Comments on: Talking Drum https://www.vianegativa.us/2015/07/talking-drum/ Purveyors of fine poetry since 2003. Sat, 01 Aug 2015 19:56:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Laura M Kaminski https://www.vianegativa.us/2015/07/talking-drum/#comment-51184 Tue, 07 Jul 2015 17:35:21 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=32387#comment-51184 In reply to Robin Dawn Hudechek.

Thank you for reading and sharing your own memories, Robin.

]]> By: Robin Dawn Hudechek https://www.vianegativa.us/2015/07/talking-drum/#comment-51178 Tue, 07 Jul 2015 05:41:59 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=32387#comment-51178 I read about the talking drums in Africa when I was a young girl, and I always thought there was something very special and almost magical in this form of communication. You brought this world alive for me and taught me more about it in this wonderful, beautifully written poem! Thank you, Laura for sharing this very special poem! :)

]]> By: Laura M Kaminski https://www.vianegativa.us/2015/07/talking-drum/#comment-51166 Sun, 05 Jul 2015 17:15:52 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=32387#comment-51166 In reply to Natalie.

If you do have give it a go, have fun! Thank you again for making the two poems by José Luis Appleyard accessible to me through your translations.

]]> By: Natalie https://www.vianegativa.us/2015/07/talking-drum/#comment-51165 Sun, 05 Jul 2015 17:09:39 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=32387#comment-51165 This is wonderful, Laura! And I’m thrilled that my translation stimulated you to re-live this and give it form.
Now it demands setting to sounds and sights….I’m tempted to have a go….perhaps…perhaps.

]]> By: TALKING DRUM!!!! | The Ark of Identity https://www.vianegativa.us/2015/07/talking-drum/#comment-51164 Sun, 05 Jul 2015 16:49:38 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=32387#comment-51164 […] to have a new poem up at Via Negativa today — here’s “Talking Drum” — enjoy! Do take time to read the translations that inspired it — they’re linked […]

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