tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post5069922876014175..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Poems in "Mezzo Cammin" winter issueMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-28849254584464428542009-02-22T21:10:00.000-05:002009-02-22T21:10:00.000-05:00Hello, Jan--Just got in from North Carolina this e...Hello, Jan--<BR/><BR/>Just got in from North Carolina this evening (horribly sick of driving, too) and thought I would check my mail. It's good to find a Jan-note in the mailbox! <BR/><BR/>That is a very high compliment, and I treasure it. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-24597365553211510492009-02-22T07:58:00.000-05:002009-02-22T07:58:00.000-05:00Your writing is unmistakable. You have a style I w...Your writing is unmistakable. <BR/>You have a style I would recognise from the moon. <BR/>It is priceless.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627338108089464863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-77919047377508006032009-02-20T19:49:00.000-05:002009-02-20T19:49:00.000-05:00Sorry!I've been in Cullowhee--I'll tell you about ...Sorry!<BR/><BR/>I've been in Cullowhee--I'll tell you about it on Monday when I have some time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-32363686774176709212009-02-20T15:33:00.000-05:002009-02-20T15:33:00.000-05:00Oh she of the gnarly knees. I like that. Actually,...Oh she of the gnarly knees. I like that. Actually, a Robbi limerick containing the word "slobby" would be truthful, at least.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-28582330907440670842009-02-20T15:32:00.000-05:002009-02-20T15:32:00.000-05:00Say what? Hello Marly! Post woman!Say what? <BR/>Hello Marly! Post woman!Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-34791540264560906592009-02-14T10:09:00.000-05:002009-02-14T10:09:00.000-05:00"The Palace at 2:00 a.m."Johnny Hates Jazz - I hat..."The Palace at 2:00 a.m."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Johnny Hates Jazz - I hate AM/PM it sucks!<BR/><BR/>Ante Meridiem Post Meridiem.<BR/><BR/>AM/PM ??? <BR/><BR/>It's non a non-sensical post colonial and post imperialistic time measurement.<BR/><BR/>Should be banned! <BR/> <BR/><BR/>The time in Bangkok is now 21:57 <BR/><BR/><BR/>My phone, NOKIA 21:57<BR/>My computer COMPAQ 21:57<BR/> <BR/>John K Lindgren <Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1042534967964544992009-02-09T19:29:00.000-05:002009-02-09T19:29:00.000-05:00Ah, I still look back on my Randy-and-Howard Day a...Ah, I still look back on my Randy-and-Howard Day as remarkable! You know he has a new incarnation as a comic... You ought to get your school to bring him to visit English classes and do a show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-73143379229846189642009-02-09T17:59:00.000-05:002009-02-09T17:59:00.000-05:00Lucy would cherish the name exchange if she had ev...Lucy would cherish the name exchange if she had ever heard Poetry God Randy Cross deliver it...be still my heart.Susannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419802372495554966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-43353442747771060752009-02-07T08:57:00.000-05:002009-02-07T08:57:00.000-05:00Well, you would give the portrayal of the Lucy-mai...Well, you would give the portrayal of the Lucy-maiden a little extra scrutiny, wouldn't you? Nobody ever writes "Marly" sequences... "There once was a woman names Marly / Whose knees were exceptionally gnarly" etc. Maybe she only liked tea and barley. Anyway, nobody does it!<BR/><BR/>Liked your new pictures--don't pause to take a look as often as I like now that I am more than usually busy--and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-19715335105149174242009-02-07T04:05:00.000-05:002009-02-07T04:05:00.000-05:00Not finished reading here, just wanted to check in...Not finished reading here, just wanted to check in. Oh dear, I have such mixed feelings aobut my namesake by the mossy stone...<BR/><BR/>Back later.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-881633915176388802009-02-06T10:50:00.000-05:002009-02-06T10:50:00.000-05:00yes, the first three that came to me were When YOu...yes, the first three that came to me were When YOu are Old and gray<BR/><BR/>Sonnet by Edna St Vincent Millay<BR/><BR/>and She dwelt among the untrodden ways. I never seem to get away from these three, especially the lucy poems. I love how he misses this person and nobody else does, but its made a huge difference to him. I like that. Then I also like the When you are old and gray. I love Susannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419802372495554966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-73942439536010470472009-02-06T08:23:00.000-05:002009-02-06T08:23:00.000-05:00That the world be sprinkled with poems (rather tha...That the world be sprinkled with poems (rather than shrapnel and dust) is a good. Did you send a love poem?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-24797063936121481662009-02-06T08:06:00.000-05:002009-02-06T08:06:00.000-05:00thought you might be interested in this. THere is ...thought you might be interested in this. THere is a woman who puts up a poem a radom poem each day and it appears on your friend page. Its kind of like finding an easter egg at random. Today/yesterday she asked people what their fav love poem was in honor of Val. and there are over 50 comments in responce. People really come out to support their fav love poems. <BR/><BR/>http://Susannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419802372495554966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-54605557933212073312009-02-04T08:51:00.000-05:002009-02-04T08:51:00.000-05:00Thank you, dear child...I must say that we share a...Thank you, dear child...