tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post3759803597381832743..comments2024-02-05T00:16:13.698-05:00Comments on Banjo52: Cedar Waxwings, "Psyche and Eros in Florida" by Debora GregerBanjo52http://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-11335468177580768682011-09-22T10:45:30.462-04:002011-09-22T10:45:30.462-04:00Brenda, I like that point. I bet most of us undere...Brenda, I like that point. I bet most of us underestimate how much sheer information we can get through poetry. <br /><br />PA, thanks—I’ve been aware of them long enough to have forgotten (become desensitized) to the name. I agree, it’s very nice, esp. broken down the way you do it. <br /><br />AH, an astounding memory! That’s been at least a year, hasn’t it? Yes, Kay Ryan, now a former poet laureate. I don’t know if I raved enough about her talk at the Dodge Poetry Festival last October. She held the attention of a roomful (maybe 500) teens, and she was only talking about being a poet! <br /><br />Hannah, yes, there are parts of the poem I’m still scratchy about. But blogging here about Robert Lowell’s “Skunk Hour” a few months ago RE-taught me to try to avoid hasty judgments. <br /><br />Brenda and Hannah, thanks about the pics. So often while shooting I feel I’ve just one-upped Ansel Adams, then I see the . . . results. But sometimes I’m pleased or just surprised. Photography is a great hobby—it makes the world even more interesting than it seemed. <br /><br />Abe, as I said, I’ve known of cedar waxwings for a long, long time, but haven’t seen any for decades. Just stumbled onto 3-4 that afternoon near some berries, and they felt like a gift. Ditto that high one, which I couldn’t even identify till I downloaded it. For all its problems, I’m a big fan of digitalization and the internet in general . . . <br /><br />Hannah, the very same internet on which I just re-started a new subscription to Kenyon Review yesterday, after a few years away from it. Might be at least partly due to your recommendation, plus a few poems I liked at their online site. I’ve always respected that magazine, but only recently have they seemed to care about being user friendly.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-45415864433253444562011-09-21T12:38:35.454-04:002011-09-21T12:38:35.454-04:00Wonderful that you have these birds to photograph....Wonderful that you have these birds to photograph. I have never seen them here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-73341754004411921992011-09-21T09:57:41.650-04:002011-09-21T09:57:41.650-04:00This was nice, too: "By candlelight nothing i...This was nice, too: "By candlelight nothing is not beautiful."<br /><br />I liked those last two lines, but the form of the two right before those was a little distracting for me (super long and super short).<br /><br />And good photos!Hannah Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-30046473309744099302011-09-21T00:53:29.774-04:002011-09-21T00:53:29.774-04:00Speaking of birds, your chicken poet -- it was you...Speaking of birds, your chicken poet -- it was your chicken poet wasn't it, the one who came to roost? -- won a big, big prize. Good, good for her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-73650274010343293892011-09-20T22:17:06.990-04:002011-09-20T22:17:06.990-04:00for a little bird that lives off the unwanted, she...for a little bird that lives off the unwanted, she has a beautiful name. Cedar waxwing<br /><br />cedar<br />wax<br />wing<br /><br />each provocative in it's own rightPasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-16419912845995428772011-09-20T11:19:17.502-04:002011-09-20T11:19:17.502-04:00Lovely photos, Banjomyn. Your last one is my favor...Lovely photos, Banjomyn. Your last one is my favorite.<br /><br />I like how the poet actually integrates the bird's behavior/diet into the poem. I come away knowing something more about the bird, not just more about the poet's talent.<br />Nice find!Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-70509378599240501842011-09-19T21:09:54.346-04:002011-09-19T21:09:54.346-04:00Farmchick, it's a happy little tuft, doncha th...Farmchick, it's a happy little tuft, doncha think?<br /><br />John, welcome. "tethered" certainly draws attention to itself, doesn't it. For now, I'm divided. Her use of it is awfully interesting, but it may be self-conscious, forced, or just too far-fetched. A palm "tethered" to the last of the day's heat . . . Hmmmm. Given the poem's title, as well as the image itself, it's probably phallic, but I still wonder if it's working too hard for its presence in the poem.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-27350953663391268172011-09-19T19:52:14.649-04:002011-09-19T19:52:14.649-04:00I've always liked watching the cedar waxwings-...I've always liked watching the cedar waxwings--they were frequent visitors to the place I recently lived in Idaho. You did pull out most of the best moments from the poem, tho I myself like the whole fourth & fifth stanzas quite well. The word "tethered" in the first stanza completely throws me--for whatever that's worth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-66910200749373701462011-09-19T18:45:51.248-04:002011-09-19T18:45:51.248-04:00I do like that tuft of hair in the first shot.I do like that tuft of hair in the first shot.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123691580195879542noreply@blogger.com