tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post6793001705306652803..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Philip Whalen: AlleywayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-86595726777116365702015-06-06T22:42:09.389-07:002015-06-06T22:42:09.389-07:00Whalen's poem certainly
No throwaway.Whalen's poem certainly <br />No throwaway.vazambam (Vassilis Zambaras)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14515165428574974933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-22980005982653150252015-06-06T11:38:43.123-07:002015-06-06T11:38:43.123-07:00Thanks Sandra and Curtis.
Curtis, you can say tha...Thanks Sandra and Curtis.<br /><br />Curtis, you can say that again. <br /><br />"All throwed away."<br /><br />Who needs Heidegger when we have, or once had, the vernacular. <br /><br />Have long appreciated this poem for the nagging discomfort around the edges, the uneasiness, slight queasiness. <br /><br />Tonal uncertainty always a delicate thing, interesting, looked for same in images...TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-3450727145971122912015-06-06T06:02:26.646-07:002015-06-06T06:02:26.646-07:00Whalen's poem was first published in the first...Whalen's poem was first published in the first issue of my magazine L.<br /><br />I hadn't seen it elsewhere, until Overtime appeared. <br /><br />I've always thought it one of PW's best. <br /><br />The orphanhood of the infant seems "held" by the indifferent universe, such that pity and terror are somehow set aside, in favor of a Buddhist passivity.<br /><br />"All throwed away." <br /><br />We're all thrown away, dropped into the chaos of the world. Curtis Favillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-1587646877774564922015-06-05T16:16:11.767-07:002015-06-05T16:16:11.767-07:00those images arise strong emotions thinking about...those images arise strong emotions thinking about the story that they keepAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com