tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post311680067030374220..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Driving by Hart Crane, poet. Twilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-62610576019215474942016-08-10T23:57:34.976-05:002016-08-10T23:57:34.976-05:00mike (again) ~ Yes, I do, kind of, understand you...mike (again) ~ Yes, I do, kind of, understand your take on poetry. I read it, myself, more as though I'm reading song lyrics, first for rhythm, and second for a flimsy veil of meaning. I think some school teachers' demands for finding "hard" meanings in poems does spoil poetry for some readers; that's a shame. I like to find the "feel" and "atmosphere" of a poem rather than a definite meaning...a bit like astrology I guess. Sad, melancholy poems can help through difficult times I've found.<br />Not sure why that is. :-/ Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-38147470943633219262016-08-10T19:22:41.993-05:002016-08-10T19:22:41.993-05:00I've never had the intellect for poetry. Way ...I've never had the intellect for poetry. Way back when I was in the early grades of school, we often had English assignments to discern the meaning behind various poetry. I inevitably found meaning that didn't exist to others...LOL. I don't think in metaphorical or figurative terms. On occasion, I don't "get" a joke, because I take it literally...only when people laugh that I know I need to decipher. Add to it, I lack cadence of rhythm. I stuttered as a child and I've never been a second language person...I could only take one semester of college Spanish, because I began to apply the rules of Spanish to my native English. I finally completed my college, second language requirement through computer science programming language.mike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-24087176053316155732016-08-10T10:47:58.843-05:002016-08-10T10:47:58.843-05:00mike ~ Ah yes, thanks - I see the date now - thos...mike ~ Ah yes, thanks - I see the date now - those black background blogs can be an irritation to the eyes, so I exit asap!<br /><br />I quite liked the two poems I posted. I do enjoy poetry reading - all poetry has to be a tad pretentious I guess - that's an inherent part of it, and of poets in general.<br />If they weren't pretentious they'd write short stories or novels or reports for newspapers. Lol - I should wash my mouth out now!<br /><br />Thanks for the additional astrological pointers. <br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-52869956063687338092016-08-10T10:00:54.856-05:002016-08-10T10:00:54.856-05:00"Astrology of a Train Wreck" posted on M..."Astrology of a Train Wreck" posted on Monday, July 21st, 2008 (see the sentence just above comments). Michelle Perrin now monikers as "Astrology Detective" and now writes for various publications. I used to follow her blog entries, but between my computer glitches erasing bookmarks and her discontinuing her blog, I forgot about her.<br /><br />It seems a fact that he committed suicide at sea after being beaten for sexual advances toward a male crew-member. Wiki mentions witnesses, but if the witnesses were crew members, I'd suspect he may have been tossed overboard. Surprising to me in the here-and-now, the number of murders on cruise ships that are first designated suicide.<br /><br />I hope that July 21, 1899, didn't produce too many suicidal individuals...maybe the Virgo-Pisces axis were the hardest hit, with the potent, heavy hitting planets in Gemini and Sagittarius forming the cross.<br /><br />He has no final planetary dispositor, instead has a quorum Sun, Moon, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn chain...ruled by committee...not of one mind, erratic and changeable. Neptune on the S Node wasn't good, either.<br /><br />Though he was considered one of the greats by his contemporaries, I never appreciated his poetry, but I'm not one to favor poetry. His poetry seems pretentious or forced, to me.mikenoreply@blogger.com