tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688274121226963086.post8904202981941587577..comments2023-10-22T23:29:48.012+13:00Comments on O Audacious Book: Tuesday Poem: Four Poets to a CottageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688274121226963086.post-41477794557892245552012-06-16T09:21:13.225+12:002012-06-16T09:21:13.225+12:00Well I just arrived at this poem after reading The...Well I just arrived at this poem after reading The Cheese Room by Judy Brown, and I must say I am struck by the opening of this, in the way that Helen McKinlay points us to the opening of The Cheese Room. The first few words really invite the reader in. I love beginning with "Walk in on them" -- it is quite unexpected and from that point forward we know we are plunged into a visual, temporal treat. Wonderful poem, Mary -- a poem situated in a kind of Wonderland, as I read it. And congrats on 10 years of the Cottage. Fantastic!Michelle Elvyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00503119577895402738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688274121226963086.post-44116141664850795472012-06-15T09:40:02.261+12:002012-06-15T09:40:02.261+12:00Thanks everyone. You picked my favourite lines too...Thanks everyone. You picked my favourite lines too Claire and Alicia.... and Pen, they are not all women... two men, two women and all poets of some standing - one of international renown - but I can't say who they are... Fiona K has written a poem on the same event - also not mentioning names... so, there, she's one of them (-;Mary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688274121226963086.post-6847231651926966792012-06-14T12:49:42.267+12:002012-06-14T12:49:42.267+12:00Love this...built in a time of family bibles,
angu...Love this...built in a time of family bibles,<br />angular blue glass bottles, brick chimneys...so descriptive and evocative of bothe the moment and another eraChronicles of Illusionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168156674895078729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688274121226963086.post-25226299903581112702012-06-14T01:27:19.966+12:002012-06-14T01:27:19.966+12:00Are all the four poets women? I get that impressi...Are all the four poets women? I get that impression.Penelopehttp://pscottier.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688274121226963086.post-11150583461841593572012-06-12T23:02:48.058+12:002012-06-12T23:02:48.058+12:00I agree with Claire - and dammit she used both the...I agree with Claire - and dammit she used both the quotes I was going to pull as being absolutely fab. <br />Great stuff. Fun.<br /><br />...having trouble proving I'm not a robot...AJ Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625252892255925438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688274121226963086.post-70727286537744564972012-06-12T14:48:54.327+12:002012-06-12T14:48:54.327+12:00Dear Mary - a double/triple/quadruple treat today;...Dear Mary - a double/triple/quadruple treat today; thank you! Love the poets 'caught like teapots in a cupboard' and 'they are the wrong size doll for this doll's house. . .' As for the chimney creaking ('could well be failing'), I couldn't help taking on one of the characters myself, considering Randall Cottage sister to my own. ; ) Kirsty's book looks compelling - the vid. is gorgeous! xoClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.com