<BR/><BR/>I must say that we share a devotion to history and fine hats. The milliner's art is sadly in abeyance, and I am comforted that, in your case at least, the world is a hatted world.<BR/><BR/>Yours very sincerely,<BR/>Attorney ClendonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-43224914618824229422009-02-03T19:30:00.000-05:002009-02-03T19:30:00.000-05:00I think you need to let out Attorney Clendon out ...I think you need to let out Attorney Clendon out more often. I could could get to like him =)Susannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419802372495554966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-86122297417706079862009-02-02T18:30:00.000-05:002009-02-02T18:30:00.000-05:00Groundhog's Day--And hey, it's Candlemas, too--Hi ...Groundhog's Day--<BR/>And hey, it's Candlemas, too--<BR/><BR/>Hi Clare, <BR/><BR/>Everybody has gone to visit a giant groundhog downtown, so here I am checking the mail and finding you. I'm pleased that you did some reading and found something to like!<BR/><BR/>It's late where you are. Hope you had a grand writing day...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-76051314515125276262009-02-02T17:21:00.000-05:002009-02-02T17:21:00.000-05:00Lovely stuff, Marly! I feel like it transports me...Lovely stuff, Marly! I feel like it transports me to some long-ago age - and then tells me a wonderful story. I loved the Throne of Psyche the most!Clare Dudmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06197558842580794165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-33049715399552242592009-02-01T18:17:00.000-05:002009-02-01T18:17:00.000-05:00"Anonymous was a woman": must have been, to love P..."Anonymous was a woman": must have been, to love Persephone best...<BR/><BR/>Yes, there are interesting parallels (as well as to all variants on Beauty and the Beast), though I would much prefer being left on a mountain for Eros to being snatched through a crack in the earth by Hades.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-3079720488689122142009-02-01T17:29:00.000-05:002009-02-01T17:29:00.000-05:00I have to say, I didn't catch anything that even f...I have to say, I didn't catch anything that even faintly smacked of Harry Potter in any of the poems; although maybe I'm missing something, not having read the last volume. I enjoyed the Psyche sequence very much, especially Psyche in Hell, when Persephone (my favorite mythological character) was mentioned. When you think about it, there are some interesting parallels between Psyche's and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-3190608636025476492009-02-01T15:10:00.000-05:002009-02-01T15:10:00.000-05:00MB,I take that as a very high compliment, coming f...MB,<BR/><BR/>I take that as a very high compliment, coming from you! You know I just took a peek yesterday or the day before to see if the bluebird had brought any new poems... I hope all is very well with you and your Muse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-17291689078166300352009-02-01T14:28:00.000-05:002009-02-01T14:28:00.000-05:00I came, I read, I was amazed and, wordless, went a...I came, I read, I was amazed and, wordless, went away. I've come back because the least I can do is tell you that's how it was.MBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14515233228776181123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-2648937611220348852009-01-29T08:43:00.000-05:002009-01-29T08:43:00.000-05:00The only real burden comes in when I'm not able to...The only real burden comes in when I'm not able to do a thing and put it off and it gets lost in the ongoing sluice of life--and then, like a proper child of the deep South, I feel guilty. The Georgia in me springs up!<BR/><BR/>Maybe send them one at a time?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-39227654084907869592009-01-28T21:17:00.000-05:002009-01-28T21:17:00.000-05:00I don't want to burden you with these little thing...I don't want to burden you with these little things. One of them went straight from the draft to publication, so I'm probably on a roll right now. I don't have time to send any out though right now.<BR/>I did hear a story on NPR a couple of days ago and saw a poem coming directly out of it, so I wrote it. As usual, it is one of my critter poems.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-44713063501762870482009-01-28T19:43:00.000-05:002009-01-28T19:43:00.000-05:00Hmm, I don't imagine writing Potter poems, but I d...Hmm, I don't imagine writing Potter poems, but I do draw on mythic things and their magic, and these elements pop up in poems. Rowling has so thoroughly made use of the "hero's way" that I can imagine one might see something in common.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and Robbie,<BR/><BR/>Send the little poems to me elsewhere. I have been a failure at looking at most of the pieces you and others have asked me about Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-6068413010179696522009-01-28T18:37:00.000-05:002009-01-28T18:37:00.000-05:00I have a couple small and teeny poems that I knock...I have a couple small and teeny poems that I knocked off since starting to teach that workshop. I can send them to you, but I don't want to take you away from your constant writing. I am in awe of your productivity and the quality of your work.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.com