tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post3014546685511506735..comments2024-03-16T06:23:29.917-07:00Comments on The Reverberate Hills; or The Apotheosis of the Narwhal: Haiku 211Patrick J. Vazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-6980671905899971792009-08-01T09:23:41.665-07:002009-08-01T09:23:41.665-07:00ha ha! I always have to keep in mind what the trad...ha ha! I always have to keep in mind what the traditional poetic associations of spring are, because for me it's mostly about having trouble breathing etcPatrick J. Vazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-5083473803567860642009-07-31T21:34:48.360-07:002009-07-31T21:34:48.360-07:00There was once a time that I realized that, but th...There was once a time that I realized that, but then I forgot and started to think it was about hay fever because I know so many people who suffer then. Now, I'm laughing at myself. August is indeed the February of Summer.vicmarcamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13193094111343990233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-66976360528800912009-07-31T15:02:14.250-07:002009-07-31T15:02:14.250-07:00OK, you know how you like to add "air is ever...OK, you know how you like to add "air is everywhere!" sciencey-type comments to these? Here comes your lesson in 20th century modernist poetry.<br /><br />It's exactly the blossoms and gentle revivifying warmth of April that led Eliot to call it the cruelest month -- birth and dawning consciousness, from a certain perspective, are about the birth of suffering -- the cold static death-like state of winter is comparatively comfortable.<br /><br />I've often said August is the February of summer.Patrick J. Vazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-33363326986487642112009-07-31T13:18:34.113-07:002009-07-31T13:18:34.113-07:00April isn't the cruelest month, really. It...April isn't the cruelest month, really. It's August, for the reasons you stated so well.vicmarcamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13193094111343990233noreply@blogger.com