tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post1359409369234169257..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: Pre-Spring CleaningThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-78308463895158143252015-02-05T17:19:03.677+00:002015-02-05T17:19:03.677+00:00I love Johnny Cash, as you know, Amanda. Specially...I love Johnny Cash, as you know, Amanda. Specially the later persona. Yes, revisiting can lead to renewal.<br />Thanks for this!The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-77898280087745863572015-02-04T16:14:03.688+00:002015-02-04T16:14:03.688+00:00"It's a strange feeling to re-enter the m..."It's a strange feeling to re-enter the mind of one's youth — a place of great extremes, of unbridled passion and magnificent despair."<br /><br />So true and well spoken. Coincidentally, I just listened to this:<br /><br />http://youtu.be/ALGi0tcFCcw<br /><br />Around 1:27, Johnny Cash begins to talk about revisiting an earlier time in his life through the songs he sang then and finding renewal through that process.amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-89014949368643233812015-02-03T04:23:50.049+00:002015-02-03T04:23:50.049+00:00Thanks all five of you for reading and for your ap...Thanks all five of you for reading and for your appreciative comments!<br /><br />It's a strange feeling to re-enter the mind of one's youth — a place of great extremes, of unbridled passion and magnificent despair.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-56073356883549663532015-02-02T20:27:12.382+00:002015-02-02T20:27:12.382+00:00So much more than a sliver of promise in the early...So much more than a sliver of promise in the early days of your creative life, Robert. Thank you for posting these splendid poems and for sharing your ongoing creativity here!amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-16584719217162839962015-02-02T18:07:32.090+00:002015-02-02T18:07:32.090+00:00Quite impressive, Robert. It's clear that you...Quite impressive, Robert. It's clear that your were an early bloomer, rather than a late bloomer.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-54025955124977208422015-02-02T14:38:11.131+00:002015-02-02T14:38:11.131+00:00I agree, these are impressive. Full of vibrant ima...I agree, these are impressive. Full of vibrant images, which so many teen poems do not have! And so "embryonic Robert"!<br /><br />Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-63199024141053983852015-02-02T10:36:13.058+00:002015-02-02T10:36:13.058+00:00Quite impressive I think Robert. Reading one'...Quite impressive I think Robert. Reading one's own work years later always brings back mixed feelings but I think you can be justly proud of these.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-86118407803000554652015-02-01T23:01:47.194+00:002015-02-01T23:01:47.194+00:00I have a memory of being invited to read some of t...I have a memory of being invited to read some of those poems (though not the particular ones you've posted here) when they were hot off the press.<br /><br />I'd be quite chuffed if I'd written Buried Deep in your Work and Newcastle Blues back then. (Shades of Brian Patten?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com