tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post7335756871254963463..comments2024-02-05T00:16:13.698-05:00Comments on Banjo52: Jane Hirshfield, "Tree," Red-bellied WoodpeckerBanjo52http://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-54885886688909796972011-09-30T19:48:26.336-04:002011-09-30T19:48:26.336-04:00PA, I can see how it would be that kind of poem fo...PA, I can see how it would be that kind of poem for a lot of people. I'm still liking it just fine, esp. the image of immensity, tapping.<br /><br />Brenda, I really will try those. When it's Neruda, clearly the fault is mine.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-81682744048945069762011-09-30T12:30:23.543-04:002011-09-30T12:30:23.543-04:00I, too, would love to hear more from Barbaro on Ne...I, too, would love to hear more from Barbaro on Neruda.<br />Banjomyn, try some of Neruda's "Odes..." One is "Ode to Bird Watching", tho it isn't my favorite. Love his "A Dog has Died" (the imagery of being buried there!!) and "I'll explain some things" about living thru the revolution. Lovely.<br /><br />But perhaps it is the translators who make it all lovely.Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-18044538147204764292011-09-30T12:10:03.714-04:002011-09-30T12:10:03.714-04:00That is my favorite poem you've posted. I don&...That is my favorite poem you've posted. I don't want to analyze it. I get it in my bones.Pasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-46387129826946247272011-09-30T11:54:54.156-04:002011-09-30T11:54:54.156-04:00Brenda and Farmchick, I think it's my fault th...Brenda and Farmchick, I think it's my fault that you were misled, and I've changed my wording somewhat for clarification. I didn't mean to say there was an actual woodpecker in "Trees," but I ended up sort of implying it. You're right--it's the tree that's tapping. <br /><br />Barbaro, wish you'd go on a bit about Neruda. I've never entirely "gotten" the wonder of him that so many readers find. Anyone care to offer Neruda titles to convert those of us among the great unwashed?Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-19813236344178148512011-09-29T20:52:37.175-04:002011-09-29T20:52:37.175-04:00I admire her compactness, even as I chuckle at the...I admire her compactness, even as I chuckle at the irony of writing a tiny poem about an immense tree, indeed "immensity" itself. What a different take (bigger, not necessarily better) Neruda would have.Barbarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038516078498541056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-26927248887168205622011-09-29T18:37:33.837-04:002011-09-29T18:37:33.837-04:00Excellent photos and I agree with Brenda's com...Excellent photos and I agree with Brenda's comment about the poem!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123691580195879542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-70569214714175939962011-09-29T17:00:53.851-04:002011-09-29T17:00:53.851-04:00An incredibly stupid question I ask here... how ca...An incredibly stupid question I ask here... how can anyone know this poem is about a woodpecker? The huge redwoods in California seem to make a noise, a symphony of their own. Could that be Hirshfield's clutter of noise? <br /><br />Oh, your photos are awesome. Meaning, I am in awe.Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.com