tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post8250162398134158874..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: In a Zen Manner: Bill DeemerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-55921242143081511802011-11-27T09:48:27.585-08:002011-11-27T09:48:27.585-08:00Thank you for this. Its a privilege to read this.
...Thank you for this. Its a privilege to read this.<br />I shall take it up as a morning prayer of sorts. It makes much more sense than those much idealize ones which bid us to love all. Loving everybody is not even possible I guess! <br /><br />Beautiful pcitures. And 'feet on the ground' makes a whole lot of sense. The kite image so resonating. I am going to look for Coyote Journal for now.adityahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16078144194220301083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-6253050158320781332011-11-26T09:34:02.982-08:002011-11-26T09:34:02.982-08:00Don,
My own mind also swam that giddy route with ...Don,<br /><br />My own mind also swam that giddy route with the kite string up through the clouds in the brilliant Hokusai.<br /><br />That's another great Bill Deemer poem.<br /><br />(Indeed I believe it was Coyote's Journal which first brought us in contact.)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-71394022157966913812011-11-26T08:36:31.303-08:002011-11-26T08:36:31.303-08:00Bill Deemer, such a very fine poet, indeed. There...Bill Deemer, such a very fine poet, indeed. There is a pdf from Coyote's Journal called "20 Poems" by Deemer up online. Here is one I believe you will enjoy, Tom:<br /><br />----------------<br /><br /><b>Ode</b><br /><br />O little town, you are all America to me.<br />Two gas stations, one tavern, sunset the big event.<br />I'm glad the only traffic light always stops me.<br /><br />----------------<br /><br />In case the lines are too long for the comment box, the poem should be 3 lines, one sentence each.<br /><br />The dimensionality of the first Hokusai print in particular is dizzying in such a spectacular way.<br /><br />DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-30796499975601381482011-11-26T06:33:10.581-08:002011-11-26T06:33:10.581-08:00'Twas a privilege to post this poem by a poet ...'Twas a privilege to post this poem by a poet whose work I've liked since way back when.<br /><br />Rather than attempt to provide biographical information, I'll follow the wise directive that's the final note in this book:<br /><br />Press Release (if I ever need one):<br />Ignore the poet & read the poems.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-71160176767817409832011-11-25T14:53:35.816-08:002011-11-25T14:53:35.816-08:00This sounds like advice I try to give myself when ...This sounds like advice I try to give myself when I'm at my most gathered and "together," which is rarely. vazambam says "down to earth". I feel "feet on the ground", planted lighly, almost floating. (Not like me; I'm known for my heavy footfall.) I love the way the sentences sound and how they meet the images. This one really fits the afternoon, which is now verging into evening. It's 6 o'clock in the east -- pitch-black outside. CurtisACravanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-50344289741354226182011-11-25T12:11:04.211-08:002011-11-25T12:11:04.211-08:00Deemer comes across as a very down-to-earth poet; ...Deemer comes across as a very down-to-earth poet; very readable, very wise. Thanks, Tom.vazambam (Vassilis Zambaras)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14515165428574974933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-91117121766948125732011-11-25T10:51:30.218-08:002011-11-25T10:51:30.218-08:00I love this, esp. the pictures and the lines-
No ...I love this, esp. the pictures and the lines-<br /><br />No more demands to change your behavior.<br />I’m incorrigible, you’re a hopeless case.Nin Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643167108589844026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-44829853941229449122011-11-25T10:05:50.654-08:002011-11-25T10:05:50.654-08:00TC
Thanks for the recognition of Bill Deemer'...TC<br /><br />Thanks for the recognition of Bill Deemer's new book from Round Bend Press.<br /><br />Bill is a wonderful poet, and it was a great thrill to be allowed to bring out his latest via RBP (founded in 2009).<br /><br />Terry Simons<br />Portland, ORTerry Simonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00611795590189464644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-13128379015405959882011-11-25T07:23:22.465-08:002011-11-25T07:23:22.465-08:00Tom,
Thanks for this, another glimpse at parallel...Tom,<br /><br />Thanks for this, another glimpse at parallel universes -- Johnny and I just looking yesterday at another of Hokusai's 36 Views of Mount Fuji (the one with men storm-tossed in boats in foreground).<br /><br />"Head in the clouds, feet on the ground"<br /><br />11.25<br /><br />light coming into fog against invisible<br />ridge, song sparrow calling from branch<br />in foreground, wave sounding in channel<br /><br /> now, images of which placed<br /> moment is still there<br /><br /> that, become the difference<br /> between these, “plus”<br /><br />grey white clouds reflected in channel,<br />shadowed green pine on tip of sandspitSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.com