tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post2906830455541921757..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: The Three RavensUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-53248278716557919772010-03-12T11:22:32.378-08:002010-03-12T11:22:32.378-08:00Steve, re. Campion, see the new post up top today....Steve, re. Campion, see the new post up top today.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-65488348551680854842010-03-12T11:22:23.403-08:002010-03-12T11:22:23.403-08:00thank YOU Tom... for all this great explanation......thank YOU Tom... for all this great explanation...<br /><br /><br /> 'to evoke the ancient (atavistic?) sources of the ballad'<br /><br /><br />and all the beauty of this post was in this... and it did evoke them...<br />i'm always in search of these sources... roots that help us get closer to the core... to the truth...<br /><br /><br />yes... i noticed the link between all the items of this aviary series... including the post below... i kept that one for another time... for some reasons...<br /><br />:)<br /><br />besthuman beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232419187783429903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-19455313951459493102010-03-12T06:33:47.950-08:002010-03-12T06:33:47.950-08:00modern is
traditional
plus an additional
whether i...modern is<br />traditional<br />plus an additional<br />whether it is real or fictional<br /><br />that addition is nothing but<br />a new coat<br /><br />___ <br /><br />Hb,<br /><br />Yes, it was the traditional lore of the raven I was wanting to bring out. The root song is a very old Scots ballad, the Twa Corbies. There are many variant versions. In the one used here (a facsimile, from 1611) the point of view at the close is that of the dead man's lover. In another version, the POV of the birds takes over at the end. And we do understand that what the ravens are up to is a timeless form of biological recycling.<br /><br />It was in order to evoke the ancient (atavistic?) sources of the ballad that I retained an antique presentation of the song, with music, in the post.<br /><br />(The post is meant to link with the one below it, in both cases a warrior slain in battle becomes bird food.)<br /><br />Thank you for the wonderful poems!TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-35891714261089503152010-03-11T22:39:06.407-08:002010-03-11T22:39:06.407-08:00.
Jesus Of Nazareth
on the cross
watched the cro....<br /><br /><br />Jesus Of Nazareth<br />on the cross<br />watched the crow<br />flying in the sky<br />so high and hollow <br /><br />he thought sadly about <br />the man<br />in the abyss of the divine cactus<br />busy with a fallacious practice!<br />will he ever fall <br />down<br />to soar?<br /><br />woe!<br />woe!<br />woe!<br />quoth the raven, nevermore!<br />nevermore...<br /><br />.human beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232419187783429903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-47279653485771198712010-03-11T22:02:23.720-08:002010-03-11T22:02:23.720-08:00Tom...
what a careless crow i am!
shame on me...
...Tom... <br />what a careless crow i am!<br />shame on me...<br />when i first was here to this post... i was in a hurry (not to leave... but to think)... and i just read the part you put down the post... and thought it's all of it... and i added my funny addition... <br /><br />now i come and see this comment by anonymous in my mailbox and something comes to my mind and i come to write it... then i look at the post again to rejoice in the beauty of the photo and the song... and i notice the song is continued... and gosh! i'm near to tears... it cuts sooooooo deep....<br /><br />so beautiful and soulful!<br /><br />and funny the feeling i experience is exactly in line with what i wanted to write for anon... <br /><br />again thanks for all the beauty you share here with us... the beauty within you and the beauty you find in the world without...<br />(aren't they one?)<br /><br />your are the cosmic soul of this world...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />dear anonymous... <br />thanks for drawing me to this gem once more...(un)intentionallY...<br />this is for you:<br /><br /><br />.<br /><br />modern is <br />traditional <br />plus an additional<br />whether it is real or fictional<br /><br />that addition is nothing but <br />a new coat<br />it may come from<br />a peyote button's halluciantion<br />(sigh)<br />or<br />the solitude's paranoiac illusion<br />(sigh again)<br /><br />what lies underneath <br />is the same traditional belief<br />the cry of a sweet lonely child<br />for a caring loving hug<br />it's the voice of your soul<br />and mine<br />and hers<br />and his<br />and theirs<br />and ours<br /><br />all of us<br />one <br />by <br />one<br />or<br />in pairs<br /><br />.human beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232419187783429903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-67132362335783925252010-03-11T18:40:15.454-08:002010-03-11T18:40:15.454-08:00very traditional
where poe and castenada?
quoth ...very traditional<br /><br />where poe and castenada?<br /><br />quoth the raven and the peyote<br />buttonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-44739721500910162102010-03-11T07:30:22.401-08:002010-03-11T07:30:22.401-08:00Tom,
How nice to see Thomas Ravenscroft's song...Tom,<br />How nice to see Thomas Ravenscroft's song here (!) -- plus the words too of course. Do you know my book Campion: On Song, an 'analysis' of one song by TC ("Now winter nights enlarge"), from The Third and Fourth Books of Ayres, w/ image on cover of original score of that song. You might enjoy it (if you could find it -- Routlege & Kegan Paul, 1981 -- must be in UC library). . . .STEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-83055558410132133642010-03-10T10:04:28.732-08:002010-03-10T10:04:28.732-08:00the first said, caw!
the second said, caaw caaw!
t...the first said, caw!<br />the second said, caaw caaw!<br />the third just kept silent...<br /><br />:D<br /><br /><br />lovely nursery rhyme... and slplendid photo...human beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232419187783429903noreply@blogger.com