The Solitary Walker: Poetry Cornwall: Review, Feature And Poem

Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Poetry Cornwall: Review, Feature And Poem

Issue 37 of Poetry Cornwall is just out, and in it the editor, Les Merton, has kindly reviewed my poetry collection, Raining Quinces...

My poetry magazine, The Passionate Transitory, is also featured in the Meet The Editors section, plus one of my poems, Deep Blue...

Thanks, Les!

12 comments:

Ruth said...: Congratulations on these features, Robert.

And I love love love the poem "Deep Blue" which I have not read previously. (I am the slowest reader in the history of the world, and have still not finished Raining Quinces, though my slowness does not reflect my interest and pleasure.)

"Can you stare into the sun's eye
until you see cantaloupe?" ... This is wonderful, as is the whole poem!; 25 June 2013 at 14:15
The Solitary Walker said...: Thanks so, so much for your kind comments, Ruth.

(You'll get to that poem, err, eventually. It's the penultimate one in the book!); 25 June 2013 at 16:59
The Weaver of Grass said...: I read from your poetry book each month at our Poetry meeting Robert and it is much admired and discussed.; 25 June 2013 at 19:02
The Solitary Walker said...: Amazing, Pat! I feel like a real poet now!; 26 June 2013 at 01:58
am said...: Congratulations on the review! I think you know that I have long appreciated your poetry and am delighted to have your poems in book form.

I, too, am a slow reader of poetry, and it takes me some time to read each issue of The Passionate Transitory. Congratulations there, too!

Thank you again for introducing me to the writing of Rebecca Solnit. I have just finished reading the recently published The Faraway Nearby. Very good. I think you'd like it.

I have a new URL for my blog:

talking37thdream.blogspot.com; 26 June 2013 at 03:57
George said...: Congratulations, Robert! Glad to see you receiving the recognition and readership you well deserve.; 26 June 2013 at 13:25
The Solitary Walker said...: Thanks for visiting, am, and for your nice comments. I just love Rebecca Solnit, but haven't read her latest, so I must order it. Have updated your URL on my sidebar.; 26 June 2013 at 19:19
The Solitary Walker said...: Thanks, George!; 26 June 2013 at 19:19
dritanje said...: It is indeed a great poem and it's super to see that Les gave you such a good recommendation!; 4 July 2013 at 20:29
The Solitary Walker said...: Thanks, dritanje!; 4 July 2013 at 21:48
Grace said...: Congratulations, you deserve the recognition. Where would I be able to get a copy in Canada (I don't believe I can buy from Amazon US or UK)? Provide the answer on my blog otherwise I will forget to come back and check these comments:); 13 July 2013 at 09:03
The Solitary Walker said...: You can buy both from Amazon US or UK, Grace.; 13 July 2013 at 10:35

QUOTES

I walk, therefore I am. PIERRE GASSENDI

Only that day dawns to which we are awake. HENRY DAVID THOREAU

We are here on the planet only once, and might as well get a feel for the place. ANNIE DILLARD

I can only meditate when I am walking. When I stop, I cease to think; my mind works only with my legs. JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. WALLACE STEVENS

The longest journey begins with a single step. LAO TZU

Good walking leaves no track behind it. LAO TZU

A good traveller has no fixed plan and is not intent on arriving. LAO TZU

One step at a time is good walking. CHINESE PROVERB

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. FRED ALLEN

If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking ... Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk. RAYMOND INMON

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe. ANATOLE FRANCE

The longest journey a man must take is the eighteen inches from his head to his heart. ANON

Not all those who wander are lost. JRR TOLKIEN

It is solved by walking. ST AUGUSTINE

Walking, ideally, is a state in which the mind, the body, and the world are aligned, as though they were three characters finally in conversation together, three notes suddenly making a chord. REBECCA SOLNIT

The longest journey is the journey inward. DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us. SIR THOMAS BROWNE

I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. JOHN MUIR

In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. ALBERT CAMUS

The only thing I knew how to do / Was to keep on keepin' on like a bird that flew. BOB DYLAN

Ain't talkin', just walkin'. BOB DYLAN

Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. SØREN KIERKEGAARD

Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. MATSUO BASHŌ

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes. MARCEL PROUST

If the doors of perception were cleansed, every thing would appear to man as it is: Infinite. WILLIAM BLAKE