Comments on: Houseplants in the garden http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/houseplants-in-the-garden/ 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: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5984 Dave Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:25:53 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/26/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5984 Huh. Sounds like the Taipei I remember. Huh. Sounds like the Taipei I remember.

]]> By: evan http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5983 evan Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:02:42 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/26/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5983 One time I went into a Taipei bathroom, New Year's Eve 2000. When I came out, all 100 bar patrons were gone. Seems a gangster showed up and trashed the place and sent everyone running willy nilly. I was in the pissoir at just the right moment to miss everything and, apparently in reverie, couldnt hear anything. One time I went into a Taipei bathroom, New Year’s Eve 2000. When I came out, all 100 bar patrons were gone. Seems a gangster showed up and trashed the place and sent everyone running willy nilly. I was in the pissoir at just the right moment to miss everything and, apparently in reverie, couldnt hear anything.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5982 Dave Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:19:23 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/26/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5982 Well, it was sparked by that, but I was picturing a very different garden -- something much more formal, and, you know, kempt -- when I wrote it. Well, it was sparked by that, but I was picturing a very different garden — something much more formal, and, you know, kempt — when I wrote it.

]]> By: ann nicely http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5981 ann nicely Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:18:10 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/26/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5981 This reminds me of the plant, to the left of your front porch.. next to the little aloe. AA This reminds me of the plant, to the left of your front porch.. next to the little aloe. AA

]]> By: Via Negativa » Blog Archive » September wrap-up http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5980 Via Negativa » Blog Archive » September wrap-up Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:17:37 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/26/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5980 [...] Houseplants in the garden [...] [...] Houseplants in the garden [...]

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5979 Dave Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:47:11 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/26/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5979 Hey, thanks for all the feedback. Maybe I'll leave it alone, then. Sometimes these simple poems are the hardest ones to write, you know? <em>a statement that will probably leave those who don't give much consideration to the relationship between plants and seasons pondering for a moment</em> It's always problematic for me, deciding how much natural history knowledge to assume, how much to explain. I run into the same thing with Biblical allusions. One really has to decide who one is writing for at all times. Hey, thanks for all the feedback. Maybe I’ll leave it alone, then. Sometimes these simple poems are the hardest ones to write, you know?

a statement that will probably leave those who don’t give much consideration to the relationship between plants and seasons pondering for a moment
It’s always problematic for me, deciding how much natural history knowledge to assume, how much to explain. I run into the same thing with Biblical allusions. One really has to decide who one is writing for at all times.

]]> By: Dick http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5978 Dick Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:44:08 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/26/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5978 It's a keeper as it is, Dave. Great little poem. It’s a keeper as it is, Dave. Great little poem.

]]> By: bev http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5977 bev Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:08:11 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/26/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5977 I like it too. Also like the currrent order of the 5th and 6th stanzas. The 5th has a trailing feel to it, while the 6th strikes me as a "good ending" -- a statement that will probably leave those who don't give much consideration to the relationship between plants and seasons pondering for a moment, but will amuse those who do. I kind of like that thought. I like it too. Also like the currrent order of the 5th and 6th stanzas. The 5th has a trailing feel to it, while the 6th strikes me as a “good ending” — a statement that will probably leave those who don’t give much consideration to the relationship between plants and seasons pondering for a moment, but will amuse those who do. I kind of like that thought.

]]> By: quiet regular reader http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5976 quiet regular reader Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:29:12 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/26/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5976 a delightfully odd little post...thank-you a delightfully odd little post…thank-you

]]> By: fred garber http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5975 fred garber Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:55:51 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/09/26/houseplants-in-the-garden/#comment-5975 Love the contrast and the similarities. Love the contrast and the similarities.

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