tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post7546349663873895727..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: Today we died a little deathThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-74548918277672082692012-09-05T14:33:52.353+01:002012-09-05T14:33:52.353+01:00Thanks, Suman. Also a great connection here with S...Thanks, Suman. Also a great connection here with Susan Scheid's Eliot post on her new blog (see her comment above).<br /><br />'Sweet Thames, run softly...' Spenser, and Eliot ('The Waste Land').<br /><br />Thanks, Amanada! Marriage contains pretty much most things: the easy and the difficult, the exotic and the mundane.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-55577124854817979242012-09-04T22:14:16.628+01:002012-09-04T22:14:16.628+01:00like ruth, i didn't know what threnody and pro...like ruth, i didn't know what threnody and prothalamium meant, but find the cadence of this piece - and now, knowing the words' definitions - so pleasingly interrelated. like marriage, i guess? ;)Amanda Summerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942636545948440422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-49766540637608678622012-09-04T20:31:56.410+01:002012-09-04T20:31:56.410+01:00This is sheer beauty! Crisp and clever, and I just...This is sheer beauty! Crisp and clever, and I just love the title, very compelling. And "prothalamium" brings back some good graduation memories of Spenser's poem. Sumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251497690649264925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-9132748596781594152012-09-04T14:58:23.333+01:002012-09-04T14:58:23.333+01:00Thanks for your comments — Goat, Susan, Karin and ...Thanks for your comments — Goat, Susan, Karin and Dominic.<br /><br />To be honest, the analogy between a few academics/critics I could mention and decapitated capons gives me a guilty frisson of pleasure. The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-45687058191605009182012-09-04T12:25:30.496+01:002012-09-04T12:25:30.496+01:00Looks very like ED. However, had she written it it...Looks very like ED. However, had she written it it would have got the academics and biographers running round like headless chickens!<br /><br />Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-75175791466703263102012-09-04T02:01:56.098+01:002012-09-04T02:01:56.098+01:00Wow. Rewritten my "response/comment" and...Wow. Rewritten my "response/comment" and just keep re reading and breathing it in. ksamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998231466478015431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-44465860542031385172012-09-04T00:02:04.090+01:002012-09-04T00:02:04.090+01:00Sorry to have been such a poor correspondent! Beau...Sorry to have been such a poor correspondent! Beautiful poem, and I want you to know, when I read it, I thought, is this Emily Dickinson? I didn't recall it (but my knowledge here is full of gaps, so hard to know). And now I realize, of course, as it wasn't credited to anyone else, that it's YOURS! Lovely.Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-25142853121271786422012-09-03T23:20:26.888+01:002012-09-03T23:20:26.888+01:00Yes, like Ruth I enjoyed your poem without knowing...Yes, like Ruth I enjoyed your poem without knowing those exotic words, but it works even better after your explanation. Nice to have your blog back as part of my morning routine, before the more mundane aspects of the day kick in.Goathttp://thegoatthatwrote.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-81620667561589588252012-09-03T21:38:13.081+01:002012-09-03T21:38:13.081+01:00Thanks, Ruth. It's good to be back.
'Thre...Thanks, Ruth. It's good to be back.<br /><br />'Threnody' is a song of lamentation and 'prothalamium" is a song in celebration of a marriage. Thanks for appreciating the connotations, which may be too densely — though simply — packed. I wanted to celebrate marital union but didn't want to leave out the dark side (e.g. 'germ' — two meanings? Etc.) The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-52468362172695308552012-09-03T21:26:35.037+01:002012-09-03T21:26:35.037+01:00Hi, Robert. Good to see you back. I don't know...Hi, Robert. Good to see you back. I don't know what <i>threnody</i> or <i>prothalamium</i> are, though I can look them up, but they are beautiful, as are all the lines and breaths of your poem (and the connotations, I think).Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-49157537500898679952012-09-03T20:35:54.656+01:002012-09-03T20:35:54.656+01:00Thanks, am. I've just written this over the la...Thanks, am. I've just written this over the last half-hour, and, as you can probably tell, I've also been reading Emily Dickinson lately! It's directly connected with the comment I've just left on your blog as well. The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-58962967082740214642012-09-03T20:23:58.680+01:002012-09-03T20:23:58.680+01:00Wow! This inspires me, SW.
Thanks so much for y...Wow! This inspires me, SW. <br /><br />Thanks so much for your creative energy!amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.com