tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146364454441295661.post8078957465453077406..comments2023-09-09T06:37:15.428-04:00Comments on Wordcarving: HawkJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11596370319291639929noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146364454441295661.post-18083420724790882052007-03-17T06:08:00.000-04:002007-03-17T06:08:00.000-04:00And what exactly is wrong with 'batshit crazy'?It ...And what exactly is wrong with 'batshit crazy'?<BR/>It is a good thing that there are still enough poets, writers and artists who believe enough to write down all that bashitcrazyness that gathers inside. What would the world be like without the bravery of words?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665385782194826703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146364454441295661.post-65750684947961441482007-03-17T02:54:00.000-04:002007-03-17T02:54:00.000-04:00I completely agree with Minx's comments - says it ...I completely agree with Minx's comments - says it to a T how feel about your poetry.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146364454441295661.post-67001289088861280702007-03-17T00:45:00.000-04:002007-03-17T00:45:00.000-04:00I think you're right, Bill--about the humility, I ...I think you're right, Bill--about the humility, I mean, and not trying to say too much. But I don't think there's much danger, not for me. Quite the reverse, really. I've always struggled with a sense of abject failure when a piece gets finished, if it ever does. The results never do measure up to the original conception, the idea of what possibly might have been said. I've thrown a lot of work away because of that. Some of what you've read here has been reconstructed from trashed mss...<BR/><BR/>But thanks for the compliments. It really does help to know someone likes what you're doing.<BR/><BR/>I should also tell you that I've long ago lost any ideas about the grandeur of poetry, or its deathlessness, or any sense that it will change the world one whit, all ideas I harbored early on. Now, for me, it's what it is: the results of my sorting out various mental/linguistic knots. Some I'm proud to have written; others I can barely stand to look at. If I keep doing it, it's because I'm just batshit crazy. But we knew that already, didn't we? Why else would I have started?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11596370319291639929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146364454441295661.post-81611162408939992152007-03-16T18:21:00.000-04:002007-03-16T18:21:00.000-04:00Let's not fuck around here John. You're a brillia...Let's not fuck around here John. You're a brilliant poet.<BR/><BR/>However.<BR/><BR/>You need to be careful. Don't let it go to your head. Don't say too much. Don't force it. Don't stop being ordinary - or you'll become ordinary. Above all - stay humble. Humility is your best friend.pundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08953515400835290781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146364454441295661.post-76580795005993776632007-03-16T16:10:00.000-04:002007-03-16T16:10:00.000-04:00I know the feeling, only too well...I know the feeling, only too well...Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11596370319291639929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146364454441295661.post-59009322794317995192007-03-16T07:31:00.000-04:002007-03-16T07:31:00.000-04:00You've just put my feelings into words too, Minx. ...You've just put my feelings into words too, Minx. <BR/><BR/>I hope you know if people don't comment it's not because they're critical or (as if) uninterested, John. <BR/><BR/>We just get tongue tied ...Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146364454441295661.post-30372506905344009552007-03-15T20:26:00.000-04:002007-03-15T20:26:00.000-04:00Sometimes, Carver, I find it really difficult to c...Sometimes, Carver, I find it really difficult to comment on your poetry. Not just your poetry either, but some of the other good ones out there. <BR/>Poems this good evoke an emotional response and sometimes it is just so difficult to write down a sigh!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665385782194826703noreply@blogger.com