't read much of Davies lately (aside from a book of essays that I found in our tiny library), but I have a great fondness for his books (and his big Whitmania beard.) I remember reading the Deptford trilogy with great excitement as a young sprat--think I discovered John Cowper Powys not long afterward. <BR/><BR/>More bird-thoughts: there's a wild John Skelton poem in his rollicking "Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1137893276458053322006-01-21T20:27:00.001-05:002006-01-21T20:27:00.001-05:00(and forgive what seems to be my currently fractur...(and forgive what seems to be my currently fractured spelling!)jarvenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04709417058741577802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1137893224321299022006-01-21T20:27:00.000-05:002006-01-21T20:27:00.000-05:00I meant to comment on your use of Davies in descri...I meant to comment on your use of Davies in describing Sharyn--I believe I understood absolutely, but more, I was delighted that you too are a Davies reader and appreciator. <BR/>There are many good bird poems, though probably the sparrow group is somewhat limited. Will have to search out the Wilbur. (I've been thinking of the connection between another brown bird and a golden one--Keat's jarvenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04709417058741577802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1137870007189124482006-01-21T14:00:00.000-05:002006-01-21T14:00:00.000-05:00Well, maybe it isn't stored the way the interviews...Well, maybe it isn't stored the way the interviews are... I have no clue. I know it's broadcast there, though. If you find it, tell me! I, too, can be "cyber inept."<BR/><BR/>Oh, I think Wilbur has a good sparrow poem, too.<BR/><BR/>Sharyn just asked me how she was a Davies character, so perhaps I should say that she is a bit larger-than-life in manner and has the dramatic-looking kind of beauty(Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1137867738848177222006-01-21T13:22:00.000-05:002006-01-21T13:22:00.000-05:00Vicarious thrills. Without the cold and long walks...Vicarious thrills. Without the cold and long walks on tile floors. Delicious. It doesn't seem the Hour of the Wolf has your segment online quite yet (or I am cyber inept), but I will check once more in a few days.<BR/>Thanks for the perfect Issa poem.jarvenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04709417058741577802noreply@blogger.com