Comments on: Poetry Thursday #2

By: martha

martha — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:29:37 +0000

I haven’t read much poetry, except in school, and that under duress. Except the Shakespeare sonnets, and other Shakespeare, if you consider that poetry. But recently I have also started to develop an interest, since I’ve come across a few poems that have knocked me back in a way I haven’t encountered in prose. I’m actually going to see Billy Collins next month–who would have thought that could ever happen? I haven’t read any Sandburg. But I do like the one you posted, and at my recent trip to the zoo I was watching a chinpanzee get comfy sleeping, and the way it moved its hand under its head was uncannily human. Or we are uncannily chimplike.

By: Ella

Ella — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:32:45 +0000

Nice to see you posting again, Julie!

By: Sandy D.

Sandy D. — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:07:49 +0000

I grabbed a few copy of the Dover thrift edition of Sandburg’s “Chicago Poems” off the swap rack at the Saline library a few months ago, and was surprised at how modern it seemed. Even the famous “Hog Butcher for the world” poem is better than I remembered (if indeed I ever read the whole thing before).

By: Cam

Cam — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:06:34 +0000

Thanks for introducting me to “meleagrine” (who knew that there was even an adjectival form for turkey?) and reminding me of “aquiline”.

At first I thought of “anthropomorphism” for the word Aunt Sarah is looking for, but that isn’t quite right either since it’s giving human characteristics to animals. And “animalistic” is only applied to humans. So maybe it should be “catification”.

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:32:11 +0000

Catification, absolutely. Turkification, too. Or should I say meleagrinification? Maybe you could put these on your next pop quiz, heh heh.