tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post4965849052237421056..comments2024-02-05T00:16:13.698-05:00Comments on Banjo52: Thomas Lux, "To Help the Monkey Cross the River"Banjo52http://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-29952263795990957912010-06-15T08:49:45.453-04:002010-06-15T08:49:45.453-04:00The more, the merrier. I have seen a few Burn Noti...The more, the merrier. I have seen a few Burn Notices but cannot get past the girl's skinny and odd looks--one more reason I cling to CSI Miami and Criminal Minds. And after a slow start, I'm warming to the new Elmore Leonard cop show, Justified, set in Kentucky. <br /><br />I'd love to hear Lux's reaction to having his poem compared to a shoot-em-up. The populist in him just might like it, but would he admit it?Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-90036727402006771422010-06-15T00:45:36.536-04:002010-06-15T00:45:36.536-04:00Do you ever watch "Burn Notice" on TV? I...Do you ever watch "Burn Notice" on TV? It is one of our simple giggles here at our house. Anyway, I showed my husband this poem... he turned and looked at me, said "what is this, a Burn Notice technique?" and burst out laughing. <br /><br />Another fan you have created!Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-59548200390446063782010-06-14T14:13:22.906-04:002010-06-14T14:13:22.906-04:00Brz, alas, I was mainly attempting wise-acreness, ...Brz, alas, I was mainly attempting wise-acreness, though I suppose I had in mind the straight_____ (straightforward, straight head, etc.) vs. the sneakiness of the oblique angle or some such. So maybe I meant the straight approach of the croc, no trickery, no strategy, just straight-ahead butchery of poor monkey. <br /><br />And did I mean croc the was therefore more . . . honest? . . . about his mission than the snake? Works for me, but I'm only now trying to actually think about. (And now you've made me split an infinitive!). <br /><br />Speaking grammar, etc. . . . About "comply" the other day--my understanding is that either of its uses is now OK. First, from days of yore, "The team comprises 20 players." As weird as that sounds, I had thought it was the ONLY acceptable use. But in the last few years, I'm told the other, more common (and more modern?) usage is also OK: "Those three poems comprise his major contribution."<br /><br />Enriching, eh?Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-72697089623569443832010-06-14T12:17:42.519-04:002010-06-14T12:17:42.519-04:00Banjomyn, expand on the symbolism? It is easy to g...Banjomyn, expand on the symbolism? It is easy to get caught up in visualization of the event instead of symbolization!Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-46208647016383862422010-06-14T08:35:35.784-04:002010-06-14T08:35:35.784-04:00Good!
Hiker, life-saving info. Thanks. I'm al...Good!<br /><br />Hiker, life-saving info. Thanks. I'm also seeing a lot of potential symbolism as well as the literal, re: straight lines vs. angles.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-49585691529825995762010-06-13T21:50:26.071-04:002010-06-13T21:50:26.071-04:00Charmed; I'm charmed. And bring on the goat pi...Charmed; I'm charmed. And bring on the goat pictures. (Funnily enough, just learned today that crocs travel in a straight line. So if you're ever chased by one, take the angles.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-37202564670513559252010-06-13T20:59:41.573-04:002010-06-13T20:59:41.573-04:00It is easy to be a fan!It is easy to be a fan!Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.com