tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post2147276782665082100..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Today's poem by W. H. Auden (and today's video)Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-78371477854248785582018-12-10T09:53:03.133-05:002018-12-10T09:53:03.133-05:00I don't know any by heart, though I do so love...I don't know any by heart, though I do so love his work. Thanks for stopping by.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-65520158925785254872018-12-10T09:40:52.168-05:002018-12-10T09:40:52.168-05:00Looking for Auden....”today I thought of writing y...Looking for Auden....”today I thought of writing you a letter. Now after hours of staring at the shrubs we planted...”. All I can remember 😕 Send to nickymcd@aol.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16011962311301452211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-65245041613881878082018-07-06T20:25:36.548-04:002018-07-06T20:25:36.548-04:00Wonderful that you want to show it to them. It rea...Wonderful that you want to show it to them. It really is very special.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-48288903950341056282018-07-06T20:24:56.867-04:002018-07-06T20:24:56.867-04:00It pleases me no end that both of you watched it!!...It pleases me no end that both of you watched it!!!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-23352734235511593362018-07-06T20:24:39.204-04:002018-07-06T20:24:39.204-04:00I used to listen to books on tape, but once they w...I used to listen to books on tape, but once they went to cds and phones, I couldn't do it anymore. Something about the ease of fast-forwarding and rewinding that seemed easy.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-12350728425332074242018-07-06T20:23:23.581-04:002018-07-06T20:23:23.581-04:00So many people feel that way. Maybe it is about fi...So many people feel that way. Maybe it is about finding the 'right' poet and poems? I've put up a lot here in my letters that is mostly very accessible and meaningful. They are all under Poems under the blog header picture. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-6279889328987990672018-07-06T20:21:37.210-04:002018-07-06T20:21:37.210-04:00I don't write nearly as often as I used to, bu...I don't write nearly as often as I used to, but that may be because my aunts and grandparents and parents are mostly gone. One aunt left, and I really should write to her. What I miss about blogging is that time to stop and reflect on what I've been doing or feeling. I am someone who thinks better when I write.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-62603009365834992952018-07-06T20:20:01.573-04:002018-07-06T20:20:01.573-04:00I know! I loved the beat of the poem to the train....I know! I loved the beat of the poem to the train. Such a treat. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-30658467061243964592018-07-06T20:19:25.363-04:002018-07-06T20:19:25.363-04:00It really is an amazing thing that happens over an...It really is an amazing thing that happens over and over. One of life's miracles.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-31092449977671324022018-07-06T20:18:21.301-04:002018-07-06T20:18:21.301-04:00It's too bad we couldn't all have college ...It's too bad we couldn't all have college classes in poetry when we are 'grown up'! I do still have my books but would love to hear the voices of the professors now. I think I would 'get' it much better now that I am older. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-71333006574322060332018-07-03T22:23:54.831-04:002018-07-03T22:23:54.831-04:00Nan, I just came back to the video tonight, watchi...Nan, I just came back to the video tonight, watching it with fireworks going off outside. It was magnificent, the men working a treat, even if they were acting a little for the camera--I caught that wink. I also caught a please from one of the men, can you imagine! I'm going to keep this on my desktop to show my sons. Dewenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07330797553600987145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-54104344705713108622018-07-02T14:32:53.682-04:002018-07-02T14:32:53.682-04:00My son and I both really enjoyed this video, and t...My son and I both really enjoyed this video, and the poem.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-79081886864497898972018-06-30T21:12:39.848-04:002018-06-30T21:12:39.848-04:00I liked seeing some of the video. I skipped to hea...I liked seeing some of the video. I skipped to hearing him read the poem. I love having people read to me so I enjoyed it. I am one of those people that hate to be forgotten. ;)Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-43442726371523201052018-06-30T11:00:27.172-04:002018-06-30T11:00:27.172-04:00I'm not a huge fan of poems, but Auden has a s...I'm not a huge fan of poems, but Auden has a style that grabs my attention.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16974471357928655315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-7638716779445383242018-06-30T10:59:54.588-04:002018-06-30T10:59:54.588-04:00I have never heard of this poem, but Auden has alw...I have never heard of this poem, but Auden has always been one of my favorites, if only for his powerful poem, Funeral Blues. This one you share today may be the best I've read yet, though. I have always been a letter writer and I love receiving letters & cards (who doesn't?!) and this poem really spoke to me. I will watch the video later today! Thank you so much.<br /><br />Enjoy your summer with the grands. Blogging is wonderful and fun and fulfilling, but "real life" with those you love is so much more important.Les in Oregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15053880852764886416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-39200813790043533032018-06-30T03:07:35.442-04:002018-06-30T03:07:35.442-04:00Thanks Nan for posting that video. It was made be...Thanks Nan for posting that video. It was made before I (or you!) was born, and I have only seen it once myself, many years ago on TV. I did know the poem but it was a joy to hear it to the rythm of the train. A fascinating bit of history -especially now that everything is computerised.Mrs Mac.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13169786083907144694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-51531062722232199602018-06-30T00:34:13.092-04:002018-06-30T00:34:13.092-04:00I pulled out my college copy of Auden and read wit...I pulled out my college copy of Auden and read with interest the notes I wrote in the margins to help in interpretation of the poems. Glad to hear you agree that much of his poetry is not as accessible as "Night Mail." ("Night Mail" wasn't in my compilation of his works.)Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06666609213171939599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-83491411658235399102018-06-30T00:03:01.779-04:002018-06-30T00:03:01.779-04:00My friend Jenny (http://bayouquilts.blogspot.com/)...My friend Jenny (http://bayouquilts.blogspot.com/) sent me a handmade postcard on which she quoted part of Auden's poem, so I had to look it up and read the whole poem. After that, I've seen references to it several places. Isn't synchronicity strange when suddenly many people seem to be on a similar wave length. Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06666609213171939599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-43962816881908637542018-06-29T21:55:01.500-04:002018-06-29T21:55:01.500-04:00I love Endeavour. And fell in love with WH after r...I love Endeavour. And fell in love with WH after reading Alexander McCall Smith's Isabel Dalhousie books, now have an old book of his poetry, working my way through it, not always understanding--make that "not often understanding"--but loving the words.<br /><br />But to get to hear it read will be a treat and I've pulled it off on my desktop to hear. Woefully is a good word and don't worry, just enjoy summer to the fullest.Dewenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07330797553600987145noreply@blogger.com