Comments on: A Few Ways to Read a Book of Poems http://cosmopoetica.com/blog/story/a-few-ways-to-read-a-book-of-poems/ Writing, Literature, Art, Music, etc. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:33:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Don http://cosmopoetica.com/blog/story/a-few-ways-to-read-a-book-of-poems/comment-page-1/#comment-75916 Don Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:23:42 +0000 http://www.cosmopoetica.com/blog/archives/2008/05/28/a-few-ways-to-read-a-book-of-poems/#comment-75916 Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful ... Don @ Issa's Untidy Hut Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful …

Don @ Issa’s Untidy Hut

]]> By: James http://cosmopoetica.com/blog/story/a-few-ways-to-read-a-book-of-poems/comment-page-1/#comment-71011 James Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:58:56 +0000 http://www.cosmopoetica.com/blog/archives/2008/05/28/a-few-ways-to-read-a-book-of-poems/#comment-71011 obscurity is a hungry mistress and wends her way into all my words. Truly enjoyed your treatments. Large regards, James obscurity is a hungry mistress and wends her way into all my words.
Truly enjoyed your treatments.
Large regards,
James

]]> By: Chris Lott http://cosmopoetica.com/blog/story/a-few-ways-to-read-a-book-of-poems/comment-page-1/#comment-71008 Chris Lott Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:00:34 +0000 http://www.cosmopoetica.com/blog/archives/2008/05/28/a-few-ways-to-read-a-book-of-poems/#comment-71008 Ah, now I get it. Shann Palmer linked to my piece here. Cool! Ah, now I get it. Shann Palmer linked to my piece here. Cool!

]]> By: Chris http://cosmopoetica.com/blog/story/a-few-ways-to-read-a-book-of-poems/comment-page-1/#comment-71006 Chris Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:55:28 +0000 http://www.cosmopoetica.com/blog/archives/2008/05/28/a-few-ways-to-read-a-book-of-poems/#comment-71006 Thanks-- I originally had one about reading with haste as if the poems were written in water on stone... Not sure I get the "Shann-atic" reference, but it sounds positive :) Thanks– I originally had one about reading with haste as if the poems were written in water on stone…

Not sure I get the “Shann-atic” reference, but it sounds positive :)

]]> By: James http://cosmopoetica.com/blog/story/a-few-ways-to-read-a-book-of-poems/comment-page-1/#comment-71000 James Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:38:13 +0000 http://www.cosmopoetica.com/blog/archives/2008/05/28/a-few-ways-to-read-a-book-of-poems/#comment-71000 Bravo! I am fast becoming a Shann-atic. I feel a tinker, peering through the leaded glass of my aging vision, to see a mastercraftsman at my bench. In humble adulation do I offer: Analytically - Bisect each word, x-ray it, shake it until the thought falls from it. Rapidly -As though it were written upon ice in a warm parlor. Tenderly - As though a soft voice cushioned the words as they fell from your lips. Appreciately - For the poet tried. Bravo! I am fast becoming a Shann-atic. I feel a tinker, peering through the leaded glass of my aging vision, to see a mastercraftsman at my bench.

In humble adulation do I offer:

Analytically – Bisect each word, x-ray it, shake it until the thought falls from it.
Rapidly -As though it were written upon ice in a warm parlor.
Tenderly – As though a soft voice cushioned the words as they fell from your lips.
Appreciately – For the poet tried.

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