tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post1474757022174032651..comments2024-01-18T05:29:43.265-05:00Comments on The Music In It: Adele Kenny's Poetry Blog: Prompt #139 – EdgesADELE KENNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-90120771342020954382013-03-08T10:31:28.084-05:002013-03-08T10:31:28.084-05:00Right to the point, Risa! Funny that you were a ch...Right to the point, Risa! Funny that you were a chatterbox as a child and so wonderfully concise now!Jamie Morrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-36841511823536773282013-03-08T07:56:43.864-05:002013-03-08T07:56:43.864-05:00And to think I was an uncontrollable chatterbox in...And to think I was an uncontrollable chatterbox in grade school! Thanks!Risahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554583053304327137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-37911586252451804512013-03-08T07:16:52.311-05:002013-03-08T07:16:52.311-05:00Very nice, Risa! So much said in so few words!Very nice, Risa! So much said in so few words!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-2091445344346848142013-03-07T12:31:30.416-05:002013-03-07T12:31:30.416-05:00living on the edge
north south east west above bel...living on the edge<br />north south east west above below<br />all unfolds clearlyRisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554583053304327137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-50107732870956887222013-03-07T08:11:07.733-05:002013-03-07T08:11:07.733-05:00Glad you like "At the Threshold."Glad you like "At the Threshold."ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-15083020226820654732013-03-06T19:41:17.606-05:002013-03-06T19:41:17.606-05:00Thanks so much, Gillian!Thanks so much, Gillian!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-55466949650152629912013-03-06T16:54:59.961-05:002013-03-06T16:54:59.961-05:00This is brilliant stuff, all of it. Not a surprise...This is brilliant stuff, all of it. Not a surprise on this blog! <br /><br />Gillian Croftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-72529865498618531112013-03-06T13:47:11.611-05:002013-03-06T13:47:11.611-05:00oh, Jamie , I'm so happy you started knowing ...oh, Jamie , I'm so happy you started knowing Montale by my translation.<br /><br />Really interesting the link Adele posted and very beautiful " At the treshold", Jagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06894651945136263360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-50891721278456134382013-03-05T07:51:50.447-05:002013-03-05T07:51:50.447-05:00Oops, forgot to thank you, too, Adele, for the Mon...Oops, forgot to thank you, too, Adele, for the Montale poem you posted in response to Jago's comment.Jamie Morrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-18169979846998178722013-03-05T07:50:47.320-05:002013-03-05T07:50:47.320-05:00Amazing lines, Jago! Thanks so much for sharing. I...Amazing lines, Jago! Thanks so much for sharing. I didn't know this poet before your post, but I'm searching him out on the Net, and his poetry is extraordinary. Grazie!Jamie Morrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-88533864346708502132013-03-04T19:26:45.040-05:002013-03-04T19:26:45.040-05:00Montale was a brilliant poet
Thanks so much for p...Montale was a brilliant poet<br /><br />Thanks so much for posting this! You always find the most stunning, haunting, and unusual poems for us.<br /><br />Here's another by the same author:<br /><br />At the Threshold<br /><br />Be pleased if the wind that enters the orchard<br />brings back the surge of life:<br />here where a dead tangle of memories<br />sinks and founders,<br />there was no garden, only a reliquary.<br /><br />The flapping you hear is not flight<br />but a commotion in the eternal womb;<br />you see how this strip of solitary earth<br />transforms itself into a crucible.<br /><br />Beyond the sheer wall is rage.<br />If you proceed, you might bump into—<br />perhaps you might—the saving apparition:<br />here the stories are composed, the acts<br />that the game of the future will cancel.<br /><br />Look for a broken link in the net<br />that holds us down, jump out and flee!<br />Go, I've prayed this for you—now my thirst<br />will be lighter; the rust less bitter. . .<br /> (translated by David Young)<br /><br />And more here: http://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Italian/Montale.htm<br /><br /><br />Thanks again, Jago!<br />ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-3847959581772919232013-03-04T13:50:40.378-05:002013-03-04T13:50:40.378-05:00We had studied for the afterlife
a whistle, a sign...We had studied for the afterlife<br />a whistle, a sign of recognition.<br />I try to modulate it in the hope<br />we are all already dead without knowing it.<br /><br />Eugenio Montale (1896- 1991)Jagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06894651945136263360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-76041053090729710292013-03-03T07:19:14.189-05:002013-03-03T07:19:14.189-05:00Great ideas, Jamie—thanks for sharing them! (Ab Fa...Great ideas, Jamie—thanks for sharing them! (Ab Fab, what a great series!)<br />ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-56409427103945544622013-03-02T13:33:44.039-05:002013-03-02T13:33:44.039-05:00Ab fab, Adele! Another great prompt!
How about w...Ab fab, Adele! Another great prompt! <br /><br />How about writing about being at the edge of time or at the edge of the universe? Poets might go sci-fi or surreal with something like that.Jamie Morrisnoreply@blogger.com