tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post1441539674704632404..comments2024-03-17T15:53:11.605-04:00Comments on Shelf Actualization: Poet's CornerMacEvoy DeMaresthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01017894338443984921noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post-81746635348167533402011-12-24T13:21:00.968-05:002011-12-24T13:21:00.968-05:00Glad you liked it, Octavia. We may live in differe...Glad you liked it, Octavia. We may live in different states, but you know you're my neighbor.<br /><br />:)MacEvoyhttp://www.shelfactualization.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post-76919014851997223982011-12-23T14:11:31.806-05:002011-12-23T14:11:31.806-05:00This poem makes me want to cry. It is so an acknow...This poem makes me want to cry. It is so an acknowledgement on the world I live in that I feel as though someone just looked me in the eyes and said, I Love You. I can go conceptual and I can go existential but sometimes I just want to be home and know that I have a neighbor. Thanks MacEvoy. Think I'll just take a big breath.Octavia Kuranskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post-24801650572987165822011-12-19T10:59:51.066-05:002011-12-19T10:59:51.066-05:00Billy Collins is one of my favorite poets. Shoveli...Billy Collins is one of my favorite poets. Shoveling Snow with Buddha and Marginalia are great... I also enjoy I Go Back to the House for a Book. Collins has a way of writing about the most ordinary moments in a profound way.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11905232092734897933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post-15790725548649350622011-12-19T09:07:24.786-05:002011-12-19T09:07:24.786-05:00I'll have to take a look at Collins. I'll ...I'll have to take a look at Collins. I'll admit up front that this poetry series is as much for me to discover new poems, as it is for me to evangelize things I'm already familiar with.<br /><br />It's interesting that he is one of the few poets who was highlighted as making any money this year at this link about the Wasteland of modern poetry:<br />http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/topic/poetry-2011-12/?mid=nymag_pressMacEvoyhttp://www.shelfactualization.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post-14038863131397722742011-12-17T21:23:08.864-05:002011-12-17T21:23:08.864-05:00I'm partial to Billy Collins. Where so many po...I'm partial to Billy Collins. Where so many poets are pretentious and artsy, he is down to earth and real.<br /><br />http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/176056<br /><br />My favorite:<br /><br />Another Reason I Don't Keep a Gun in the House <br />by Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate of the United States<br /><br />The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.<br />He is barking the same high, rhythmic bark<br />that he barks every time they leave the house.<br />They must switch him on on their way out.<br />The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.<br />I close all the windows in the house<br />and put on a Beethoven symphony full blast<br />but I can still hear him muffled under the music,<br />barking, barking, barking,<br />and now I can see him sitting in the orchestra,<br />his head raised confidently as if Beethoven<br />had included a part for barking dog.<br />When the record finally ends he is still barking,<br />sitting there in the oboe section barking,<br />his eyes fixed on the conductor who is<br />entreating him with his baton<br />while the other musicians listen in respectful<br />silence to the famous barking dog solo,<br />that endless coda that first established<br />Beethoven as an innovative genius.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com