tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201930148531767803.post5359179932474500227..comments2023-04-07T05:56:19.716-07:00Comments on ". . .recollected in tranquility. . .": This HeartStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520240994034904255noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201930148531767803.post-41451666443465115482010-08-31T10:47:35.427-07:002010-08-31T10:47:35.427-07:00Dear Dylan,
Yes, "Letter North" is very...Dear Dylan,<br /><br />Yes, "Letter North" is very, very nice. I remember reading the drafts of these in some of the creative writing groups we shared.<br /><br />shalom,<br /><br />StevenStevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15520240994034904255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201930148531767803.post-18648428223720046782010-08-31T09:44:29.211-07:002010-08-31T09:44:29.211-07:00Steven --
Many thanks for this unexpected and wel...Steven --<br /><br />Many thanks for this unexpected and welcome gift! For it is a gift, truly, to encounter poems such as "The Moon Has No Motion ..." and "Letter North." Thank you again.Thomas Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217297262702709978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201930148531767803.post-45903828962723437282010-08-31T08:06:25.112-07:002010-08-31T08:06:25.112-07:00Dear Dylan,
Take a look at this Google Book, if y...Dear Dylan,<br /><br />Take a look at this Google Book, if you are interested.<br /><br />http://books.google.com/books?id=yv-O07Y3pjcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=jay+bradford+fowler+jr.&source=bl&ots=HduGSVSEfd&sig=ldjShT1Eo7Ixy2bLdslFL840Xuw&hl=en&ei=IRp9TJn5JoKdlgfi4KXsCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=jay%20bradford%20fowler%20jr.&f=false<br /><br />shalom,<br /><br />StevenStevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15520240994034904255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201930148531767803.post-62723746262585289782010-08-31T08:04:27.596-07:002010-08-31T08:04:27.596-07:00Dear Dylan,
Turns out that he isn't as unknow...Dear Dylan,<br /><br />Turns out that he isn't as unknown, as I thought. I knew him before his first book of poetry was published and before he won his first award. But he is not as well known as he deserves. He was a good, if eccentric friend.<br /><br />shalom,<br /><br />StevenStevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15520240994034904255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201930148531767803.post-72132194253387996992010-08-31T07:58:57.469-07:002010-08-31T07:58:57.469-07:00Dear Dylan,
I should also point out that the phra...Dear Dylan,<br /><br />I should also point out that the phrase "has no motion I can move," is a direct lifting from a poet-friend of mine who had not been widely published--Jay Bradford Fowler Jr. The original line--representing his own obsessions was something like, "The moon has no motion I can move."<br /><br />Don't want to be accused of plagiarism, and more, would like to see if others can discover the poetry of this very fine, but quite unknown poet.<br /><br />shalom,<br /><br />StevenStevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15520240994034904255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201930148531767803.post-66037445386632577142010-08-31T07:55:47.505-07:002010-08-31T07:55:47.505-07:00Dear Dylan,
Thank you. It may show the virtue of...Dear Dylan,<br /><br />Thank you. It may show the virtue of the deeply felt. In some ways, I have been all my life a Wordsworthian--incapable of composing in the moment, but in a stretch of serenity, tranquility after the event, sometimes sketching things out.<br /><br />Your words mean far more than you can know.<br /><br />shalom,<br /><br />StevenStevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15520240994034904255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3201930148531767803.post-31652594532115679822010-08-31T05:24:44.710-07:002010-08-31T05:24:44.710-07:00This poem is excellent, compelling -- and slightly...This poem is excellent, compelling -- and slightly troubling, but in a way that does not diminish its excellence. It merits many rereadings.Thomas Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217297262702709978noreply@blogger.com