tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post5980860400629498100..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: Poetry Blogging Walt WhitmanBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-46739537099141464832007-02-11T20:21:00.000-08:002007-02-11T20:21:00.000-08:00Thanks for the suggestion! I found a couple poems...Thanks for the suggestion! I found a couple poems on line through NPR.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-68098228701224418962007-02-11T05:40:00.000-08:002007-02-11T05:40:00.000-08:00How about "Here Bullet" by Brian Turner, a creativ...How about "Here Bullet" by Brian Turner, a creative writing MFA serving in Iraq. Here's the title at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Here-Bullet-Brian-Turner/dp/1882295552<BR/><BR/>Very well written, excellent imagery and tropes. No tortured syntax or "experimental" use of language.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-35177562255383892072007-02-10T16:55:00.000-08:002007-02-10T16:55:00.000-08:00That is interesting indeed.... reminds me of when ...That is interesting indeed.... reminds me of when school tried to train us not to say the Hail Mary with thee, thou, thy... and how strongly we resisted!Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04240159816950032793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-24101440944906035842007-02-10T16:37:00.000-08:002007-02-10T16:37:00.000-08:00Right, Minnehaha, "thee" is more intimate. It can...Right, Minnehaha, "thee" is more intimate. It can also show a power differential (in the way that we can show power differentials in using first names vs a title and surname).<BR/><BR/>You can show distance, or respect.<BR/><BR/>Part of the difficulty is that the use of "thee" is dropping during the period, and "you" is becoming less marked as formal or distant. It's one of those language changing through time things.<BR/><BR/>But here, I think it's marked because he's changing mid-stream.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-43402389931067159702007-02-09T14:36:00.000-08:002007-02-09T14:36:00.000-08:00I really enjoyed the Lovelace poem, thanks for ope...I really enjoyed the Lovelace poem, thanks for opening my eyes to it. Was "you" less personal and more formal than "thee"? Hmm... It's interesting how modern that poem feels--especially with the parentheticals and the "A Sword, a Horse, a Shield", which reminds me of a line in what I think shall be my poem du jour.<BR/><BR/>Will keep a feeler out for post-WWII poetry...Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04240159816950032793noreply@blogger.com