tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311855896389832336.post7179996584295949532..comments2010-10-08T16:43:30.714-07:00Comments on Blue Raincoat: Introduction to Poetrydperringshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097437223929822162noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311855896389832336.post-83423252394533257862010-10-08T16:43:30.714-07:002010-10-08T16:43:30.714-07:00this is a testthis is a testdperringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097437223929822162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311855896389832336.post-90365516314091834882010-10-08T09:06:58.549-07:002010-10-08T09:06:58.549-07:00So additional notes of this poem:
Taking a purely...So additional notes of this poem:<br /><br />Taking a purely logical approach to a poem leave one with something very ugly. Everything becomes tied up in knots and there is some ugly sweaty thug in a dark room beating the poem with a hose.<br /><br />but if we instead hold the poem up to the light(see)<br /><br /><br /><br />press an ear against it (hear)<br /><br />enter the poem, get inside it (touch)<br /><br />then we will be gliding across the surface enjoying ourselves and signing the praises of the poet.<br /><br />I have always thought of poems as a container for longing, the whole is larger than the some of the parts (much larger and on many different levels).<br /><br />I think Billy Collins got it right in this poem.dperringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097437223929822162noreply@blogger.com