tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post4471548372443746275..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: How to Write Poems And Get The GirlThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-75474749615655748372012-09-16T00:14:35.993+01:002012-09-16T00:14:35.993+01:00Goat, I hope you are joking about the drink. Pleas...Goat, I hope you are joking about the drink. Please tell me you are joking. Girls like other stuff too apart from whisky-fuelled repartee and crap verse. Flower arranging, decoupage and sober, homely chats by the fireside, for instance. At a pinch they may even be convinced to stealth-camp in ghostly Buddhist temples. At a pinch. The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-3001493684444794762012-09-15T23:48:37.061+01:002012-09-15T23:48:37.061+01:00As advised, I have hit the bottle again after 18 m...As advised, I have hit the bottle again after 18 months of sobriety - and it's only 7:46 on a Sunday morning. Pandemic expected to kick off any minute. Best start penning some limericks for added pulling power...Goathttp://thegoatthatwrote.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-86421674139749391162012-09-13T23:40:28.580+01:002012-09-13T23:40:28.580+01:00Whoops, you meant, of course, Dylan Thomas not Bob...Whoops, you meant, of course, Dylan Thomas not Bob Dylan, Pat. I think I have Bob Dylan on my mind today. Why was Dylan Thomas a babe magnet despite his lack of conventional good looks? Why, the fact he was a poet, and the beauty of his voice, and his gift of the gab, I think!The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-86569015524681006222012-09-13T20:07:36.561+01:002012-09-13T20:07:36.561+01:00Well, Pat, err, I think it was his inscrutability....Well, Pat, err, I think it was his inscrutability... Please now reformulate (a)!<br /><br />Thanks am! Listening to 'Tempest' right now...The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-9723547288989074602012-09-13T19:43:03.765+01:002012-09-13T19:43:03.765+01:00(-:
Per your verse:
That, my friend, is art!
Fu...(-:<br /><br />Per your verse:<br /><br />That, my friend, is art!<br /><br />Funny you should mention Raymond Carver. I just had sensed his influence in "Tempest" -- nothing stolen or plagiarized -- just a presence. Raymond Carver's short stories were influenced by Chekhov, and Bob Dylan has said that "Blood on the Tracks" was influenced by the short stories of Chekhov. Maybe so. Maybe not. Inscrutable? Yes! Who was that masked man?<br /><br />http://youtu.be/Td4RHvyAFsMamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-13109980207625652292012-09-13T19:30:43.387+01:002012-09-13T19:30:43.387+01:00Pretty sound advice Robert apart from a couple of ...Pretty sound advice Robert apart from a couple of things:<br />a) I don't think women go for inscrutability. and<br />b) I have never understood how Dylan pulled so many women.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-76164972265081113162012-09-13T11:23:42.771+01:002012-09-13T11:23:42.771+01:00Glad it made you smile, Gail!
Thanks for the poin...Glad it made you smile, Gail!<br /><br />Thanks for the pointer, Rachel . . . and Ruth, indeed, it occurred to me also that a cynical, 21st century Rilkalike haunts the poem...The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-81918263517245217022012-09-13T10:01:53.241+01:002012-09-13T10:01:53.241+01:00All true—for the right girl anyway!
This is pure ...All true—for the <i>right</i> girl anyway!<br /><br />This is pure Robert! Somewhere in your bawdy, hilarious style is a reminiscence of Rilke's advice to Franz Kappus, to go deep into mystery, and be original.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-5985154988910256492012-09-13T09:24:20.660+01:002012-09-13T09:24:20.660+01:00There is a website called Lighten Up online or som...There is a website called Lighten Up online or something like that. They might like this... but you might have to take it off here.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-30898291574062830092012-09-13T07:12:39.664+01:002012-09-13T07:12:39.664+01:00The idea of shopping around "in some poetic P...The idea of shopping around "in some poetic Primark" will keep me smiling all morning.<br />Thanks! Gail.WFT Nobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14315143664245246248noreply@blogger.com