tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post1708025795028536263..comments2023-11-21T13:48:03.338+13:00Comments on Tuesday Poem: Surface, by Peter MunroUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-77935559205660767492013-08-02T20:16:57.877+12:002013-08-02T20:16:57.877+12:00This poem has a wonderful sense of place. I am the...This poem has a wonderful sense of place. I am there on the boat too...<br />Methinks it is because the writer is so present in his occupation and as he says loves his work.<br />Although I'm not a great one for nets<br />I really like these lines <br />'The net descends from the broken backs<br />of seas through currents the moon aligned<br />in layers, sinking from black to black.<br />Helen McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429062682694815734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-51248588919531199472013-07-31T13:08:13.013+12:002013-07-31T13:08:13.013+12:00Oh I love this poem for its sounds - some familiar...Oh I love this poem for its sounds - some familiar not so - hook and pick, chitter, yelp, pings and clacks... definitely for listening to - and the way those sounds provide the sinew of the poem - and as such evoke the place and define the space... reminds me of Gerard Manley Hopkins' work in some ways. I am with you, Peter Munro, riding your version of the wimpling wing...I am entranced by Mary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-73867087178765745582013-07-31T09:53:23.545+12:002013-07-31T09:53:23.545+12:00Fantastic. I can't decide if I like the poem o...Fantastic. I can't decide if I like the poem or Peter's very vivid account of his shipboard accommodation (cramped smelly quarters with spot shrimp for lunch!) and his work and inspiration more. My kind of thing. I do love the poet's careful choice of words here, the sounds and images that come alive in this salty poem, from that first mention of seas walking downwind to the chatter Michelle Elvyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00503119577895402738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-35455382336001381472013-07-30T15:29:17.252+12:002013-07-30T15:29:17.252+12:00Peter paints a vivid portrait of the wild ocean he...Peter paints a vivid portrait of the wild ocean he works in. And really great to get that background information about his work and where it takes him. His family must miss him when he is at sea for a long time.Ben Hurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08367615722744097913noreply@blogger.com