tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127781559169508905.post8059371564382235815..comments2023-07-27T06:27:26.377-07:00Comments on Corvus-at-large: Divorce PoemsCorvushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551074469397517188noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127781559169508905.post-20107350295816859382010-07-11T20:38:20.165-07:002010-07-11T20:38:20.165-07:00Harms's does have a failed marriage from the 1...Harms's does have a failed marriage from the 1990s that predates his current marriage . . . I believe that first marriage was the one about which he wrote in that lovely poem.Amy L. Fairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11411511984140698982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127781559169508905.post-20352055618138611462008-09-08T09:06:00.000-07:002008-09-08T09:06:00.000-07:00The Ammons poem is much more brilliant, indeed. I...The Ammons poem is much more brilliant, indeed. It shows us the folly of our attentive stare, that we are looking at the reed when the grand mystery is that wind, that has no shape, color, and is so hard to grasp with out hands--until we figure out that the wind is not to be used that way, even if we could do that with the simple reed.<BR/><BR/>Still, Collins' piece seems more fitting. We think the forks are attacking each other, but they have been subsituted by the lovers, sometimes unwittingly by one or both, to attack the love space that has become so familiar that it is beyond taken for granted--it is an invading stranger.Clarence Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577971879083508640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-127781559169508905.post-43087038153376271462008-09-06T23:17:00.000-07:002008-09-06T23:17:00.000-07:00as much as i appreciate billy collins and his work...as much as i appreciate billy collins and his work--and find myself depending on it in the classroom, something about his work becomes a burr in my saddle. reminding me of my AP teacher's tirade when the pittsburgh symphony (in what would appear a desperate move to sell seats) began advertising attendance as a means of unwinding after a hard day. art is work!Not A Touristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11859770972582374083noreply@blogger.com