tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post4294846697088101092..comments2023-12-13T03:19:15.138-08:00Comments on The Drift Record : Poetry Friday: Poems That Go Nowhere in ParticularUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-8655854337717067672011-08-14T10:35:53.062-07:002011-08-14T10:35:53.062-07:00Thanks for this, Julie. I hadn't read that par...Thanks for this, Julie. I hadn't read that particular Millay before. Dave's comment was very interesting! Boom boom!Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-40835765925740068902011-08-05T18:51:39.923-07:002011-08-05T18:51:39.923-07:00in high school my AP english teacher managed to in...in high school my AP english teacher managed to infect us with the playful notion that edna st. vincent millay's lilting, poetic name was incomplete: he insisted whenever her name was said -- and always in full -- that we pound our desks twice to finish the meter.<br /><br /><i>edna st. vincent millay <b>boom-boom!</b>,</i><br /><br />to this day, certain of my fellow classmates can be counted on to pound out the boom-boom as if by reflex.<br /><br />after that, it always felt as if you could recognize a millay poem by the quality of her loping rhythms, as if her name had forced upon her a sort of lyrical limp she couldn't escape.<br /><br />and this is a fine example. thanks!david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-47377686402970771742011-08-05T13:27:04.047-07:002011-08-05T13:27:04.047-07:00I haven't been here in quite a while, so first...I haven't been here in quite a while, so first I should tell you how much I like the new "look."<br /><br />I found a volume of Millay's poems in a used bookstore a few years back. It's full of treasures! I didn't realize that she wrote war propaganda, but I can understand how that overshadowed her work. I do love the piece you've shared.Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.com