tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post8532253106268313835..comments2023-12-10T07:07:56.884+00:00Comments on the swiss lounge: h.dswisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17924594772578153947noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-124014388241764102009-01-04T20:37:00.000+00:002009-01-04T20:37:00.000+00:00you need to be investing in a copy of an leabhar m...you need to be investing in a copy of an leabhar mor for certain, and an tuil you can get on amazon for a fiver. a steal!swisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924594772578153947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-86067183027151513402009-01-04T20:13:00.000+00:002009-01-04T20:13:00.000+00:00no I don't have any other gaelic poetry, perhaps t...no I don't have any other gaelic poetry, perhaps this year I'll look into moreMarion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-24088084521486036712009-01-04T14:38:00.000+00:002009-01-04T14:38:00.000+00:00I was searching through the same archives right no...I was searching through the same archives right now :-) I had not even heard of her, can you imagine? which doesn't say much, however, because I am not well read in english poetry. <BR/><BR/>I see your point :-) (but I don't know if I agree, especially after listening to the three stories)Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-17361313565821581072009-01-04T14:33:00.000+00:002009-01-04T14:33:00.000+00:00yes, i was pirating my shelves last night to find ...yes, i was pirating my shelves last night to find some more of her. there is a selcted works out so i think i'll need to be getting that.<BR/><BR/>a wee bit like octavio paz, i'm constantly astonished that she's not more well known or talked about. there's a recording of her her reading helen of egypt here<BR/><BR/>http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/234<BR/><BR/>which goes some way to supporting my position that poets are often best not left to read their own work ; )swisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924594772578153947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-36714579504880557742009-01-04T14:23:00.000+00:002009-01-04T14:23:00.000+00:00yes, it is fabulous, I agree with you about the ra...yes, it is fabulous, I agree with you about the rage of song line. but the whole poem makes me lose my breath. I had never read H.D. until now, what a discovery!Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-82598085591982727182009-01-04T08:48:00.000+00:002009-01-04T08:48:00.000+00:00i've liked h.d. from the moment i first read her. ...i've liked h.d. from the moment i first read her. sometimes i can fiond myself going a little flat on her but usually it's because i'm just not in the mood. i really love this one - mythology, stars, random death - what more could you want! but it bears reading slowly. that rage of song line is just fantastic!<BR/><BR/>bateman? i'm still a bit peeved with bateman for reasons i;ve outlined before. do you have an leabhar mor yet? or an tuil? i'd highly recommend bothswisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924594772578153947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9016863230532205673.post-4641503214826860192009-01-04T01:44:00.000+00:002009-01-04T01:44:00.000+00:00I really like all of the H.D. poems at your link -...I really like all of the H.D. poems at your link - must look out more of her stuff. I've also been rereading Meg Bateman's Fair Wind and really must get a hold of her Aotromachd book also.Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.com