tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post1061006218184687761..comments2024-03-28T16:48:23.212-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `With Nothing But New Words'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-60882987539105102852011-12-30T19:39:34.341-06:002011-12-30T19:39:34.341-06:00Thank you for this. Mandelstam has been, and conti...Thank you for this. Mandelstam has been, and continues to be, very important to me.Bethhttp://www.cassandrapages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-79235980704838779932011-12-24T23:52:17.921-06:002011-12-24T23:52:17.921-06:00Glyn Maxwell is one of my favorite contemporary po...Glyn Maxwell is one of my favorite contemporary poets, and this one is like a gem carved out of a common stone - just before the point it would fall apart. What he writes is not only true of Mandelstam but also himself and of any pure poetic drive. That last stanza goes to the limits of what words can say, leaving us with how even the broadest perspective retains its mystery. It also reminds us that the highest standards of all come from the Devil - how he reduces it until it becomes real. In the bare light that remains, the reader is the carrier of the sacred - the one who makes the suffering a tangible thing, who turns it into beauty. <br /><br />I don't think I've ever heard as well expressed as Davenport here that moment when writing becomes more important than life itself.WAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10403669322174979974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-72010202654006705502011-12-24T13:31:47.895-06:002011-12-24T13:31:47.895-06:00Happy holidays to you, Patrick. And a splendid 201...Happy holidays to you, Patrick. And a splendid 2012.Fran Manushkinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-8240807170445953062011-12-24T04:27:07.572-06:002011-12-24T04:27:07.572-06:00Have a very happy Christmas and thank you for your...Have a very happy Christmas and thank you for your wonderful blog.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.com