tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post5467672676645039828..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Simon Schuchat: The American FriendUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-63673575621171590742012-12-03T11:34:07.571-08:002012-12-03T11:34:07.571-08:00I always feel like that Regular character . .. I always feel like that Regular character . .. Nin Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643167108589844026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-17139316197908053372012-12-03T11:26:11.008-08:002012-12-03T11:26:11.008-08:00Nice poem by Simon, and it's good to have him ...Nice poem by Simon, and it's good to have him back in the US poetry world again--I see he's reading soon at St. Mark's.tpwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05909239000589253931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-63675521046334791672012-12-03T09:35:16.014-08:002012-12-03T09:35:16.014-08:00Couldn't have said it better, Lals. The poem i...Couldn't have said it better, Lals. The poem is stunning, a wonderment.<br /><br />And Michael, by the way (though he doesn't mention it), deserves credit for picking up on Simon's work early. See the 1976 Crossing Press anthology None of the Above, ed. M. Lally.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-40745309120236531442012-12-03T07:46:23.886-08:002012-12-03T07:46:23.886-08:00Simon was a brilliant poet when he was a teenager,...Simon was a brilliant poet when he was a teenager, and he still is, Incredibly nuanced subtleties in this beautifully constructed poem.Lallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-51794361722459044722012-12-02T19:11:20.807-08:002012-12-02T19:11:20.807-08:00"surrounded by duress"
stress of the re..."surrounded by duress"<br /><br />stress of the rest<br />old things around <br />chairs the white teddy<br />shoddy bricks that look<br />like they'd break<br />if they were in<br />America<br />we want your labor<br />but don't want to pay<br />for itSusan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-11543433937059684972012-12-02T07:40:01.115-08:002012-12-02T07:40:01.115-08:00The remarkable delicacy and modesty of that admiss...The remarkable delicacy and modesty of that admission makes this poem extraordinary in its compassionate "outsider" view.<br /><br />The poet here characteristically understates his own role in the affairs of the world -- "a/ Regular character in the papers, whose/ Life has been neither difficult nor important."<br /><br />Simon and I go back quite a way. But his career in the diplomatic service has taken him to places I can only visit in day dreams.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-34999133191032201972012-12-02T07:13:40.624-08:002012-12-02T07:13:40.624-08:00The hesitations in this poem take us to the edge o...The hesitations in this poem take us to the edge of situations but leave us there, knowing there can't be knowledge or possession, that we are foreigners.<br /><br />The fifth stanza is the most remarkable for this.Mose23https://www.blogger.com/profile/01100756913131511440noreply@blogger.com