tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post4619211623159551351..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Lawrence's Birds, Beasts and Flowers, where he shovels out the slush - But I must confess how I liked himAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-1933005522933629752018-09-01T01:36:17.256-05:002018-09-01T01:36:17.256-05:00I surely did not!I surely did not!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-19545778787519317012018-08-30T22:43:34.746-05:002018-08-30T22:43:34.746-05:00The dog is like Walt Whitman! Did you see that co...The dog is like Walt Whitman! Did you see that coming?Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-68010343133785907762018-08-30T22:36:44.910-05:002018-08-30T22:36:44.910-05:00I had to go read the dog poem. Bibbles. Wow.I had to go read the dog poem. Bibbles. Wow.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-5559406214086020492018-08-29T15:08:59.341-05:002018-08-29T15:08:59.341-05:00I wish that Lawrence had stuck around a little lon...I wish that Lawrence had stuck around a little longer. <br /><br />One thing I love about the dog poem is that he seems genuinely baffled by ordinary dog behavior.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-55428765500627578802018-08-29T11:36:59.258-05:002018-08-29T11:36:59.258-05:00I read this collection back in May! Based on your ...I read this collection back in May! Based on your recommendation of the bat poem; thanks again. I found <i>Birds, etc</i> to be pretty sprawly and unrunning, as if Lawrence often had trouble finding the poem he wanted to write. Once he found the poem, though, he could do great work.<br /><br />Bibbles, yes. Maybe a hint at the Lawrence who never grew up, like the little boy in raptures at the fact of turtles and figs and flowers, so different from the Adult Masculine Lawrence, the Freudian judgmental guy who knows how weird the world is but can't make sense of it even though he claims to know some kind of key to the mystery. Good stuff, and surprising.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.com