tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post8764788570310456543..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Rabbits, Tavener, PoemsMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-66336166057249206802021-09-04T22:48:27.246-04:002021-09-04T22:48:27.246-04:00And that gives me a stellar reader! Thanks, Jeff.....And that gives me a stellar reader! Thanks, Jeff... I'm late in responding also--arrived from a West Virginia and Virginia trip about an hour ago.Marly Youmansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-50756775836434984352021-09-03T03:54:14.369-04:002021-09-03T03:54:14.369-04:00I'm awfully late in responding to this, but I&...I'm awfully late in responding to this, but I'd certainly enjoy reading another long poem by you...Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-5102158343534963462021-08-03T11:03:39.372-04:002021-08-03T11:03:39.372-04:00Drat! Blogger ate my comments... I should learn to...Drat! Blogger ate my comments... I should learn to copy first, I suppose.<br /><br />I do indeed consider the subject matter. But I know myself reasonably well (any more would be painful), and I know that I will never write anything I discuss beforehand. Evidently I have a bent toward mystery and secrecy.<br /><br />You malign yourself! You are in good sonnet-mania company. Look at Merrill Moore,Marlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-60934674661037247712021-08-03T02:28:45.887-04:002021-08-03T02:28:45.887-04:00Interesting. You appear be conceiving the project ...Interesting. You appear be conceiving the project without first considering the subject matter. Of course for me it's simpler; just another Shakespearean sonnet: ABAB, CD <i>und so weiter</i>. That familiar framework with its whip-snap conclusion that everyone told me I should drop. My defence: I'm an amateur, perhaps even a cripple. I will always need crutches.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.com