April 22 - Marooned
in response to Howard Pyle's painting Marooned In the emptinessonly sea birdsand the sea itselfendless milesof sand...
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the poem is painterly in itself -- and quite beautiful, despite, no even including perhaps, the chaos of all that might have ensued, from whatever it was before the marooning. I don't feel any need to...
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Nice study of the painting. This screams desperation to me, giving up: my mouth holds the last memory of mother's milk
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very well done. The short lines of the single sentence plow on i imagine like the events--headlong no breaks for breath. I particularly like the final 5 stanzas.
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Breathtakingly visual and complete in itself. I so agree with Alison with regard to the fact that I don't feel a need to see the painting (usually, when reading an ekphrastic poem, I do). And I think...
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Agree with others' comments -- you have painted this portrait of an abused and then abandoned boy so vividly, I do not WANT to see the painting. Reading the poem is painful enough. This is just...
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Holy cow, holy cow, holy cow!! I'm about to fall asleep early; we had a late night in the City yesterday, and I'm on the snooze. I'll be back to make more coherant comments tomorrow. This is fine work!!
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Judy, This is really great. I was struck by how unnecessary the painting was here as well. this is lovely.
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I think I know the painting--and I'm back, rested. But Michael's right. The poem doesn't depend upon it. I love the sonics in this, all the "w" sounds in the third and fourth stanzas, and then all the...
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Terrific! Gotta go look up Howard Pyle. Apparently not the author of Robin Hood.
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