tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post5626017436189539799..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: Don't Look BackThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-40487123408584751982012-01-29T01:42:33.255+00:002012-01-29T01:42:33.255+00:00Thanks, am, for this comment, which is rich in res...Thanks, am, for this comment, which is rich in resonance and connection.<br /><br />George — another 'Black Orpheus' fan!<br /><br />I just know you won't, Pat...<br /><br />I suppose it did, Susan! '...but finding him [Orpheus] insensible one day, excited by the rites of Bacchus... (Bulfinch's Mythology)<br /><br />Thanks, Mick ...<br /><br />Ruth and Dominic: that would be an epic task — and doubtless tragic for my readers. I'm quite sure I have neither the talent nor the desire! So Euripedes and Aristophanes can rest in peace.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-54160253202073788982012-01-27T21:44:51.278+00:002012-01-27T21:44:51.278+00:00Terrific! Ruth has a point. More mythical stuff al...Terrific! Ruth has a point. More mythical stuff along these lines would be great. Every thought of translating a Greek drama?Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-83498837916008439142012-01-27T15:26:08.403+00:002012-01-27T15:26:08.403+00:00Distraught, he hovered on the brink Of life and de...<i>Distraught, he hovered on the brink Of life and death. His choice was plain.</i> Dying for living is love forever hand in hand. Well done SW, well done! MickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-83809123880649211672012-01-27T11:48:12.636+00:002012-01-27T11:48:12.636+00:00Wonderful! We should (you should) rework every tal...Wonderful! We should (you should) rework every tale, myth and epic in such verse as this.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-46905582222817515102012-01-27T03:32:49.987+00:002012-01-27T03:32:49.987+00:00Clever twist on the old tale. Drink, then, "...Clever twist on the old tale. Drink, then, "saved" him, in the end.Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-63430425510513512782012-01-26T19:32:22.906+00:002012-01-26T19:32:22.906+00:00Clever stuff Robert. In future, when I am out wit...Clever stuff Robert. In future, when I am out with the farmer I shall definitely not look back if he lags behind.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-10099153727353967972012-01-26T16:59:26.851+00:002012-01-26T16:59:26.851+00:00A wonderful, evocative poem, Robert. Your words m...A wonderful, evocative poem, Robert. Your words mingled with deep memories of the film, "Black Orpheus," which, until leaving Washington, I saw almost every year at an old art theater.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-42072765581614046672012-01-26T14:31:40.308+00:002012-01-26T14:31:40.308+00:00Your splendid poem is like midrash. Orpheus and E...Your splendid poem is like midrash. Orpheus and Eurydice wandering hand in hand, Forever. <br /><br />Something unexpected and wonderful to wake up to this early morning! That ancient story being transformed from gravity to levity.<br /><br />"Love waits forever/For one and for all."<br />(Bob Dylan)<br /><br />Now you've got me wondering. Until now, I always thought that when Bob Dylan wrote "she's got everything she needs, she's an artist, she don't look back," he was thinking of Lot's Wife:<br /><br />http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15867<br /><br />It is occurring to me that it is likely that he and Suze Rotolo saw the film "Black Orpheus" during their time together. Bob Dylan is surely a kindred spirit to Orpheus as well as a writer of midrash.<br /><br />Thanks so much for this post, Solitary Walker!amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.com