tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post2533268858191787920..comments2024-03-25T02:43:49.115-05:00Comments on Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: Gerard Manley HopkinsKaren Edmisten http://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-51373380492057716622007-10-14T07:29:00.000-05:002007-10-14T07:29:00.000-05:00Thanks for choosing Hopkins. He's a favorite of m...Thanks for choosing Hopkins. He's a favorite of mine, too!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-17116692290102390222007-10-13T08:07:00.000-05:002007-10-13T08:07:00.000-05:00Hopkins never disappoints...I think his rhythms ar...Hopkins never disappoints...I think his rhythms are beyond compare.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-5713795409931590852007-10-12T19:54:00.000-05:002007-10-12T19:54:00.000-05:00Every time I read this poem I can hear my old Engl...Every time I read this poem I can hear my old English prof. from college reading it to us in the hush of an autumn afternoon, when we were drowsy and only half paying attention... I was shocked, I remember, when he said it was about death. Who can speak of death when we were eighteen and longing to lie in the last heat of summer?Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-43819158894096964262007-10-12T10:47:00.000-05:002007-10-12T10:47:00.000-05:00What a beautiful piece of writing. I don't know mu...What a beautiful piece of writing. I don't know much of Hopkins work, but am always impressed when I encounter him. Thanks!jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-1207892737296847632007-10-12T10:13:00.000-05:002007-10-12T10:13:00.000-05:00THIS is a read aloud. Read.A. Loud.THIS is a read aloud. <BR/>Read.<BR/>A. <BR/>Loud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-36181081960518635792007-10-12T09:55:00.000-05:002007-10-12T09:55:00.000-05:00I like Hopkins, although I was recently dismayed t...I like Hopkins, although I was recently dismayed to find that he was a bit of a misogynist and thought that creativity was the sole province of men. But I digress. <BR/><BR/>I love this poem. LOVE it. And today, as the changing leaves hush and shush in the breeze, it is the perfect poem to read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-20962839054558928882007-10-12T08:49:00.000-05:002007-10-12T08:49:00.000-05:00I, too, am a Hopkins fan, and each new poem of his...I, too, am a Hopkins fan, and each new poem of his discovered brings with it a lovely tongue-twisted cadence that I just have to read aloud. Thanks!tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com