tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post1254852138446910158..comments2023-11-03T15:50:56.001+01:00Comments on POET IN RESIDENCE : OFUKUGwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-3543734818833286702011-03-18T23:44:16.053+01:002011-03-18T23:44:16.053+01:00Many thanks, Dominic.Many thanks, Dominic.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-14612015932954194452011-03-18T17:21:51.024+01:002011-03-18T17:21:51.024+01:00Good poem! Deserves to be widely disseminated.
As...Good poem! Deserves to be widely disseminated.<br /><br />As for footnotes, I think Basil Bunting set a good example: a great Modernist poem, with very down to earth footnotes, my favourite being (more or less, as I remember it):<br /><br />"Scone - to rhyme with "on"; not, for heaven's sake, "own".Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-2787944563952544112011-03-18T10:31:43.810+01:002011-03-18T10:31:43.810+01:00Yes, John, and the amount of seismic activity arou...Yes, John, and the amount of seismic activity around the so-called ring of fire is, if you'll pardon the pun quite unsettling.<br /> I'm trying to update the seismic rumbles a couple of time a day.There could be another big one in the offing, especially I feel if the sunspots were to come back in the nest couple of days. At the moment the plasma is shooting away from earth.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-66607977893156164572011-03-18T09:23:22.915+01:002011-03-18T09:23:22.915+01:00dangerous times Gwilym
johndangerous times Gwilym<br />johnJohn McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306609410526737715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-33776474024316518632011-03-17T17:49:03.437+01:002011-03-17T17:49:03.437+01:00:) very much agree that footnotes are required som...:) very much agree that footnotes are required sometimes, Gwilym, <br /><br />wishes, <br />devikaDevika Jyothihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349153846127145464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-18280968679798352032011-03-17T16:39:59.299+01:002011-03-17T16:39:59.299+01:00Pat,
You wouldn't want to breathe this stuff....Pat, <br />You wouldn't want to breathe this stuff. The cloud is already in USA. But in the sea will be a big problem. The radioactive fish will be carried thousands miles by the waves- take care what you eat.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-10623351853701014162011-03-17T16:37:45.946+01:002011-03-17T16:37:45.946+01:00Thanks Devika. I wouldn't dream of confusing y...Thanks Devika. I wouldn't dream of confusing you :), I think poets should include footnotes when required - many don't so they can appear mysteriously elevated.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-83079010660086541302011-03-17T15:56:32.461+01:002011-03-17T15:56:32.461+01:00Let's hope that the wind does not change direc...Let's hope that the wind does not change direction.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-3635088764127920222011-03-17T11:24:50.842+01:002011-03-17T11:24:50.842+01:00Yes, thanks for the reference to Ted Hughes' p...Yes, thanks for the reference to Ted Hughes' poem, Gwilym -- else this would have been confusing :)<br /><br />wishes, <br />devikaDevika Jyothihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349153846127145464noreply@blogger.com