tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post8279639790541117006..comments2024-03-25T02:43:49.115-05:00Comments on Karen Edmisten: Poetry Friday: Of Brain Cells and EliotKaren Edmisten http://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-64689162934716820032009-01-03T09:48:00.000-06:002009-01-03T09:48:00.000-06:00I always thought of "The Waste Land" as an early w...I always thought of "The Waste Land" as an early work marked by youthful despair, and "Journey of the Magi" as a product of a more mature poet who had found faith.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting this.A Secular Franciscanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184259228282290040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-87983328777669351352009-01-03T07:26:00.000-06:002009-01-03T07:26:00.000-06:00Karen, have I told you lately that I love you? I k...Karen, have I told you lately that I love you? I know, seems out of place, but you WILL get me reading poetry more often, you WILL. And I'm always better for it. (Now, if I could just get back in the Poetry Friday habit...)Sarah Reinhardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05682511477646768745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-21255837786511776522009-01-03T06:13:00.000-06:002009-01-03T06:13:00.000-06:00I'm not a big poetry reader and just found your bl...I'm not a big poetry reader and just found your blog, but I do love to read. This was an awesome poem and I look forward to every Friday so I can read some more!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874466505171789128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-53817167356102380262009-01-03T02:15:00.000-06:002009-01-03T02:15:00.000-06:00One of my favourite poems too :). Thank you for re...One of my favourite poems too :). Thank you for reminding me of it.The Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139740404665123205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-74576440753245965532009-01-02T18:10:00.000-06:002009-01-02T18:10:00.000-06:00The thought of camels, "galled and sore-footed...l...The thought of camels, "galled and sore-footed...lying down in the snow" is so painful and evocative. And then the discomfort of the ending. Yes, Eliot knew what he was doing, all right. Even the bland, sentimental title sets us up for the fall.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-84930237347744632692009-01-02T17:14:00.000-06:002009-01-02T17:14:00.000-06:00Oh my beloved Eliot! I do love him so. This is one...Oh my beloved Eliot! I do love him so. This is one of my favorites. I think teachers do him such a disservice by pretending he's so hard. Really he isn't. Oh just read The Four Quartets and don't try to think too much, just feel the truth and beauty of his words.Melanie Bettinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557248434888642114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-89116327097324040612009-01-02T16:27:00.000-06:002009-01-02T16:27:00.000-06:00Journey of the Magi is one of my favorite poems--f...<I>Journey of the Magi</I> is one of my favorite poems--far easier to tackle than, say, <I>The Wasteland.</I> ;)<BR/><BR/>When I was doing my student teaching, I read it to my English honors students. They sat there mesmerized, and then--to my great disappointment--the bell rang before we had a chance to discuss it.<BR/><BR/>I'd had 'em in the palm of my hand, Karen! Or Eliot did, anyway.Margaret in Minnesotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603439076606550856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-38885677950073101442009-01-02T14:41:00.000-06:002009-01-02T14:41:00.000-06:00OHHH, Karen.*happy sigh*This is why I like you.Tha...OHHH, Karen.<BR/>*happy sigh*<BR/>This is why I like you.<BR/>Thanks for forcing me out of easy, into Eliot. And happy new year to you and Atticus and the ice cream fiends.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com