tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post963550258554150572..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: A Blackbird Singing (8)The Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-65079433768669027582014-06-10T19:59:02.273+01:002014-06-10T19:59:02.273+01:00If I had to grab one book of poetry from a heap an...If I had to grab one book of poetry from a heap and it was achoice between RS Thomas and Rilke, I'd probably grab RS Thomas. <br /><br />I've known his poetry since I was small and like all things that make a deep positive impression when we're young, I find it hard to argue with.<br /><br />It helps, too, that I've spent a lot of time in "RS Thomas country".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-12027074762706580092014-06-10T00:56:36.599+01:002014-06-10T00:56:36.599+01:00Yes, it's a beautiful poem, George.
Pat — yes...Yes, it's a beautiful poem, George.<br /><br />Pat — yes, I recall that in his sermons he used to berate his congregation for buying washing machines and fridges and other artefacts of the modern world. And re. wildlife, he was a passionate birdwatcher.<br /><br />That's the edition of his poems I have myself, Am. I think you'll enjoy many of the poems in there, though some are a little bleak and uncompromising. I particularly like his poem 'Pilgrimages' about Bardsey Island and 'A Marriage' about his wife.<br /><br />He could be quite an eccentric, rather difficult and unsociable man, I think. I'll never forget a friend who lived in that part of Wales telling me how he'd seen Thomas and his wife in the town supermarket. Their trolley contained only bottle upon bottle of whisky and tub upon tub of Häagen-Dazs ice cream.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-6052393746790006422014-06-08T22:59:24.834+01:002014-06-08T22:59:24.834+01:00"A Blackbird Singing" is now a favorite ..."A Blackbird Singing" is now a favorite poem of mine, too.<br /><br />Hadn't known of R.S. Thomas until learning of him through your blog some time ago. Would like to read more of his poetry. Disappointed to discover that neither our public library nor our local independent bookstore have any collections of his poetry. I've ordered Collected Poems: 1945-1990 R.S.Thomas via AbeBooks.<br /><br />"... Such rich music ..."amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-17300720630831546392014-06-08T19:15:44.582+01:002014-06-08T19:15:44.582+01:00One of my favourite poets Robert - such a dour man...One of my favourite poets Robert - such a dour man and yet sometimes, in some of his poems, such sweetness. He had this love/hate relationship with the Welsh people (Iago Prytherc) and yet about nature and wildlife he wrote with such passion.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-4120967682244572192014-06-08T18:32:35.724+01:002014-06-08T18:32:35.724+01:00Love this poem, though I haven't read it befor...Love this poem, though I haven't read it before. I especially like the deeper existential implications of love and joy mixed with grief, freshness mixed with tears.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.com