tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post4094366467403469285..comments2024-03-27T20:36:43.009-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Today's poem by Clive JamesNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-69045981590906514782011-02-16T14:11:34.411-05:002011-02-16T14:11:34.411-05:00Carole, even his looks have mellowed. :<) I'...Carole, even his looks have mellowed. :<) I'll be posting more by him. I think his work is wonderful.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-53426208441113729572011-02-16T12:19:21.130-05:002011-02-16T12:19:21.130-05:00Such a lovely poem, such poignancy. Clive James mu...Such a lovely poem, such poignancy. Clive James must have mellowed with age, I don't know this side of him, it's nice. Thank you for posting it.<br />CaroleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-42127015360313780392011-02-15T09:26:23.513-05:002011-02-15T09:26:23.513-05:00Val, I read it in the New Yorker and it made me ju...Val, I read it in the New Yorker and it made me just stop in my tracks. I love this poem. I'm sure I'll post more of his work. I think I remember him being the host of some PBS show years ago.<br /><br />Christy, just as perhaps Whitman might have wished he could fly.<br /><br />Lisa, well, I think there is a sadness - it is the end of his life. But yet there is the great joy he is experiencing even at that time. <br /><br />Maureen, I so love it.<br /><br />Hip chick, that says it.<br /><br />Cath, he has a webpage where you can read more. Just type his name into google.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-60871118164148789232011-02-14T18:56:56.317-05:002011-02-14T18:56:56.317-05:00I had no idea that Clive James wrote poetry. What ...I had no idea that Clive James wrote poetry. What a lovely piece of work. Thanks, Nan.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-90637924402417112022011-02-14T18:02:11.107-05:002011-02-14T18:02:11.107-05:00WOW!WOW!aspiritofsimplicityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14870339828098281415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-32819031835232222412011-02-14T17:45:14.968-05:002011-02-14T17:45:14.968-05:00Thank you, Nan, for sharing this wonderful poem.Thank you, Nan, for sharing this wonderful poem.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-65264523736259970292011-02-14T17:41:58.935-05:002011-02-14T17:41:58.935-05:00I like this poem. It is sort of sad. Oh no, maybe ...I like this poem. It is sort of sad. Oh no, maybe that is me. ??<br />I like to think of Whitman enjoying life to the very end.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-35259266330161863482011-02-14T16:27:01.574-05:002011-02-14T16:27:01.574-05:00For some reason my favorite line is "The moth...For some reason my favorite line is "The moth, which had not written Leaves of Grass." I think because it makes me imagine that the moth wishes it could write poetry.Christyhttp://agoodstoppingpoint.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-51370050297814810792011-02-14T15:33:09.048-05:002011-02-14T15:33:09.048-05:00I had no idea that he wrote poetry..I've liste...I had no idea that he wrote poetry..I've listened to his autobiographical tales as an audio book which I think was actually read by him and it was amusing, if a little bawdy at times..although not prudish, there are somethings I don't always wish to know...lol<br />I found his connection to Joyce Grenfell's life interesting too.<br />The poem is a new side ...fascinating... thank youValhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003915263556622215noreply@blogger.com