tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post1046788917107945056..comments2024-03-26T17:47:16.530-04:00Comments on Poets and Storytellers United: Wild Fridays #13: The Living DeadMagaly Guerrerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-47237949664491437922020-04-06T07:37:07.079-04:002020-04-06T07:37:07.079-04:00He was pretty amazing. But he could also call out ...He was pretty amazing. But he could also call out the ugliness of life too,when he felt that needed addressing. What I most wish is that I could show everyone his humour, one of his most inspired and most characteristic qualities – but it's so based in the Australian vernacular, I fear you just wouldn't get it.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-30646631438432832062020-04-05T17:53:15.126-04:002020-04-05T17:53:15.126-04:00Thank you introducing me to this poet. Both pieces...Thank you introducing me to this poet. Both pieces were sweet and charming, words which don't come to mind automatically when thinking about poems with death as the theme. From that bit by Lawrence Clancy and Dawe's words, he seems like the sort of person who could really find beauty everywhere. Rommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343895193475984183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-25740165824274203562020-04-04T18:01:15.720-04:002020-04-04T18:01:15.720-04:00You've clearly read him with great attention! ...You've clearly read him with great attention! Your comments on his poetry are very apt, and you are quite right in discerning his kind soul. He was a very nice person!Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-89609065260000786362020-04-04T17:59:01.901-04:002020-04-04T17:59:01.901-04:00Thank you, Magaly. I find I can go back to his wor...Thank you, Magaly. I find I can go back to his work again and again and it always enriches me.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-64655198468544261742020-04-04T17:55:35.071-04:002020-04-04T17:55:35.071-04:00Gloria was his first wife, who died in 1997 after ...Gloria was his first wife, who died in 1997 after they had been married 33 years. He found love again, remarried and said that he was 'twice blessed'.<br />Unfortunately there is little of his work to be found online.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-10950041664771776882020-04-04T16:53:58.284-04:002020-04-04T16:53:58.284-04:00Thank you for introducing us to Bruce Dawe's p...Thank you for introducing us to Bruce Dawe's poetry, Rosemary! I feel deeply the connection to the world, to the universe, to the human mind and stream of consciousness in his work. His use of language goes beyond what we call imagery, rather he portrays what we see and feel using sensory input. I feel he pays more attention to detail than the average poet. <br /><br />May his kind soul be blessed and may he rest in peace. Amen. Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-76092613246061386522020-04-04T13:11:05.663-04:002020-04-04T13:11:05.663-04:00In these days of loss, when reality seems to be mo...In these days of loss, when reality seems to be more <i>real</i> than ever, Bruce Dawe's poetry feels like just the thing. Not just because there is necessary wisdom to be found in poetry that embraces life as it happens, and shares it in words all can understand, but also because it might inspire some who might've never written to take a chance and birth a poem. "Art is therapeutic", indeed... and poetry knows.<br /><br />Thank you for the introduction, Rosemary. And may he rest in peace. Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-3559963970443378722020-04-04T10:58:01.018-04:002020-04-04T10:58:01.018-04:00Thank you for letting me know about Bruce Dawe. I ...Thank you for letting me know about Bruce Dawe. I have not heard about Bruce and his poetry. Perhaps i was more schooled in British poetry, then pointed across the pond to American works. It seems Oz have many great poets, but have limited exposure over here. <br />I liked what he said about why the need to write poetry, <i>'to come to terms with something, from the need to get that something inside out there'.</i> I really loved the poem about the moth, with all those little details, and it left me wondering who is 'Gloria'.<br />Perhaps i may resonate with his works, when i read them, for i too like to write about the dead-ends and junkies and the trodden. :)dsnake1https://www.blogger.com/profile/08724264906690080704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-58449301958695898972020-04-03T19:43:10.593-04:002020-04-03T19:43:10.593-04:00Hello, Yvonne. Thanks for commenting. I'm glad...Hello, Yvonne. Thanks for commenting. I'm glad you like his writing.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-42184006347871832922020-04-03T12:15:57.150-04:002020-04-03T12:15:57.150-04:00Thanks for introducing this poet to us. I love his...Thanks for introducing this poet to us. I love his words and way around what we call a poem.Yvonne Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212188414972694795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-40388213983099016662020-04-03T11:34:56.256-04:002020-04-03T11:34:56.256-04:00Whether we get such wide acclaim or not, it is goo...Whether we get such wide acclaim or not, it is good that we get to do what we love — and even better if some other people enjoy our efforts.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-35673341129150497102020-04-03T08:47:32.043-04:002020-04-03T08:47:32.043-04:00I really liked your poem and poet choice. I too h...I really liked your poem and poet choice. I too have felt sorry for those small creatures flying around in the night, window shopping to be near the light within. June bugs by the hundreds lay dead on the porch, their futile bodies waiting to be swept up and put in the trash, dustpanfuls at a time. Like the bodies dying in our cities of the dread COVID 19. Both have breathed their last and now with no control nor sense go back to dust and fertilizer.<br />I had not heard of Bruce aka Donald. I envy his life of writing, mine has only begun in late retirement. Even though not so good and never will get acclaim, I love to write, all my life I loved to write. Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-42383189605431771982020-04-03T03:59:12.695-04:002020-04-03T03:59:12.695-04:00Impossible, I think, these days, to know all the w...Impossible, I think, these days, to know all the wonderful poets there are around the world. I'm happy when I can introduce people to new ones.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7191396899650989619.post-92103834432279652792020-04-03T03:16:46.156-04:002020-04-03T03:16:46.156-04:00Another poet who is new to me. Thank you for shari...Another poet who is new to me. Thank you for sharing, Rosemary.Kim M. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668459794787447606noreply@blogger.com