tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post1912585542341049808..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Frank O'Hara: Cantata ("loyal tawny and apt")Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-4674986501033331582013-04-20T14:53:41.465-07:002013-04-20T14:53:41.465-07:00Great to hear from you, Daniel.
That O'Hara C...Great to hear from you, Daniel.<br /><br />That O'Hara Collected is a magnificent thing, but it's not easy to breathe when under it.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-5868151631059214472013-04-20T12:21:22.519-07:002013-04-20T12:21:22.519-07:00Ah, Tom, I googled that poem to send to a friend i...Ah, Tom, I googled that poem to send to a friend in Paris with a sick cat (named Marley), hoping not to have to prop up The Collected O'Hara to type it out, and voila! Thanks! How fresh... and then there's those cats of Baudelaire! What a range of felinity... infinite felinity! Best to you after all these years (you were leaving Santa Barbara when we arrived...)Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04866700467301416342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-14234963853200393282012-09-09T23:34:33.302-07:002012-09-09T23:34:33.302-07:00A tawny fur-lined thank you, Donna. (And I'm s...A tawny fur-lined thank you, Donna. (And I'm sure Frank would have wanted to thank you, too.)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-10272945336723748192012-09-09T16:11:31.451-07:002012-09-09T16:11:31.451-07:00oh, Tom ! you splendid cat. Got me purring with th...oh, Tom ! you splendid cat. Got me purring with thanks, Donna<br />dfleischerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15131508201970439938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-47899913583172581172012-09-09T04:25:41.089-07:002012-09-09T04:25:41.089-07:00Aries, Scorpy, Daisy, Moonshine, Auden, Shumagin, ...Aries, Scorpy, Daisy, Moonshine, Auden, Shumagin, Boris Armed with Madness Butts -- let them all come alive again in the mind now, even as the three clamouring senior felines here are rewarded for their continuing dependent independence by receiving their pre-matutinal ration of one-third of a small can of wet food, per head.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-75019492563682924872012-09-09T00:12:11.894-07:002012-09-09T00:12:11.894-07:00Frank’s always been one of my favorites; thanks fo...Frank’s always been one of my favorites; thanks for posting this little gem that illustrates why.<br /><br /><br />vazambam (Vassilis Zambaras)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14515165428574974933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-68518822169692995682012-09-08T17:30:20.822-07:002012-09-08T17:30:20.822-07:00As an O'Hara fan from way back, and a Butts fa...As an O'Hara fan from way back, and a Butts fan from just the past month or so, you know how I feel. Maybe better than I do. <br /><br />I'm not alone in the house, of course.<br />Not to mention all the insects<br />who find the windows open doors:<br />the new black cat such a friendly kitten<br />on a kitchen chair a-sittin',<br />now lyin' with a foot a-twitchin',<br />now quiet as she can be, next to me. larry whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05659637420532771765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-91372392933202216302012-09-08T16:51:39.731-07:002012-09-08T16:51:39.731-07:00Frank O'Hara, Frank O'Hara
the jazz den ca...Frank O'Hara, Frank O'Hara<br />the jazz den calls<br />out to neon <br />streaming<br />down Zeitgeist cheeks<br />with the blue note<br /><br />they noticed<br />cat-eyes<br />shiny reflections<br /> beehive Wolkenkratzers<br />plastics still brand new<br />not quite so suspect<br />true true.Susan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-22639699548228609952012-09-08T16:41:43.790-07:002012-09-08T16:41:43.790-07:00If I sleep in the green jungle
pretending to sleep...If I sleep in the green jungle<br />pretending to sleep<br />I will dream myself<br />not miniature any more<br />but larger in my loneliness<br />the infamous green idea<br />previously studied<br />friendly tawny loyalty<br />with pink or blue<br />somewhere purple and cream.Susan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-66587224246903911822012-09-08T16:21:06.727-07:002012-09-08T16:21:06.727-07:00Don't bother looking directly
into their cat e...Don't bother looking directly<br />into their cat eyes<br />they are already hypnotized<br />already dreaming of movement<br />alive life beauty<br /><br />their training taking place<br />under our very noses!<br />Infiltrating our senses. They steal. We steal their time.<br />They are so busy! Don't bother them. Doctors of landscape. The perfect grammar of their tails.<br />Explict ears, punctuation by claw.<br /><br />Like that guy's book about his dog<br />watching car races on TV<br />and everything<br />with him--<br />I will meet you, <br />Aries, Scorpy, Daisy, Moonshine, Auden, Shumagin--<br />when I catch you<br />reading Recollections<br />of Gran Apacheria.Susan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-70676400352120438632012-09-08T16:02:06.304-07:002012-09-08T16:02:06.304-07:00Mr. Frank O'Hara
a man surrounded
art music ...Mr. Frank O'Hara<br />a man surrounded<br />art music <br />people those upside down<br />possible anger humor city<br />exasperatingly alive<br /><br />ultimately<br />what he sinks <br />his face into<br />night after night <br />is Boris Butts' fur<br />intoxicating<br />lazy<br />an animal smell<br /> <br />ancient<br />buried beneath<br />a triangular construction<br />half asleep but listening<br />listening to the creak<br />of stones as they <br />are moved aside <br />in the name of science<br />of discovery <br />all for the sake<br />of modern citizens <br />who pretend<br />they forgot <br />the ancient command.Susan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-70371243153244004692012-09-08T15:30:55.120-07:002012-09-08T15:30:55.120-07:00Scorpio, I miss you, butterscotch swirl.
You, in...Scorpio, I miss you, butterscotch swirl. <br /><br />You, in the raspberries<br />waiting for them to drop<br />during your tenure <br />at Nonpareil University. <br />You took note of the rows.<br />Figured the horoscopes.<br /><br />They miss you, too, and are now<br />just starting to come back.<br />Loyal, like the cedar.<br />Like your rounds up the fence<br />behind the lilacs and over <br />to the other roses then<br />back to the garden. Daisy<br />jealous. Lily could have <br />cared less. Mimi short-sighted.<br />Hypnotized by thousands of years<br />an ancient command<br />carried out by rulers<br />or their mummies<br /> Live, Love, Kill.Susan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-31089433417732963752012-09-08T12:10:07.670-07:002012-09-08T12:10:07.670-07:00hail the little household godshail the little household godsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-30790670649621922702012-09-08T09:17:24.431-07:002012-09-08T09:17:24.431-07:00In the ancient gaze of the cat deities, one falls ...In the ancient gaze of the cat deities, one falls back -- so near and yet so very very far.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-84711808567902549692012-09-08T08:57:46.515-07:002012-09-08T08:57:46.515-07:00Absolutely beautiful.Absolutely beautiful.Jonathan Chanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03647746685252448938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-81745616536919422332012-09-08T06:23:03.498-07:002012-09-08T06:23:03.498-07:00love the independence of cats...!love the independence of cats...!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com