tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post6554485636726509444..comments2024-02-05T00:16:13.698-05:00Comments on Banjo52: "Lastness" by Galway Kinnell : The Poetry FoundationBanjo52http://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-19273687686096099172011-08-20T19:02:03.153-04:002011-08-20T19:02:03.153-04:00PA, she said she was born in Sicily . . .PA, she said she was born in Sicily . . .Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-28754743937185536602011-08-20T19:01:30.859-04:002011-08-20T19:01:30.859-04:00AH, thanks. So much of the good stuff is serendipi...AH, thanks. So much of the good stuff is serendipity.<br /><br />Brenda, probably not the birds, but some serious photographers? Yep, I think so. <br /><br />PA, you psychically stole from me! A young thang with sparkles on her bosom just talked me into more expensive glasses than I'd planned on. I think of her as Conchita Fagioli. Is that what you mean? <br /><br />Abe, not to mention the patient, or even Zen, approach . . . . I was reminded of that as I chose NOT to wait for a flyover that might make a better shot. <br /><br />On the other hand, I continue to like the birds' uninterested, asymmetrical positions in the second shot.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-73291860177165496362011-08-19T08:09:02.287-04:002011-08-19T08:09:02.287-04:00I don't mind which way they fly. I have set in...I don't mind which way they fly. I have set in the backyard waiting and watching for the morning fly over of hawks and got them coming right at me and from the sides and bottoms as they passed over. That took a long time and days to just see them coming and happen to be there ready to take their pictures. I guess it is called, "Preplanning."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-72697548208535700692011-08-18T13:47:46.679-04:002011-08-18T13:47:46.679-04:00PA, I like Paige Gonzalez.PA, I like Paige Gonzalez.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-57377822123939026682011-08-15T19:30:47.007-04:002011-08-15T19:30:47.007-04:00Of course the last stanza is killer perfect, but t...Of course the last stanza is killer perfect, but the name Sancho Fergus is what stopped me. Have you ever put together names that made you laugh? made you say, thats what I'm going to name my next (insert noun here) Mr V likes Judy Flesh. Mine is Conchita PetersonPasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-61144114009324238532011-08-15T11:13:24.783-04:002011-08-15T11:13:24.783-04:00If you don't the photo, you won't know how...If you don't the photo, you won't know how good it would have been. Do you think the bird always wants to be shot head on? Hmmm.<br /><br />Love the birthing stanzas. They struck me... as joy.Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-88235523138718754152011-08-13T08:46:56.275-04:002011-08-13T08:46:56.275-04:00Thanks for sharing. I'm checking them out now....Thanks for sharing. I'm checking them out now.Birdmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634185585147630883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-53651917622027117342011-08-12T20:37:09.719-04:002011-08-12T20:37:09.719-04:00"For now, however, I’m good with it, happy to..."For now, however, I’m good with it, happy to be shocked again by what the human mind is able and lucky enough to stumble onto, perceive, and guess about."<br /><br />I like this, and agree. Personally, I stumble into rather than onto, but anything that makes us stop and notice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-61018462278421286532011-08-12T17:41:46.131-04:002011-08-12T17:41:46.131-04:00Hannah, welcome. I liked a lot in O'Rourke'...Hannah, welcome. I liked a lot in O'Rourke's first book. Not sure if she's followed up. Is she still poetry co-editor of The Paris Review? <br /><br />RuneE, thanks. Who knows if I'm rationalizing, but I really do like the sort of off-balance composition in the second photo. No bears in Scotland? I'd never have guessed that. Scotland reminds me a bit (from photos) of our Appalachian Mountains, which do have bears.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-46821218992952697432011-08-12T12:38:25.489-04:002011-08-12T12:38:25.489-04:00Let the ornithologists do it their way - you do it...Let the ornithologists do it their way - you do it your way.<br /><br />BTW, the poem gave me a taste of Scotland, even though there are no bears there. Funny.Rune Eidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008247272056395901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-87644626214794982002011-08-12T12:29:50.969-04:002011-08-12T12:29:50.969-04:00Oh, wow!! I love that Meghan O'Rourke poem---t...Oh, wow!! I love that Meghan O'Rourke poem---thanks for introducing me to her work.<br /><br />Thanks also for your thoughtful comments on my poems--looking forward to following your blog.Hannah Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.com