Comments on: What he said to his friend http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/what-he-said-to-his-friend/ How can we live without the unknown before us? —Rene Char Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:48:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: endlessly http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5517 endlessly Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:50:54 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/16/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5517 What a colourful, bizarre, complex yet oddly precise description that is. I chuckled in wonder. Endlessly What a colourful, bizarre, complex yet oddly precise description that is. I chuckled in wonder.

Endlessly

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5516 Dave Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:55:15 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/16/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5516 Thanks for reading. Thanks for reading.

]]> By: Fledgling Poet http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5515 Fledgling Poet Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:29:30 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/16/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5515 This was so beautiful! Such vivid imagery...thank you! This was so beautiful! Such vivid imagery…thank you!

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5514 Dave Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:05:57 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/16/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5514 Thanks, leslee. I'm actually kind of surprised how well some of these things have turned out, considering how little deliberation went into them. Thanks, leslee. I’m actually kind of surprised how well some of these things have turned out, considering how little deliberation went into them.

]]> By: leslee http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5513 leslee Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:50:36 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/16/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5513 Very nice poem! I'm just catching up here and the last several posts have been gems. Very nice poem! I’m just catching up here and the last several posts have been gems.

]]> By: Constance http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5512 Constance Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:26:48 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/16/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5512 Dave - My bad! :) I was taken by the poem and immediately linked it to the oriental forms I love. Thanks for correcting my assumption. So many poem forms, so little time! Dave – My bad! :) I was taken by the poem and immediately linked it to the oriental forms I love. Thanks for correcting my assumption. So many poem forms, so little time!

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5511 Dave Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:12:48 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/16/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5511 Peter, how'd you slip that comment in there?! Thanks. I'm especially glad to hear that the ambiguity worked for you. Peter, how’d you slip that comment in there?! Thanks. I’m especially glad to hear that the ambiguity worked for you.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5510 Dave Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:08:51 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/16/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5510 Joan - "Basilisk" is a good word. I wasn't especially thinking along those lines when I wrote the piece (I was picturing a guy who's chickenshit rather than a woman who's cold) but it's certainly a valid reading. wendy - Sure, why not? Nancy - Thanks for the links! I updated the addendum to include a link to your comment; sorry it got held up in moderation. I have that Nammalvar translation - great stuff. Unfortunately, I lost my copies of his translations of secular Tamil poetry some years ago. Their loss fills my heart with restless longing... sylph - Good point (yikes). Etain, Tumblewords - Thanks for stopping by. Joan – “Basilisk” is a good word. I wasn’t especially thinking along those lines when I wrote the piece (I was picturing a guy who’s chickenshit rather than a woman who’s cold) but it’s certainly a valid reading.

wendy – Sure, why not?

Nancy – Thanks for the links! I updated the addendum to include a link to your comment; sorry it got held up in moderation.

I have that Nammalvar translation – great stuff. Unfortunately, I lost my copies of his translations of secular Tamil poetry some years ago. Their loss fills my heart with restless longing…

sylph – Good point (yikes).

Etain, Tumblewords – Thanks for stopping by.

]]> By: Peter http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5509 Peter Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:07:17 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/16/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5509 <i>The thing I like about classical Tamil poetry is the very detailed use of natural imagery and the intense emotion, both of which translate very well - as opposed to, say, the elaborate word-play of classical Sanskrit poetry, which doesn't translate at all.</i> That's very interesting. And I think you succeeded here. I like the ambiguity that comes across with the emotion. The thing I like about classical Tamil poetry is the very detailed use of natural imagery and the intense emotion, both of which translate very well – as opposed to, say, the elaborate word-play of classical Sanskrit poetry, which doesn’t translate at all.

That’s very interesting. And I think you succeeded here.

I like the ambiguity that comes across with the emotion.

]]> By: Tumblewords http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5508 Tumblewords Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:22:39 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/16/what-he-said-to-his-friend/#comment-5508 Nice work! I like the depth, the thought and the sensory words of this piece. Thanks for the links. Nice work! I like the depth, the thought and the sensory words of this piece. Thanks for the links.

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