tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post2044172140300688053..comments2024-02-05T00:16:13.698-05:00Comments on Banjo52: John Ciardi, "For Instance"Banjo52http://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-58548772950763006622010-02-21T10:58:03.556-05:002010-02-21T10:58:03.556-05:00That kind of simplicity is genius. It reminds me o...That kind of simplicity is genius. It reminds me of Camus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-66124017464712017652010-02-20T17:46:46.391-05:002010-02-20T17:46:46.391-05:00How about a response to AH's "resigned, c...How about a response to AH's "resigned, clear-eyed, tender"? I must say, I like that better than my word, "bitter," though I'm still on the fence. <br /><br />Barbaro, are you saying everything we imagine is good because we've imagined it?Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-69441113396598650252010-02-20T17:44:20.309-05:002010-02-20T17:44:20.309-05:00You three haven't been this far apart on other...You three haven't been this far apart on other poems, have you? I hope you'll keep talking here. <br /><br />I think Brenda's got her own poem going here . . .Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-18441488871913912232010-02-18T10:29:46.026-05:002010-02-18T10:29:46.026-05:00I came to the table fully intending to dislike thi...I came to the table fully intending to dislike this poem. I used to listen to an ancient Ciardi on NPR as he blew hard on etymology.<br /><br />But I love this poem. And I don't see it as necessarily bitter. Resigned. Clear-eyed. And tender.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-75033209784432570862010-02-17T23:29:13.563-05:002010-02-17T23:29:13.563-05:00I read the poem and said 'OUCH'.
I read th...I read the poem and said 'OUCH'.<br />I read the bumper sticker and said 'Grow up'. <br />I think my thoughts are interchangeable.Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-78755419764277588662010-02-17T20:22:38.812-05:002010-02-17T20:22:38.812-05:00A bit offhand for me. And though this it's pr...A bit offhand for me. And though this it's prob. not Ciardi's intent, I can't help but take umbrage at his suggestion that "imagination" can be a bad thing.Barbarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038516078498541056noreply@blogger.com