tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post7655402873725287635..comments2023-11-21T13:48:03.338+13:00Comments on Tuesday Poem: Nuptials by Bill ManhireUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-23661816517389628292010-06-24T13:25:22.232+12:002010-06-24T13:25:22.232+12:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-24249666516912471782010-06-19T08:21:30.785+12:002010-06-19T08:21:30.785+12:00The Naked Horse poem reminds me of asking an Engli...The Naked Horse poem reminds me of asking an English prof in college to identify the tense in "You would have had to have been there."<br /><br />I'm with those who find something amiss in the picture painted by Nuptials. Don't know what it is, but the poem is eerie for it. Lovely.Enchanted Oakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815997287116818456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-22557451684156891422010-06-16T23:01:30.875+12:002010-06-16T23:01:30.875+12:00Thanks Claire - yes, I very much like the Antarcti...Thanks Claire - yes, I very much like the Antarctica poems - and thanks for your comment re. the commentaries. I enjoy writing them. <br /><br />By the way, Mim - guess what - Bill has emailed me to say that as a piece of serendipity - composer Norman Meehan has in fact set Nuptials to music and it will be performed as part of a concert at Te Papa's Sounding's Theatre (Wellington) in lateMary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-48234016598421245782010-06-16T20:05:04.993+12:002010-06-16T20:05:04.993+12:00Thanks, Mary - as you say, 'we know him so wel...Thanks, Mary - as you say, 'we know him so well here.' I very much enjoyed hearing Bill read his Antarctica poems in Chch two years ago...<br /><br />The commentaries that accompany your poems are always rich pickings, too. You take such care, show such dedication.Claire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-75379650335146501522010-06-16T10:35:55.253+12:002010-06-16T10:35:55.253+12:00Mim - while some of Bill's poems in this colle...Mim - while some of Bill's poems in this collection were written expressly to be set to music, this one wasn't. However, Bill leans naturally towards music for the language and cadence of his poetry, and much of it would work well put to music. <br /><br />Harvey - interesting thoughts on the tone of the poem, thank you. Disquiet and intrigue - yes - that often surfaces in Bill's Mary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-34484044189187609282010-06-16T10:29:37.106+12:002010-06-16T10:29:37.106+12:00thank you, mary--it is such thrill to discover the...thank you, mary--it is such thrill to discover these new-to-me poets. this poem is a knockout; as is The Naked Horse...susan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-31804579909401827222010-06-16T01:03:28.232+12:002010-06-16T01:03:28.232+12:00I like Declining the Naked Horse and I'm sorry...I like Declining the Naked Horse and I'm sorry all of you stopped it from coming in the room...<br />thanks!melissashookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02398008713376655570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-73099195911301646162010-06-15T20:11:37.759+12:002010-06-15T20:11:37.759+12:00Great poem. It's so simple but I also hear ech...Great poem. It's so simple but I also hear echoes and voices. 'Take this take that' reminds me of Plath and the two voices and the simple vocabulary reminds me of Old English poetry. I find it oddly disquieting, intriguing, as if a dream had been translated into English, as if something was owed, or a dowry not given, or something forgotten. It starts me thinking of other poems, it Harvey Molloyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168420609485849643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-42498691607927587762010-06-15T12:23:51.736+12:002010-06-15T12:23:51.736+12:00We are all lifted by Bill Manhire's wonderful ...We are all lifted by Bill Manhire's wonderful poetry. Thanks for posting this.The Paradoxical Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10100658773584057280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-28632645262079022172010-06-15T12:06:11.030+12:002010-06-15T12:06:11.030+12:00Has this poem been set to music, Mary? I hear it ...Has this poem been set to music, Mary? I hear it as song lyrics.<br /><br />(Thanks for stepping in.)Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298334170177578638.post-26295915483819586732010-06-15T10:39:24.496+12:002010-06-15T10:39:24.496+12:00Thanks for the Bill Manhire poem Mary - as always ...Thanks for the Bill Manhire poem Mary - as always with a Manhire poem, it is an enjoyable engagement with language.<br />Thanks too for your accompanying comments - also enjoyable and enlightening.Kay Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01791873464409271216noreply@blogger.com