tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post6530025071287828711..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: For Edward DornUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-67473161367760306132010-02-13T03:47:27.415-08:002010-02-13T03:47:27.415-08:00Thanks John, this conversation feels like coming h...Thanks John, this conversation feels like coming home. (I'd thought that impossible.)<br /><br />Thought you might also be interested in <a href="http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/for-edward-dorn-ii-wind-river-canyon-in.html" rel="nofollow">this one</a>.<br /><br />And while we're on the dear departed, <a href="http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/all-i-want-to-do.html" rel="nofollow">here's</a> a poem Ed always did like. (The top image was picked in hopes of kindling a small light in his eyes in eternity.)<br /><br />New Years Eve 1979 our two families made it over Raton in a blizzard to get down to where you are, one of those impossible (speaking of) adventures of yesteryear.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-78516805139642717592010-02-12T13:11:35.935-08:002010-02-12T13:11:35.935-08:00Tom Clark:
thanks much for that small surge of a ...Tom Clark:<br /><br />thanks much for that small surge of a poem. I'm a poet & live near the desert in No. New Mexico- have read & loved the incredible Ed for years. One of my 1st public readings was with Ed & Linda Hogan in Denver, 1983, Slightly Off Center Theatre. Very much loved your bio on Ed as well. Gunslinger is a major source in my life.<br /><br />thanks,<br />John MackerJohn Mackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16521338316864996705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-73974498469076288252009-09-28T12:24:50.035-07:002009-09-28T12:24:50.035-07:00...
It all ends in not being different
than the sh......<br />It all ends in not being different<br />than the shalestone or hunk<br />of lime<br />breaking into daylight<br />let us not mention ford cars<br />a measurement of distance is<br />probably not valuable.<br />Breaking into the shale stone<br />or hunk of limestone we all view<br />the crescent moons of shells.<br />Then the black outline of foliage<br />a finger's spread high,<br /><br /> there, moons<br /><br />and leaves, we are all going<br />to be there<br />it is the backyard<br />of our eternity.<br />...<br />Ed Dorn, exerpt from <i>The Land Below</i>Annienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-6806264059892227902009-09-27T06:24:47.570-07:002009-09-27T06:24:47.570-07:00Thanks so much everybody, I hope those not yet acq...Thanks so much everybody, I hope those not yet acquainted with the writings of Edward Dorn will be inspired to look into them. Ed was a great lyricist and chronicler of the American West in particular, its landforms and its peoples.<br /><br />Aditya, I've always been a small time traveler myself, which is why it always felt like such a privilege to ride the West with Ed. Thinking to maybe bring him alive in his traveling mode a bit more fully for you, I've just now put up the post above.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-72675253711057431952009-09-27T02:18:22.174-07:002009-09-27T02:18:22.174-07:00Heyy TC
As of now, I do not know of Edward Dorn. ...Heyy TC<br /><br />As of now, I do not know of Edward Dorn. But I guess you've learned a lot from the man.<br /><br />I am a small time traveler too.adityahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16078144194220301083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-4940143374420720262009-09-26T20:18:02.821-07:002009-09-26T20:18:02.821-07:00yes, indeed, compadre, soncosas of the desert &...yes, indeed, compadre, soncosas of the desert & Ed knew them — PierrePierre Jorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17620468904568794519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-45706155977271065782009-09-26T18:45:03.805-07:002009-09-26T18:45:03.805-07:00Just beautiful, how that slip from earth into air ...Just beautiful, how that slip from earth into air is brought forward. True feeling hits me like a ton of bricks.Farfalla Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446212454796875908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-12026791610394002682009-09-26T13:07:18.100-07:002009-09-26T13:07:18.100-07:00Thank you, Tom, for turning our thoughts to Ed Dor...Thank you, Tom, for turning our thoughts to Ed Dorn in this lovely poem. I never met him, but I enjoyed hearing you speak of your travels across the West with him: the rumbling train cars, carrying coal at night; the grasses of the high plains, undulating in the wind. Yes, it's time to read some Dorn again.Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150292834089323928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-65973635583757193442009-09-26T11:22:20.042-07:002009-09-26T11:22:20.042-07:00Beyond the pictures you posted, your words convey ...Beyond the pictures you posted, your words convey wonderful images, Tom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-8665094264050710682009-09-26T10:03:25.012-07:002009-09-26T10:03:25.012-07:00Tom, yes, thanks so much for this. It's still ...Tom, yes, thanks so much for this. It's still hard to believe that we approach a tenth December.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285558511682553411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-88342680368878298142009-09-26T05:06:25.022-07:002009-09-26T05:06:25.022-07:00in a long coat,
on a dusty prairie,
walking on wat...in a long coat,<br />on a dusty prairie,<br />walking on water<br /><br />because the desert is now closed.<br /><br />Love that so much.Scott Keeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02539984048028999777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-29088989337507872852009-09-26T04:44:00.560-07:002009-09-26T04:44:00.560-07:00Thx. Needed to think abt him.Thx. Needed to think abt him.BlindWilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14529744868538142382noreply@blogger.com