Comments for 317am.net http://www.317am.net 317am.net Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:17:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Comment on Show a Little Faith, There’s Magic in the Night by Lesley Pendleton http://www.317am.net/2012/02/kaze-show-a-little-faith-theres-magic-in-the-night.html#comment-6194 Lesley Pendleton Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:17:14 +0000 http://server2.stratecomm.net/~three17/?p=1622#comment-6194 "And in fact it’s all magic—isn’t it?—the way things get created out of nothing, whether it’s a new human or a song or a blush." Well put, friend and, oh so, true! “And in fact it’s all magic—isn’t it?—the way things get created out of nothing, whether it’s a new human or a song or a blush.”

Well put, friend and, oh so, true!

]]> Comment on So René Descartes walks into a bar… by Cindy http://www.317am.net/2011/03/so-rene-descartes-walks-into-a-bar.html#comment-6188 Cindy Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:54:42 +0000 http://www.317am.net/?p=7123#comment-6188 So I loved the Descartes joke and I understand perfectly your point about the "intended audience." I've told the joke far too many times, probably more as a test than to elicit a chuckle. When anyone asks me to explain, my standard reply is now, "I think not" -- and, at that point I often WISH that I could disappear! So I loved the Descartes joke and I understand perfectly your point about the “intended audience.” I’ve told the joke far too many times, probably more as a test than to elicit a chuckle. When anyone asks me to explain, my standard reply is now, “I think not” — and, at that point I often WISH that I could disappear!

]]> Comment on “I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.” by Glenn Galen (www.GlennGalen.com) http://www.317am.net/2012/02/i-wake-to-sleep-and-take-my-waking-slow.html#comment-6184 Glenn Galen (www.GlennGalen.com) Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:47:33 +0000 http://www.317am.net/?p=13065#comment-6184 "More in the vessel than just the water". I like that. And I better see what you are saying about poems not being prose. Free verse isn't just prose laid out funny on the page. “More in the vessel than just the water”. I like that.

And I better see what you are saying about poems not being prose. Free verse isn’t just prose laid out funny on the page.

]]> Comment on “I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.” by Kaze http://www.317am.net/2012/02/i-wake-to-sleep-and-take-my-waking-slow.html#comment-6181 Kaze Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:58:35 +0000 http://www.317am.net/?p=13065#comment-6181 Glenn, I think every responsible poet has an intent and tries to make the poem reflect it. But a poem isn't prose. Poets want to create poetry for the very reason that there's more in the vessel than just the water. All readers bring their own sensibility to everything they read, but good poems give them even more to work with. One famous American poet once said, "A poem should not mean, but be." I'm not sure I agree with that 100% but I do believe there's more to a poem than just a meaning. Glenn, I think every responsible poet has an intent and tries to make the poem reflect it. But a poem isn’t prose. Poets want to create poetry for the very reason that there’s more in the vessel than just the water. All readers bring their own sensibility to everything they read, but good poems give them even more to work with. One famous American poet once said, “A poem should not mean, but be.” I’m not sure I agree with that 100% but I do believe there’s more to a poem than just a meaning.

]]> Comment on My Oscar Pick by RasoirJ http://www.317am.net/2012/02/my-oscar-pick.html#comment-6179 RasoirJ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:47:45 +0000 http://www.317am.net/?p=13083#comment-6179 Thank you, Caroline. Oscar night in certain circles has become one of those mass national rituals, a little like a Super Bowl for college grads. Glad to hear you'll be tuned in, maybe. I agree with you about Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which I think was Woody's best in years. I'd make no great claims for About Schmidt, but would only say that it helps if you're a male of a certain age contemplating retirement when you see it. Thank you, Caroline. Oscar night in certain circles has become one of those mass national rituals, a little like a Super Bowl for college grads. Glad to hear you’ll be tuned in, maybe. I agree with you about Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which I think was Woody’s best in years. I’d make no great claims for About Schmidt, but would only say that it helps if you’re a male of a certain age contemplating retirement when you see it.

]]> Comment on My Oscar Pick by RasoirJ http://www.317am.net/2012/02/my-oscar-pick.html#comment-6178 RasoirJ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:42:39 +0000 http://www.317am.net/?p=13083#comment-6178 Thanks, WB. Chutzpah is something a blogger learns to indulge in very quickly. I read half a wonderful book a year or two back titled How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read by a French intellectual named Pierre Bayard. Now there's chutzpah, and it was enchanting. Thanks, WB. Chutzpah is something a blogger learns to indulge in very quickly. I read half a wonderful book a year or two back titled How To Talk About Books You Haven’t Read by a French intellectual named Pierre Bayard. Now there’s chutzpah, and it was enchanting.

