tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post1272787973214457260..comments2024-01-25T13:40:59.343-05:00Comments on Ecstatic Doggerel: Happy Birthday, You Miserable Old CootM. C. Allan (Carrie, to most)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12073563632969877406noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-3684454959982153792008-08-14T17:16:00.000-04:002008-08-14T17:16:00.000-04:00Stanley Plumly does indeed have an impressive head...Stanley Plumly does indeed have an impressive head of hair. I'm struck by its silvery lushness every time I run into him. thanks for passing on the link, Anonnymoose.M. C. Allan (Carrie, to most)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12073563632969877406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-23332369952542376082008-08-13T16:28:00.000-04:002008-08-13T16:28:00.000-04:00teachercan we include a video of a chair falling a...teacher<BR/>can we include a video of a chair falling apart as long as it reassembles?<BR/>http://www.roboticchair.com/documentation.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-41842966709857066852008-08-13T15:54:00.000-04:002008-08-13T15:54:00.000-04:00hi carriea moderately interesting interview with p...hi carrie<BR/>a moderately interesting interview with plumly on keats today.<BR/>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/12/AR2008081203548.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-13285976804698718382008-08-10T11:08:00.000-04:002008-08-10T11:08:00.000-04:00Thanks, Sam. Larkin wrote so many of my favorite e...Thanks, Sam. Larkin wrote so many of my favorite endings, and it's good to know the source for this one. I wonder if the documentary had the egg image in it.<BR/><BR/>Anon3: The image of Philip Larkin participating in a "Yo Momma" contest will amuse me for weeks. <BR/><BR/>Anon in TP: Too true about the Polonious speech. What I've always liked about that bit is the way he tells Laertes to be true to himself directly after plowing through a great many directives about etiquette and social mores instructing him to do the opposite.M. C. Allan (Carrie, to most)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12073563632969877406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-20469710600095789032008-08-10T08:27:00.000-04:002008-08-10T08:27:00.000-04:00interesting look at arundel tomb, carrie. people s...interesting look at arundel tomb, carrie. people seem to have a need to look to writers for nuggets of wisdom to live by. and, as you point out, they have no reluctance to take lines out of context.<BR/>the most famous instance of this i can think of is "to thine own self be true." many readers seem to think this is the advice that shakespeare is imparting to the world. but it comes from the most foolish character in the play, Polonius, who was probably spouting the platitudes of the day. <BR/>his speech is full of useless certainties in contrast to Hamlet's brilliant confusion.<BR/>we might go on to say that 'to be or not to be' is often glibly translated as 'to act or not to act.' and they are not really the same thing, are they?<BR/>-- anon in tpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-68710180307140406102008-08-09T19:24:00.000-04:002008-08-09T19:24:00.000-04:00I first heard Larkin at a Yo Momma contest in Jers...I first heard Larkin at a Yo Momma contest in Jersey City. <BR/><BR/>The former champion said to me, "Yo momma so sad, she make P. Larkin sound like a party in my pants."<BR/><BR/>Needless to say, he was no longer the former champion after that line.<BR/><BR/>I wandered home, all the way to Cleveland, and ate some potato salad. The high carb kind. This was the beginning of my "fat" years. Larkin... what a jerk. <BR/><BR/>~Anon 3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-21021541919483052992008-08-09T18:48:00.000-04:002008-08-09T18:48:00.000-04:00The poem grew out of his watching a documentary on...The poem grew out of his watching a documentary on mining and his reading the works of DH Lawrence.sam of the ten thousand thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378206265831223396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-3183785813580673572008-08-09T16:47:00.000-04:002008-08-09T16:47:00.000-04:00I agree, Sam. I was just re-reading that one this ...I agree, Sam. I was just re-reading that one this morning and wondering if there was a particular mining incident that inspired it.M. C. Allan (Carrie, to most)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12073563632969877406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-52533368666790251182008-08-09T14:49:00.000-04:002008-08-09T14:49:00.000-04:00Larkins' High Windows is one of my favorite collec...Larkins' <I>High Windows</I> is one of my favorite collections. Especially like the poem that closes the work - "The Explosion". The image of the unbroken eggs to end book is such a powerful move.sam of the ten thousand thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378206265831223396noreply@blogger.com