tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post4816278832720772255..comments2023-12-05T03:34:14.680-05:00Comments on <b>Issa's Untidy Hut</b>: James Wright: A Prayer To The Lord Ramakrishna (II)Issa's Untidy Huthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-75952849823849662452009-09-23T18:34:02.395-04:002009-09-23T18:34:02.395-04:00A brilliant poem. Brilliant. It lifts the roof of ...A brilliant poem. Brilliant. It lifts the roof of my head. Many thanks for bringing it to us.Grant Hacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04296410267291057654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-69704567587519000692009-09-23T15:57:42.007-04:002009-09-23T15:57:42.007-04:00Joseph and Jim:
Glad you appreciated the dilemma ...Joseph and Jim:<br /><br />Glad you appreciated the dilemma ... sometimes I forget to step back from the task at hand ... it's that old adage I use with lifelong learning groups to get them into poetry - pull the wings off the butterfly to find beauty and nobody is flying anywhere ...Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-57059960514873329832009-09-23T15:26:47.276-04:002009-09-23T15:26:47.276-04:00My son brought home a very large painting he'd...My son brought home a very large painting he'd done in college. My daughter loooked at it and said "What the hell is that?" Her comment led to a family discussion (excluding the artist, now back in school) of the particular esthetics of the painting. We tried, in a way, to deconstruct it as a way of explaining its appeal, its power, its effect. The discussion came to pretty much a dead end -- an uncomfortable truce -- but it was still worth having.<br /><br />I like your criticism of your own criticism. Mysteries aren't always meant to be solved.<br /><br />Thanks, Don.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-42578387315587561742009-09-23T12:58:32.995-04:002009-09-23T12:58:32.995-04:00Your insights are always welcome but regarding the...Your insights are always welcome but regarding the Wright poem I have to agree: no crowbar! The same damage would happen to Issa if you pried open his "cuckoo" poem, yes? Of course, we live in a time full of poems that would collapse without some kind of critical scaffolding to hold them up. What a relief to be presented, almost every day, here at Issa's Untidy Hut, with poems that stand on their own!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com