tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20269767.post6333524823902649398..comments2024-03-08T08:21:45.799-05:00Comments on sam of the ten thousand things: things best left unsaid...sam of the ten thousand thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04378206265831223396noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20269767.post-53907145979565160782007-03-04T16:28:00.000-05:002007-03-04T16:28:00.000-05:00Thanks to h&a and CE for the read.Thanks to h&a and CE for the read.sam of the ten thousand thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378206265831223396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20269767.post-23696476433281327582007-03-04T16:27:00.000-05:002007-03-04T16:27:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.sam of the ten thousand thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378206265831223396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20269767.post-55118952627315219242007-03-03T13:37:00.000-05:002007-03-03T13:37:00.000-05:00Nice ending. Good to see a contemporary, deductiv...Nice ending. Good to see a contemporary, deductive, closed poem.C. E. Chaffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02639448512282317750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20269767.post-6551854399059359702007-03-03T12:58:00.000-05:002007-03-03T12:58:00.000-05:00oh man, what a remedy. i must seek her out now.oh man, what a remedy. i must seek her out now.Hum & Aephahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09057307898918140491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20269767.post-65251509722441951912007-03-03T08:48:00.000-05:002007-03-03T08:48:00.000-05:00James, you're absolutely right that she should hav...James, you're absolutely right that she should have a greater readership. The deception of her langauge makes me think of Frost or Stafford.<BR/><BR/>And Dennis, the collection I'm most drawn to would be <I>Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet</I> (Orchard Books, 1989). The last two lines in the volume:<BR/><BR/>"When I am dead, it will not matter<BR/>how hard you press your ear to the ground."sam of the ten thousand thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378206265831223396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20269767.post-36623654693369385032007-03-03T07:31:00.000-05:002007-03-03T07:31:00.000-05:00Sam - Is there a particular collection of Jo Carso...Sam - Is there a particular collection of Jo Carson you favor? What would you recommend to someone unfamiliar with her work?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20269767.post-69813675690039973122007-03-02T10:20:00.000-05:002007-03-02T10:20:00.000-05:00Jo deserves wider readerhip.She gets a lot of leve...Jo deserves wider readerhip.<BR/><BR/>She gets a lot of leverage behind the deceptively plain-spoken language here, doesn't she? And of course that's the point, the giddy deeps that hide in the plain-spoken.<BR/><BR/>"Life is short,<BR/>love is unrequited,<BR/>the dead do not<BR/>take questions."<BR/><BR/>How much potential for grief....James Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614935078978354375noreply@blogger.com