tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072280968054782498.post463076464560008393..comments2023-06-29T16:16:25.565+01:00Comments on graveney marsh: Poems of Yves Bonnefoy 1Laurie Dugganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16324479044544427139noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072280968054782498.post-81130180347320515362013-03-22T10:13:00.250+00:002013-03-22T10:13:00.250+00:00Thanks Ian. No. My only reason for intruding on La...Thanks Ian. No. My only reason for intruding on Laurie's blog is to observe that poems necessarily have their own space. A poem by Bonnefoy is remarkable for the fact that it exists at all, like so much great poetry. Commentary in and around the poem, if not distinctively different from the print of the poem itself, can be confused with the words of the poem. Nothing precious about that. A reader wants the poem whole, complete, exact. Maybe extra text can be presented in a colour that diferentiates it from the poem on show. Does what I say make sense?The Carmelite Libraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11151857064176452201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072280968054782498.post-6562633698903043172013-03-18T07:35:19.994+00:002013-03-18T07:35:19.994+00:00I wonder if you could say a little more about what...I wonder if you could say a little more about what you dislike about it Philip?<br />Thanks,<br />Ian.Ian Brintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04831209201140274929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072280968054782498.post-37438089489203407912013-03-15T09:42:53.931+00:002013-03-15T09:42:53.931+00:00I don't like the last line of this poem:
Thi...I don't like the last line of this poem:<br /><br /><br />This is the first of two volumes, out now from Oystercatcher Press. <br /><br />Do we really need it? The line spoils the whole effect.<br /><br />I am not a robotThe Carmelite Libraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11151857064176452201noreply@blogger.com