tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post4381733238075400154..comments2024-03-16T06:23:29.917-07:00Comments on The Reverberate Hills; or The Apotheosis of the Narwhal: Poem of the Week 2014/3Patrick J. Vazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-74986120255236978232014-01-17T07:19:48.078-08:002014-01-17T07:19:48.078-08:00It's the difference between having the choice ...It's the difference between having the choice of pretending you're street, and actually being street. The poem is about the latter.Patrick J. Vazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-4588507686763541592014-01-16T21:02:53.025-08:002014-01-16T21:02:53.025-08:00What a much deeper take on a favorite poem of mine...What a much deeper take on a favorite poem of mine. I always thought it was kind of funny. That's because, as an 8th grade teacher for years, I often taught these young men (in my case, of all races), when they were deciding that this is the type of person they wanted to be. They made my job tougher, though I loved them, and so the final line, which comes as a shock, seemed a good reminder that the hard workers would win in the end. Your analysis has added such a poignancy to the poem, and I like it more than ever.<br />VUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10438895567795968644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-89563805883316524252014-01-14T07:59:19.268-08:002014-01-14T07:59:19.268-08:00Thanks, that's an interesting thought -- I'...Thanks, that's an interesting thought -- I'll have to check and see if I have Kind of Blue somewhere in the CD piles. Now I'm wondering if anyone has actually set this poem to music.Patrick J. Vazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-11690483761956307482014-01-13T22:02:05.909-08:002014-01-13T22:02:05.909-08:00I agree it's a great poem- and a musical one, ...I agree it's a great poem- and a musical one, which you noted. 1959 was the year Miles Davis' Kind of Blue came out, and this poem could convincingly be set as lyrics to lead track, "So What." John Marcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616296400880495672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-90115872232208441292014-01-13T19:29:35.142-08:002014-01-13T19:29:35.142-08:00Very glad you like it! And yes, I agree about its ...Very glad you like it! And yes, I agree about its relation to African-American speech styles as well as musical styles -- I think Brooks like Langston Hughes was very interested in using those things in her art.Patrick J. Vazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-30280332956535082302014-01-13T19:07:53.309-08:002014-01-13T19:07:53.309-08:00That is an utterly fantastic poem. Seems to me it ...That is an utterly fantastic poem. Seems to me it is related to various vernacular African American speech styles, too.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.com