tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020024246126389.post4017422510679846124..comments2023-10-26T06:25:46.739-05:00Comments on Does Not Wisdom Call?: How we learnEllie Finlayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05807252889442220449noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020024246126389.post-24208695042543430102010-10-16T07:46:41.754-05:002010-10-16T07:46:41.754-05:00"Do not go gently" reads badly by compar..."Do not go gently" reads badly by comparison.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082263093224795131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020024246126389.post-46765346258139115482010-10-16T07:44:37.774-05:002010-10-16T07:44:37.774-05:00Yes, cliche is perhaps too strong a word, since th...Yes, cliche is perhaps too strong a word, since the poem is as good as it always was. What I meant was that it is famous and often quoted. Or, as you point out, Ellie, misquoted.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082263093224795131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020024246126389.post-74475224773966080972010-10-16T07:01:08.360-05:002010-10-16T07:01:08.360-05:00Actually, Cathy, I would assert that the only clic...Actually, Cathy, I would assert that the only cliché is the misquote of the Dylan Thomas --- that is, when people say, "Do not go <i>gently</i>..."<br /><br />They overlook the fact that Thomas definitely intended a predicate adjective and not an adverb.Ellie Finlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05807252889442220449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020024246126389.post-7713354231723236002010-10-15T21:41:37.430-05:002010-10-15T21:41:37.430-05:00Thank you.Thank you.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08061517211101084120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020024246126389.post-61919997001887900952010-10-13T17:59:32.338-05:002010-10-13T17:59:32.338-05:00I hope that's not too bleak?I hope that's not too bleak?Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082263093224795131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020024246126389.post-67428131719851915402010-10-13T17:53:23.998-05:002010-10-13T17:53:23.998-05:00oh dear, I'm really sorry, but I have to quote...oh dear, I'm really sorry, but I have to quote this villanelle now. This one is by Barbara L Greenberg. It is called "227 2272".<br /><br />This voice is a recording in the wilderness.<br />The circuits are all in use now. Nevertheless,<br />Thank you for calling Barbara in your hour of stress.<br /><br />You wish to report disaster at your address?<br />Fire? Flood? Earthquake? Avalanche? Small craft in distress?<br />This voice is a recording in the wilderness.<br /><br />and can not reach the Coast Guard. Let this voice express<br />A sense of deep involvement in your SOS.<br />Thank you for calling Barbara in your hour of stress.<br /><br />You wish to report a crime? You wish to confess?<br />Don't blame yourself. We are all guilty, more or less.<br />This voice is a recording in the wilderness<br /><br />and will not reach a verdict. What it says, it says<br />by careful prearrangement with your consciousness.<br />Thank you for calling Barbara in your hour of stress.<br /><br />Hello. <i>Hello.</i> Are you there? <i>Are you there?</i> Yes. <i> Yes. </i><br />Will you help me? <i>Will you help me?</i> Godbless. <i> Godbless.</i><br />This voice is a recording in the wilderness.<br /><i> This voice is a recording in the wilderness.</i>Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082263093224795131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020024246126389.post-68743127316446334402010-10-13T17:45:16.319-05:002010-10-13T17:45:16.319-05:00Ellie, you do inspire me to go look up poetry. I h...Ellie, you do inspire me to go look up poetry. I have just gone and looked up villanelles including da most famous which would be of course "Do not go gentle into that good night", a real cliche now, but still such a good poem. For that, many thanks.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082263093224795131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020024246126389.post-42792880016564213172010-10-13T17:33:14.373-05:002010-10-13T17:33:14.373-05:00Okay, Ellie, I am officially IMPRESSED. If villane...Okay, Ellie, I am officially IMPRESSED. If villanelles are difficult, sonnets are unbelievably difficult!!! :-)Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082263093224795131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020024246126389.post-51862953574336411162010-10-13T17:24:19.552-05:002010-10-13T17:24:19.552-05:00No, I haven't actually, although I wish I had ...No, I haven't actually, although I wish I had back in my poetry writing days (long behind me, I'm afraid...).<br /><br />I used to make myself write sonnets, though, for the discipline. That was very, very good for me.Ellie Finlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05807252889442220449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020024246126389.post-22466085997109996242010-10-13T17:17:12.815-05:002010-10-13T17:17:12.815-05:00Is a villanelle!!!! Very tricky to write. I have t...Is a villanelle!!!! Very tricky to write. I have tried. Much easier if you're cynical and gloomy with it :-)<br /><br />Ellie, have you tried to write a villanelle? ...Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082263093224795131noreply@blogger.com