]]> Comment on My Oscar Pick by RasoirJ http://www.317am.net/2012/02/my-oscar-pick.html#comment-6177 RasoirJ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:34:13 +0000 http://www.317am.net/?p=13083#comment-6177 Thanks, RDR. Looks as if we'll both have a lot of cinematic fun in the months ahead as we catch up on the Oscar nominees. It's hard not to root for The Artist. Thanks, RDR. Looks as if we’ll both have a lot of cinematic fun in the months ahead as we catch up on the Oscar nominees. It’s hard not to root for The Artist.

]]> Comment on My Oscar Pick by Caroline Altman Smith http://www.317am.net/2012/02/my-oscar-pick.html#comment-6175 Caroline Altman Smith Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:41:38 +0000 http://www.317am.net/?p=13083#comment-6175 Thanks for this enjoyable pre-Oscar run-down, Ras. I have only seen one of these movies, which must be an all-time low for me, but I didn't find it a compelling group. "Midnight" is the only one I saw, and while I found it quite charming, I was very surprised that such a fluffy little half-baked flick popped up on the "Best Picture" list. I thought other recent-ish Allen flix "Match Point" and "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" were both much better. I did enjoy the 1920s Paris scenes, although the relationship between Owen Wilson and his fiancee was so empty that it really killed most of the present-day scenes. While Papa Hemingway was indisputably caricatured, I thought his scenes were a riot. I've read the books that a few of these movies were based on (no woman in a book club was able to escape (2011: Year of The Help) but none made me want to jump at seeing a film version. Eager to see Clooney's performance in "The Descendants," although I am wary of slow-moving Payne movies as was bored silly by "About Schmidt." So, not much to root for, but I'm sure I'll find myself on the couch like the rest of America- although we cancelled cable earlier this year, which means no DVR, which means no fast-forwarding through commercials, so I might not make it after all :) Thanks for this enjoyable pre-Oscar run-down, Ras. I have only seen one of these movies, which must be an all-time low for me, but I didn’t find it a compelling group. “Midnight” is the only one I saw, and while I found it quite charming, I was very surprised that such a fluffy little half-baked flick popped up on the “Best Picture” list. I thought other recent-ish Allen flix “Match Point” and “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” were both much better. I did enjoy the 1920s Paris scenes, although the relationship between Owen Wilson and his fiancee was so empty that it really killed most of the present-day scenes. While Papa Hemingway was indisputably caricatured, I thought his scenes were a riot. I’ve read the books that a few of these movies were based on (no woman in a book club was able to escape (2011: Year of The Help) but none made me want to jump at seeing a film version. Eager to see Clooney’s performance in “The Descendants,” although I am wary of slow-moving Payne movies as was bored silly by “About Schmidt.” So, not much to root for, but I’m sure I’ll find myself on the couch like the rest of America- although we cancelled cable earlier this year, which means no DVR, which means no fast-forwarding through commercials, so I might not make it after all :)

]]> Comment on “I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.” by Glenn Galen (www.GlennGalen.com) http://www.317am.net/2012/02/i-wake-to-sleep-and-take-my-waking-slow.html#comment-6171 Glenn Galen (www.GlennGalen.com) Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:43:46 +0000 http://www.317am.net/?p=13065#comment-6171 Kaze, There, I have learned something important about poetry. I always thought the poet had specific ideas she or he wanted to communicate to us. But here you are saying Roethke has chosen to provide, instead, a "cloud of open possibilities", so to speak, where the reader is expected build their own poem meaning on the "framework" provided. Perhaps the hallmark of this kind of intent from the poet is when their language is ambiguous and non-specific.? Kaze,

There, I have learned something important about poetry. I always thought the poet had specific ideas she or he wanted to communicate to us. But here you are saying Roethke has chosen to provide, instead, a “cloud of open possibilities”, so to speak, where the reader is expected build their own poem meaning on the “framework” provided.

Perhaps the hallmark of this kind of intent from the poet is when their language is ambiguous and non-specific.?

]]> Comment on My Oscar Pick by Washington Buckeye http://www.317am.net/2012/02/my-oscar-pick.html#comment-6170 Washington Buckeye Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:25:07 +0000 http://www.317am.net/?p=13083#comment-6170 Very entertaining, Ras, though I haven't seen any of them, which reminds me that I used to have a colleague who'd regale us with reviews of books he hadn't read "personally." Gotta love that kind of chutzpah. Very entertaining, Ras, though I haven’t seen any of them, which reminds me that I used to have a colleague who’d regale us with reviews of books he hadn’t read “personally.” Gotta love that kind of chutzpah.

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