tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post5176990216060650258..comments2023-10-29T07:54:36.000+00:00Comments on georgiasam: Derek Mahon, New Collected Poemsputhwuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606399161863289851noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-90654722901112833712011-07-05T20:35:10.393+01:002011-07-05T20:35:10.393+01:00Oh, and no more 'Kensington Notebook', as ...Oh, and no more 'Kensington Notebook', as an Irish Times review has just pointed out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-77456140552368289172011-06-15T09:30:32.019+01:002011-06-15T09:30:32.019+01:00I prefer the change to "forest".I prefer the change to "forest".Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952802832128489220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-6391222039702873602011-06-06T21:53:21.665+01:002011-06-06T21:53:21.665+01:00When Auden cancelled 'Spain 1937' from his...When Auden cancelled 'Spain 1937' from his oeuvre or wrote 'This is a lie' in the margin beside the lines 'History to the defeated /May say Alas but cannot help or pardon' there seemed something large at stake, whatever we think of the choices he made. These changes by contrast seem to me footling and trivial in motivation, but with serious and even disastrous results. If these poems were children, there might be a case for social services getting involved. Not good, in summary.puthwuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606399161863289851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-42245233515236968902011-06-05T21:37:49.362+01:002011-06-05T21:37:49.362+01:00Re 'Leaves'(also one of my favourites):
M...Re 'Leaves'(also one of my favourites):<br /><br />Mahon has replaced "stadium" with "forest," which is simply less resonant and less memorable. Why?<br /><br />Terry Kelly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-48666761121218842792011-05-28T08:12:33.087+01:002011-05-28T08:12:33.087+01:00Great collection Love the melancholy. Am fond of t...Great collection Love the melancholy. Am fond of the poem "Leaves".Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952802832128489220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-65666161570756077242011-05-23T21:42:59.538+01:002011-05-23T21:42:59.538+01:00'What devil has got into John Crowe Ransom'...'What devil has got into John Crowe Ransom' as reference point here, perhaps?puthwuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606399161863289851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-74166649620104714202011-05-23T21:28:38.117+01:002011-05-23T21:28:38.117+01:00Has there ever been a poet so determined to destro...Has there ever been a poet so determined to destroy his own achievement? <br /><br />Except for Virgil trying to chuck it on the fire.Tim Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17917270014209480898noreply@blogger.com