tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post5170859634690458762..comments2024-02-05T00:16:13.698-05:00Comments on Banjo52: Poem for a Day: "Blackberry Eating" by Galway KinnellBanjo52http://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-89470904570326506782009-09-19T17:20:01.277-04:002009-09-19T17:20:01.277-04:00Glad I helped. Believe me, I never know.
I feel ...Glad I helped. Believe me, I never know. <br /><br />I feel sure he is that "cagey," though people seem reluctant to think of poetry as such a considered thing. I've heard enough poets on the subject to feel comfortable thinking it is very considered--but also very lucky. And if the poem doesn't feel immediate, spontaneous, and so forth, all's lost. This thinking about the process goes at least as far back as Keats.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-32984696800546213212009-09-19T11:17:25.994-04:002009-09-19T11:17:25.994-04:00I appreciated your commentary else the poem would ...I appreciated your commentary else the poem would have been utterly lost on me.<br /><br />Is he really that cagey?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com