Comments on: Sunday Salon – April 6, 2008

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:14:09 +0000

Ravenous Reader: I looked up Ms. Oliver…I really liked her poem An Afternoon in the Stacks – lovely! Thanks for checking out Novels Now

Iliana: Billy Collins is someone I hadn’t heard of before – thanks for the recommendation. I found a link to most of his poems…this one is really wonderful!

By: iliana

iliana — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:18:50 +0000

I love National Poetry Month – one of my favorite poets is Billy Collins. Just love his stuff.
One of these days I will get to Tenderness of Wolves. I keep hearing such good things about it. Happy Sunday Salon and I’ll be visiting Novels Now. Sounds fun

By: ravenous reader

ravenous reader — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:45:30 +0000

I do love that Frost poem – I can just see him stopping work to talk to his friend (imagine what he would have to say about our cyber talking here on Sunday Salon!)

A contemporary poet I really love is Mary Oliver

And I’ve already visited Novels Now – great site!!

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:14:19 +0000

Kristen: Yes, I would agree on the ancedote! Glad to hear that the new blog is one you’ll find helpful.

Gail: I looked up Dorothy Parker’s selected poems on Google – lovely! She reminds me a bit of Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Bethany: Thank you! You are very kind I hope you’ll enjoy Penney’s novel – I’ll watch for your review.

By: bethany

bethany — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:00:38 +0000

The Tenderness of Wolves looks like a great book, I want to read that one. Oh, and great job at Novels now!! I love the stuff that comes from that blog, you guys (gals actually) are doing such a great job.

By: Gail (Irish)

Gail (Irish) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:33:20 +0000

One of my favorite poets of the last 10 years or so has been Dorothy Parker. Her poems are filled with such wit and are always a great escape when I’m feeling a little blue.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:11:22 +0000

Great poem! Such a nice ancedote to “good fences make good neighbors,” too… Thanks for the heads up on Novels Now, too — what a great resource!

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:47:28 +0000

WendyCat: I have also enjoyed Emily Dickenson – she writes beautifully.

Ann: So glad that poem resonated with you too! I find myself so busy all the time that sometimes I forget to just slow down and enjoy my friends and the people in my life. Frost’s poem is a nice reminder I’ll have to start reading EB White’s work soon and then I’ll share it here on my blog.

Jill: YES! Love Silverstein who I *do* always think of as a child’s poet…but his stuff is so accessible to adults as well. Thanks for sharing that!

By: Jill

Jill — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:42:02 +0000

I love Frost poems too. =) Simple and stunning.

I also enjoyed the War Poets, especially Wilfred Owen. Their work is poignant for modern times.

But I think my favorite poet is Shel Silverstein. You may know him as a child’s poet, but I think his poetry resonates with grown-ups too:

“Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.”

See what I mean? =)

By: Ann Darnton (Table Talk)

Ann Darnton (Table Talk) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:31:27 +0000

I really needed that Robert Frost poem, thank you! When I gave up work I promised myself that I would now make time to talk and to socialise and do all those things that I had just been rushing past and eighteen months on I am just as bad as ever. I’m going to get a copy of this and put it somewhere where I can see it regularly. I’m so glad you enjoyed ‘The Tenderness of Wolves’. It was definitely one of the best books I read last year. And I’m very jealous of the E B White essays. They are so good. I must look out for my own copy. I ought to have them about the house for dipping in to when I want to read some really good prose.