tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744484937185666193.post3843096573735091574..comments2024-03-20T03:03:53.206-07:00Comments on People You Know By Heart: Lenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06101773177051490742noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744484937185666193.post-82823196301250589052011-05-16T19:03:59.067-07:002011-05-16T19:03:59.067-07:00nicolette, yes. she's very interesting and ta...nicolette, yes. she's very interesting and takes a lot of time experimenting with form. her language is essentiallys simple--no seven dollar words--but the way she strings them together is something else.<br />andrew, i'm really sorry you lost that original post. it actually happens to me regularly for various reasons and it never fails to piss me off. thanks for your kind words. i really appreciate that so much. but hey, your piece in LHW ROCKS! really. so moody and atmospheric. the broken streetlights in 1965. borovicka. soot and sauerkraut. you're really onto something there. keep doing your thing. i've never read a voice like yours. truly.Lenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06101773177051490742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744484937185666193.post-7538199170358168912011-05-16T07:22:04.452-07:002011-05-16T07:22:04.452-07:00Hi Len,
I will try to post again. I was quite sh...Hi Len,<br /><br />I will try to post again. I was quite shaken when I wrote a long love note/pep talk to you on your musings about feeling like giving up sometimes, and then my post disappeared. Paranoia set in. But then you reassured me, and once again I need to tell you that you are wonderful. William Carlos Williams is soooo great. I have turned many students onto him. One, I am pretty sure, is now doing a thesis on him, and the first time he heard of him is when I began reciting red wheelbarrow to him, and waxing poetic for half an hour. I am reading Yeats just now. Wow! Lightning strikes! Read The Linnet's Wings when you have a moment. Stunning. And also, when you get a chance, read my new story on Left Hand Waving. Thge link is here http://sites.google.com/site/lefthandwaving/Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12432625819207462748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744484937185666193.post-29467493818498432572011-05-16T06:55:12.925-07:002011-05-16T06:55:12.925-07:00wow, the collins' poem is stunning indeed. mus...wow, the collins' poem is stunning indeed. must check it out.Nicolette Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05068881909112000390noreply@blogger.com