tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post4079387412948478459..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Robert Creeley: For J. D. (Hearts)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-11203375207482411472012-06-12T07:43:35.863-07:002012-06-12T07:43:35.863-07:00Eddie,
Great to hear your word/ When one's he...Eddie,<br /><br />Great to hear your word/ When one's hearts are a strong suit, it's ok to wear them on the sleeveTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-68237820838839916432012-06-12T07:27:02.598-07:002012-06-12T07:27:02.598-07:00when the storms of the heart hit with the semi irr...when the storms of the heart hit with the semi irrugular frequency, i just recall the heart like weather...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06096701167441653059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-55361387875373739802012-06-08T06:05:08.990-07:002012-06-08T06:05:08.990-07:00the eye of the heart...the eye of the heart...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-49609826218676796472012-06-07T04:01:02.611-07:002012-06-07T04:01:02.611-07:00Ah thanks Nin.
"... -- the blade so very sha...Ah thanks Nin.<br /><br />"... -- the blade so very sharp --<br />the beautiful sculpture of words."<br /><br />That enduring image of the sculptor-poet speaking of the poet- sculptor, and the thought of the words as something, then, in made form, enduring, carved with care -- and that, not at all easily -- but once and for all, certain, sure.<br /><br /><br />Thinking back, Jim's words remind me (I guess) of "where I came in" -- with these things -- and what made this kind of work so appealing, way back when, before poetry and art turned into networking and facebook and gossip ranking and prizes for getting along with the prevailing Powers That Be... <br /><br />"And then the heart being like weather, a shifting presence..."TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-7643039850030696652012-06-06T18:53:35.609-07:002012-06-06T18:53:35.609-07:00I love the explanations--the blade so very sharp--...I love the explanations--the blade so very sharp--<br />the beautiful sculpture of words.<br /><br />And then the heart being like weather, a shifting presence. <br /><br />Really beautiful.Nin Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643167108589844026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-79471628874578165792012-06-06T10:51:12.977-07:002012-06-06T10:51:12.977-07:00Marcia,
Many thanks.
To think that two people on...Marcia,<br /><br />Many thanks.<br /><br />To think that two people on the same planet are reading the same poem at the same time -- this possibly qualifies as a small miracle, any more.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-88204542916426447282012-06-06T10:32:44.101-07:002012-06-06T10:32:44.101-07:00Tom,
Just yesterday I read this poem, and today, ...Tom,<br /><br />Just yesterday I read this poem, and today, I find it posted on your blog! It becomes even larger, richer than ever (if that is possible) accompanied by Raworth's photos, Dine's art, and Dine and Creeley's quotations.Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150292834089323928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-51758071520997167412012-06-06T09:38:25.438-07:002012-06-06T09:38:25.438-07:00It was rumoured for some time that the Cosa Nostra...It was rumoured for some time that the Cosa Nostra was "run" out of a cigar stand in the Bronx managed by a character familiarly referred to as Un Occhio. <br /><br />Though of course following hard upon the familiarities came the imbedding in sculpture in the East River.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-84098356716359751272012-06-06T09:21:37.902-07:002012-06-06T09:21:37.902-07:00Dear Tom,
Touching to see what I saw alongside Ji...Dear Tom,<br /><br />Touching to see what I saw alongside Jim and Bob on a date my memory always flashes up D-Day. Thanks.<br /><br />(for Robert Creeley and George Kimball)<br /><br />peter falk, tex avery<br />each with but one eye to see<br /><br />nelson, thurber, johnson too<br />shared a two dimensional view<br /><br />gordon brown, jack elam<br />ry cooder, moshe dayan<br /><br />hannibal, rex harrison<br />half in gaza, every oneTom Raworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01917743465756906412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-89479113692240203722012-06-06T09:02:50.185-07:002012-06-06T09:02:50.185-07:00Well, where Ernest Hemingway came from, even the r...Well, where Ernest Hemingway came from, even the rivers were not only big but had two hearts.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-17347991970470671682012-06-06T08:51:49.537-07:002012-06-06T08:51:49.537-07:00It must have been tiring to have only one eye, lik...It must have been tiring to have only one eye, like having one heart but I guess the focus (teacher talk) can be intense.Susan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-66188631802579129212012-06-06T08:41:53.198-07:002012-06-06T08:41:53.198-07:00Tom,
Thanks for all this, starting with --
Pass...Tom,<br /><br />Thanks for all this, starting with --<br /><br />Pass on by, love,<br />wait by that garden gate. <br />Swing on, up<br />on heaven's gate.<br /><br />[leading to]<br /><br />a weather of spaces,<br />intervals between silences.<br /><br />And Jim Dine's sense of Creeley's "austere and beautiful sculptures of American words, honed to almost nothing. The blade . . . very, very sharp."<br /><br />And his hearts, being "a ground or context which serves as means for feeling out the possibilities of what is going on." -- "the heart of the matter"<br /><br />And Tom's two beautiful photos! <br /><br />6.6<br /><br />light coming into sky above still black<br />ridge, waning moon across from branches<br />in foreground, wave sounding in channel<br /><br /> window over there, same way<br /> the day a fixed point<br /><br /> to turn the question around,<br /> object, without which<br /><br />cloudless blue sky reflected in channel,<br />line of 7 pelicans gliding toward pointSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.com