tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post5299077599430360759..comments2023-12-13T03:19:15.138-08:00Comments on The Drift Record : Poetry Friday: Edna St. Vincent Millay's Ferry BoatUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-51433180672516500992013-10-28T00:07:36.630-07:002013-10-28T00:07:36.630-07:00Belatedly reading this -- saving it in my e-poetry...Belatedly reading this -- saving it in my e-poetry journal. Thanks! Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-2144808531716025372013-10-19T05:34:45.349-07:002013-10-19T05:34:45.349-07:00This is quite fun to read with First and Second Fi...This is quite fun to read with First and Second Figs still rumbling around in my head. I'm listening to Bill Bryson's new book about all that happened in 1927, and wishing I could time travel back to the '20s and hang around with Ms. Millay and her crowd!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-89965204391718204172013-10-18T23:37:15.472-07:002013-10-18T23:37:15.472-07:00Thanks everyone for the generous comments - glad y...Thanks everyone for the generous comments - glad you like that poem. <br /><br />B.J., the composer (Dag Gabrielson) has approached me about collaboration three times - each time, the words comes first, then music (and then, sometimes, dance.) but Dag is very specific about what he wants when he has a project in mind. Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-85056679149691100752013-10-18T20:01:36.732-07:002013-10-18T20:01:36.732-07:00Love that poem. The traveling light mood of it tak...Love that poem. The traveling light mood of it takes me back to university days in Vancouver. Your description of the ferry boat's whistle:<i> "...more like a moan than a whistle, really - it seems to come from way down deep. It's melancholy but dignified and industrious, that sound"</i> is perfect!Violet N.http://vnesdolypoems.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-41829220828291722622013-10-18T18:45:26.834-07:002013-10-18T18:45:26.834-07:00This is also one of my favorite Edna St Vincent Mi...This is also one of my favorite Edna St Vincent Millay poems, thank you for sharing it this week. We were at Staten Island a year ago, such a beautiful experience.GatheringBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477710897574769648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-28095073094234527412013-10-18T14:08:53.725-07:002013-10-18T14:08:53.725-07:00Wow! I love the conversational tone in this poem! ...Wow! I love the conversational tone in this poem! I always loved ferry rides especially the ferry from Plattsburgh,NY to Grand Isle, VT in the dark! <br /><br />Also loved your comment on my guest blog post at LauraSassitales about collaborating with musicians on your poetry. Curious whether they are composing to your poetry or vice verse. Assuming the former! Very interesting! I'd love to hear more about that! My husband, Malcolm Deeley, had a poem set to music by a Swedish composer. Love to talk more about it if you get a chance. bjlee@childrensauthorbjlee.comBJ Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810656260650783785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-46676839235176886972013-10-18T14:06:50.997-07:002013-10-18T14:06:50.997-07:00I love this poem. Thanks for sharing it!I love this poem. Thanks for sharing it!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-33040994891479899662013-10-18T11:02:52.913-07:002013-10-18T11:02:52.913-07:00Well it's very fine to arrive here after enjoy...Well it's very fine to arrive here after enjoying Edna's Figs number 1 and 2, pithy and sly at A Year of Reading, to find another Edna, a little punchy and generous and in love on a ferry. Now I just want to BE Edna St Vincent Millay in 1919....<br />Perfect!Heidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902158336083356337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-77250760648729681662013-10-18T08:39:20.769-07:002013-10-18T08:39:20.769-07:00What beautiful pictures. I love Seattle and you m...What beautiful pictures. I love Seattle and you make me want to jump on a plane right now. <br /><br />Enjoyed the Millay poem --- the second in the round up.<br /><br />Cathy Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08233792477358685156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-89231161060366198742013-10-18T07:12:49.015-07:002013-10-18T07:12:49.015-07:00Always loved ferry boat rides, and Edna's grac...Always loved ferry boat rides, and Edna's graceful poem. This is a great example of the "song" poem we talked about on Facebook -- I'll have to take a lesson from this and try to sing more in my own writing. Steven Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08424518148189688086noreply@blogger.com