tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post5116267263755951378..comments2023-12-13T03:19:15.138-08:00Comments on The Drift Record : Poetry Friday: Barley-Corn Thoughts Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-56681676225641167992012-10-20T20:10:35.629-07:002012-10-20T20:10:35.629-07:00Absolutely true, David. I re-read Steinbeck's ...Absolutely true, David. I re-read Steinbeck's Sweet Thursday in the Monterey/Salinas countryside, smelling the fields (dirt, onions, garlic) and the sea (salt air and creosoted pilings and dead fish) and it was like Steinbeck perfume! Filled me up. Ditto 100 Years of Solitude in Mexico, though it should actually be Colombia - still, Garcia Marquez's Macondo is a lot like the small town my husband's grandparents lived in down in Jalisco. I've always wished I could go to Cape Breton and read an Alistair MacLeod story there.<br /><br />Mary Lee, we just got our voter's pamphlets today in Washington. I hope it helps to send the marked ballot in!<br /><br />Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-46114835557808660862012-10-20T07:53:11.511-07:002012-10-20T07:53:11.511-07:00the idea of reading whitman's poems in the loc...the idea of reading whitman's poems in the locales they describe reminds me of when i movrd to new england a few years back and decided i ought to re-read "walden." i hadn't read it since high school, if ever completely, and about half way through i decided i had to go to the place itself. perspective shifted, and the writing became immediate and vivid.<br /><br />i know it isn't possible in all circumstances, but there's so much to be gained from both revisiting classics you *think* you know from reading in your youth and from re-reading them in, at, or near their inspiration. the only other similar experience was seeing a tennessee williams play in new orleans... the mood, the voices, the whole experience opened up, no different than hearing jazz at preservation hall sounds that much more authentic.<br /><br />and we were talking about music, weren't we? singing the body electric and all?david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-24518912217904598292012-10-20T06:51:16.479-07:002012-10-20T06:51:16.479-07:00Julie, I'm finding it hard to breathe, too. An...Julie, I'm finding it hard to breathe, too. And I find myself avoiding the public places (FB, TV, news, etc) where the divisiveness is most blatant. I have my head a little bit in the sand, I know. But I have done my part. I voted early. Now I'm holding my breath.Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-54585245212349773082012-10-19T17:24:06.218-07:002012-10-19T17:24:06.218-07:00I'm sure you're right, Irene - Walt would ...I'm sure you're right, Irene - Walt would find poetry any time and anywhere. My friends and I read his "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" while we rode the ferry boat through the San Juan Islands, and it felt like he was right there with us, a modern man in a modern world. <br /><br />Andromeda, I love to see poetry in public places. We need more of that! <br /><br />And Marjorie and Renee - yes, we live in interesting times. I feel like holding my breath until after the election, I'm getting so wound up about it. (A little voice says, "Breathe, Julie..." Maybe it's Mr. Whitman.)Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-1353539197653997182012-10-19T11:58:44.490-07:002012-10-19T11:58:44.490-07:00We have a street art mural with that quote "I...We have a street art mural with that quote "I am large, I contain multitudes". See it here: http://tinyurl.com/8hwlzps<br /><br />I love the combination of painting and quote.Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-23157767310666392692012-10-19T10:01:19.937-07:002012-10-19T10:01:19.937-07:00Ah, Mr. Whitman, I've missed you. Getting out ...Ah, Mr. Whitman, I've missed you. Getting out my Leaves of Grass and hoping for the best.Renee LaTulippehttp://www.nowaterriver.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-89647457144251237052012-10-19T07:49:24.915-07:002012-10-19T07:49:24.915-07:00I haven't read any Waly Whitman for quite a wh...I haven't read any Waly Whitman for quite a while and you're right - I should. Yes, these are an interesting few weeks coming up for the US...Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12143499864104883745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552083088916942937.post-81597336150114463582012-10-19T07:27:34.995-07:002012-10-19T07:27:34.995-07:00Oh, Walt... I do wonder what he would think of tod...Oh, Walt... I do wonder what he would think of today's world. I bet he would find poetry in it, despite and because of the issues this generation faces. Thank you for reminding me of his work!Irene Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.com