tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post8666052283936821486..comments2023-11-21T13:48:03.338+13:00Comments on Tuesday Poem: In The Desert by Stephen CraneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-52481764145389667852010-07-11T16:47:01.640+12:002010-07-11T16:47:01.640+12:00This is 1895! And it forces us to re-think the com...This is 1895! And it forces us to re-think the common story that modern poetry began with the shock of the Great War. It's simple, direct and goes directly for the jugular with not a whiff the 19th century. We are not that far here from punk rock.Harvey Molloyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168420609485849643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-78444539393542729222010-07-09T07:56:43.991+12:002010-07-09T07:56:43.991+12:00So succinct and vivid, leaving with me questions w...So succinct and vivid, leaving with me questions why, musings about the nature of our hearts, our taste for bitterness. Or is it just the bestial man who savors bitterness while the civilized questioner expects things to be to one's liking... Wonderful piece of poetic history. Thank you.Enchanted Oakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815997287116818456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-75892203988554228082010-07-07T09:15:05.975+12:002010-07-07T09:15:05.975+12:00A problem with blogger comments at the moment - on...A problem with blogger comments at the moment - only one comment is showing up. I commented last night and can't see it... so here we go again. Stephen Crane was 24 years old when he wrote this poem in 1895. He died at 29. I read In the Desert out on a radio current events panel yesterday - it fitted well with one of our discussions about young disassociated men with knives... (especially as Mary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-77313591381339137522010-07-06T20:42:07.382+12:002010-07-06T20:42:07.382+12:00I like the "it" repetitions too. Creepy,...I like the "it" repetitions too. Creepy, it stays with you.Helenhttp://helenheath.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-62087217450677758582010-07-06T13:50:28.553+12:002010-07-06T13:50:28.553+12:00Oops, hasty fingers... !
I meant to write 'f...Oops, hasty fingers... ! <br /><br />I meant to write 'for me, this poem could not have been posted at a more appropriate time.' CClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-31879861841086698432010-07-06T13:49:21.187+12:002010-07-06T13:49:21.187+12:00A startling poem, this... so powerful it leaves an...A startling poem, this... so powerful it leaves an after-image, an imprint. As Penelope suggests... 'aren't we, don't we, isn't it so?' <br /><br />There's something of Yeat's monster in here. <br /><br />Are we not asked to sit from time to time with our heart in our hands, exhorted to chew on ourselves, sweetness and bitterness both? <br /><br />Thank you, Janis. ForClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-18512468257548659252010-07-06T12:35:00.312+12:002010-07-06T12:35:00.312+12:00wow, I really like this - thank you for posting it...wow, I really like this - thank you for posting itBeehttp://ilikesweating.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-35687482009200363572010-07-06T10:29:09.203+12:002010-07-06T10:29:09.203+12:00It is a poem once read, never forgotten. Thanks fo...It is a poem once read, never forgotten. Thanks for the re-visit.Kay Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01791873464409271216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-7499841266566300842010-07-06T10:00:55.545+12:002010-07-06T10:00:55.545+12:00Recognition, yes. Aren't we, don't we, isn...Recognition, yes. Aren't we, don't we, isn't it so?Penelopehttp://www.penelopetodd.co.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-62026322186115908852010-07-06T07:49:21.310+12:002010-07-06T07:49:21.310+12:00Great choice.
so few words, and yet so much ther...Great choice. <br />so few words, and yet so much there to consume.AJ Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625252892255925438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-22637808326031567862010-07-06T06:58:38.228+12:002010-07-06T06:58:38.228+12:00Biblical.
Shock of recognition still, as when I f...Biblical.<br /><br />Shock of recognition still, as when I first read it years ago.<br /><br />Reminds me of Shelly's "I am Ozymandius (sp.?)<br /><br />Self-devouring creature terrible yet the poem is so satisfying. I'll eat the poem, but it won't disappear.<br /><br />Yours for eating in the mind,<br />MimMimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.com