tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post1242417390565116900..comments2023-12-16T22:38:40.273-08:00Comments on .: My Papa's Waltzmenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18065283682414369608noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-29660060184971644052007-03-19T04:05:00.000-07:002007-03-19T04:05:00.000-07:00Whoa...that poem...I have to read more of this guy...Whoa...that poem...I have to read more of this guy!Mona Buonanottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809435868294190789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-18463409458226341212007-03-17T23:40:00.000-07:002007-03-17T23:40:00.000-07:00Love it and I have actually read it before! Tho I ...Love it and I have actually read it before! Tho I don't know that I would have remembered who wrote it.<BR/><BR/>Another U-Dub grad, another useless liberal arts degree - journalism, 1998.QThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15544956727530046973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-40354483828332472222007-03-17T17:24:00.000-07:002007-03-17T17:24:00.000-07:00esereth, there are certainly elements of violence ...esereth, there are certainly elements of violence in these words. I see it as a hard man giving the love he could, in the way he could.menohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18065283682414369608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-63230725253121997252007-03-17T12:46:00.000-07:002007-03-17T12:46:00.000-07:00I remember studying that poem in college. My profe...I remember studying that poem in college. My professor said that Roethke would never answer whether or not it was about child abuse or not, and that he purposely went back and made small changes to it over time to make it more ambivilent. <BR/><BR/>I'm tired of everything being about child abuse.Imezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604872676391743281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-36790693768554102702007-03-17T09:40:00.000-07:002007-03-17T09:40:00.000-07:00toni, he is worth looking into.chani, Same here. ...toni, he is worth looking into.<BR/><BR/>chani, Same here. I couldn't find the book when i went to type this. Probably in the basement in a box.<BR/><BR/>mamap, don't you insult you! There are tons of famous poets that i don't know from Bob Dole.<BR/><BR/>luckyzmom, i graduated in '81. But i was on the 5 year plan!<BR/><BR/>sally, something about this one has always really touched me. I love to recite it out loud.<BR/><BR/>ac, i did learn a lot about life, but it wasn't so useful for finding a job.<BR/><BR/>MOI, I agree about the degree, that's just a facetious way we refer to it around here. My Em is headed in the same direction. I met the Mister at college to.<BR/><BR/>patches, me too. It looks so simple too. I always think "I could do that!" But, no, not so much.menohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18065283682414369608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-78652097801840807862007-03-17T08:25:00.000-07:002007-03-17T08:25:00.000-07:00I envy poets. The express thoughts that I long to ...I envy poets. The express thoughts that I long to express, but succinctly and beautifully. Wonderful economy of language.jadedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326141253899975708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-1629741373926303402007-03-17T06:42:00.000-07:002007-03-17T06:42:00.000-07:00Being Canadian, and not having taken too many Amer...Being Canadian, and not having taken too many American Lit courses, I've never come across him. That is a neat full circle thing you did by going to see the Garden, a fitting tribute.<BR/><BR/>My arts degree wasn't totally useless and I think even if you went 1 year, it taught you general things and the experience of living with other people. It was a great place to socialize with many in one place who had a lot in common with you.<BR/>And I guess it was worth it for me to hang in 4 years because I met my husband in Jan. of the 4rth!!Mother of Inventionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797365678860039018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-24199300668992175782007-03-17T05:11:00.000-07:002007-03-17T05:11:00.000-07:00I share in the useless liberal arts degree that ha...I share in the useless liberal arts degree that has nevertheless brought me so much pleasure. Roethke is not well known to me but I do so love a new direction.AChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949724388906286696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-5817938691471923482007-03-16T22:49:00.000-07:002007-03-16T22:49:00.000-07:00You could not have known that that is one of my fa...You could not have known that that is one of my favorite poems, but it is. And you DO need to read it aloud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-71810743717814111962007-03-16T22:09:00.000-07:002007-03-16T22:09:00.000-07:00My husband received his BS from the U-dub in 1975....My husband received his BS from the U-dub in 1975. Go dogs.luckyzmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04176703683321469118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-58324434403890517622007-03-16T21:56:00.000-07:002007-03-16T21:56:00.000-07:00I will stand as the literary dunce that I am by st...I will stand as the literary dunce that I am by stating that I have never heard of this guy before. Or perhaps I have and all my post child bearing lit braincells have gone the way of the wild diaper genie. But that's a lovely poem - thank you for bringing it to my poetry starved mama brain.Andrea Frazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293267612840259503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-49746168174331353022007-03-16T17:21:00.000-07:002007-03-16T17:21:00.000-07:00I always liked Roethke's poetry and it is one of v...I always liked Roethke's poetry and it is one of very few poetry books I've ever purchased.:)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Peace, <BR/><BR/>~Chanithailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-72498337100073639512007-03-16T16:29:00.000-07:002007-03-16T16:29:00.000-07:00I've never heard that poem, but I like it! Will ha...I've never heard that poem, but I like it! Will have to some research on that guy!Special K ~Tonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08703215582334772134noreply@blogger.com