tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post4333152840404417227..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Simon Schuchat: In the Multi-storied HotelUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-49311736041725584342012-12-06T09:20:15.277-08:002012-12-06T09:20:15.277-08:00Chris,
About Judy Lehman -- of course I cannot s...Chris, <br /><br />About Judy Lehman -- of course I cannot speak for Simon, but I will relay your comment along to him.<br /><br />He has provided the most adroit (and diplomatic) apology for absenting himself from comment threads that I have yet encountered: <br /><br />"... if I don't comment it's because of years practicing 'no comment' has left irreparable ruin on my comment mechanism, so to speak."TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-81701636119184152032012-12-05T19:32:10.608-08:002012-12-05T19:32:10.608-08:00Gosh, Simon Schuchat. I haven't seen his name ...Gosh, Simon Schuchat. I haven't seen his name for a long time. There is a copy of "Svelte" still on my shelf. I wonder if he remembers Judy Lehman.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04214178206307289834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-60922941516659036252012-12-03T09:34:03.635-08:002012-12-03T09:34:03.635-08:00Swell to have others who recognize the rarity of S...Swell to have others who recognize the rarity of Simon's brilliance step forward to testify.<br /><br />Tom is dead on about Simon -- spruce wit, gentle man, nimble mind, excellent form always.<br /><br />Aram Saroyan, another of the familiar company, sends a word of tribute back-channel:<br /><br />"Wonderful to see these poems and the video of Simon—I remember him in Bolinas in ‘72...What a journey!"<br /><br />(And check out, if you haven't done so already, Michael Lally's words of tribute on the post below this one.)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-13620639559555851892012-12-03T07:24:59.740-08:002012-12-03T07:24:59.740-08:00Tom: good that you have some Simon. He turned up a...Tom: good that you have some Simon. He turned up at a reading Doug Lang and I did in DC about a month ago, looking spruce. First time I'd seen him since those Chicago days of the mid-seventies..... so our meetings bracket his career. He was in excellent form and I look forward to his retirement into poetry. love, TomTom Raworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01917743465756906412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-37669842925282814692012-12-02T19:29:21.555-08:002012-12-02T19:29:21.555-08:00He looks so clear so competent
not harried or rush...He looks so clear so competent<br />not harried or rushed at all<br />rushing around China<br />bumping people with bicycles<br />but everything sifts down<br />to his actions to get across town<br />this develops suddenly<br />solid.Susan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-56075853377640402442012-12-02T19:25:24.521-08:002012-12-02T19:25:24.521-08:00We'll Get Married And Go To China
The Yellow ...We'll Get Married And Go To China<br /><br />The Yellow Sea the Yellow River<br />will welcome reflections<br /><br />of the moon at certain times<br />to see it in the place<br />at the river <br />under a certain bridge<br />at midnight<br /><br />the swirls of the river<br />stirring the moonlight<br />we dip our toes<br />we ran so fast<br />to get here.Susan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-63567356582157372592012-12-02T16:09:02.553-08:002012-12-02T16:09:02.553-08:00nice rain and poem!nice rain and poem!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-77648389892346157982012-12-02T09:04:35.245-08:002012-12-02T09:04:35.245-08:00(By the by, Simon is now retired from diplomatic s...(By the by, Simon is now retired from diplomatic service and giving long overdue attention to his poetry -- on Wednesday night next he will be doing his first reading of the century, at St Marks Poetry Project in NYC.)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-91734645510346278592012-12-02T08:59:55.531-08:002012-12-02T08:59:55.531-08:00Glad you like these poems, Hazen -- I do too, very...Glad you like these poems, Hazen -- I do too, very much. <br /><br />"More than an observer, he gets inside what he writes about, and reveals himself at the same time."<br /><br />That feels right.<br /><br />Here's a brief glimpse of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-N3PBqpbVg" rel="nofollow">Simon in his official capacity</a>.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-43078402513432408862012-12-02T08:38:18.710-08:002012-12-02T08:38:18.710-08:00Schuchat, new to me, I like very much, in both of ...Schuchat, new to me, I like very much, in both of these posts. More than an observer, he gets inside what he writes about, and reveals himself at the same time.Hazenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417573435195561519noreply@blogger.com