tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post7509359514243549556..comments2023-10-01T16:53:17.274+01:00Comments on Cicero's Songs: The City and the PoetCicerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02090838836212624633noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-18291949757364871632009-03-29T22:39:00.000+01:002009-03-29T22:39:00.000+01:00I see , you should have included some of this in y...I see , you should have included some of this in your post ,meteor mints does not travel well<BR/>I read it as a formal set of three images <BR/><BR/>the springs found in the clay,<BR/><BR/>Real springs ( hence locale) but also spring as in source and clay as in 'stuff of life'. Our deep mythic original predispositions. ( Prometheus may be the ultimate source but it is …not emphasised )<BR/><BR/>the meteorite mints on the porch,<BR/><BR/>The focus shifts abruptly to the small scale minutiae of the domestic but deep time and the predestiny of materials is still present (association of fire violence now tamed but omni present picking up Promethean events )<BR/><BR/>the dynasty of islands and straits?<BR/><BR/>Dynasty referring to the appearance of 'families of Islands' the geomorphology of the area /<BR/><BR/>Three images ,’ local’/Metaphysical <BR/>tiny’ /Emotional <BR/> ‘National’/Political <BR/><BR/>... entwining the geology of the area with its destiny , set in stone or not. Funny really what looks like a pretentious mess comes into focus as a tightly structured type of poem .<BR/><BR/>I like itNewmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-91842542507894459422009-03-27T14:38:00.000+00:002009-03-27T14:38:00.000+00:00The allusion is to bricks and stone- the springs f...The allusion is to bricks and stone- the springs found in the clay are allusive to the process of making bricks but also to the clay of Prometheus used to make Human beings- so the image is one of struggle against the materials and the mind of mankind. The meteorite mints allude to imperfections in stone that look like coins on the stones of steps in the houses of Vilnius.Cicerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02090838836212624633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-28067491470241330642009-03-27T10:55:00.000+00:002009-03-27T10:55:00.000+00:00Not come up with anything on Meteorite Mints then...Not come up with anything on Meteorite Mints then C , is there a brand of mints called Meteorite Mints perhaps shaped like meteors and aimed at the young ?<BR/><BR/>I should warn you that accusations of ignorance about Poetry would be inadvisable .Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-92114989792722157642009-03-26T12:11:00.000+00:002009-03-26T12:11:00.000+00:00so tell me, how will we struggle againstthe spring...so tell me, how will we struggle against<BR/>the springs found in the clay,<BR/>the meteorite mints on the porch,<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>I call bluff , tell me what that means then , or I will assume you like the idea of poetry but not poetry itself . Pretty common<BR/><BR/>I like this <BR/><BR/>'who have divided the glory of the dead<BR/>like a giant linen shawl'Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.com