tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post778722597334769547..comments2024-02-17T08:14:14.308-06:00Comments on imaginary garden with real toads: A Toad's Favo(u)rite: The RavenSherry Blue Skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-4583084259215139572013-06-19T05:30:16.151-05:002013-06-19T05:30:16.151-05:00Thanks for the reminder of this brilliant poet'...Thanks for the reminder of this brilliant poet's work. Miskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290945518598423297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-29058791236850815532013-06-18T21:56:11.806-05:002013-06-18T21:56:11.806-05:00Thanks for the Poe--try. C'mon...someone had ...Thanks for the Poe--try. C'mon...someone had to do it! ;-)Other Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189646933597252108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-24971445764355989232013-06-18T19:27:00.019-05:002013-06-18T19:27:00.019-05:00I love Poe! Thank you Mama Z for sharing this gif...I love Poe! Thank you Mama Z for sharing this gifted soul~<br /><br />I made Poe art, inspired by the Raven. I read that he wrote beautiful poems that his source would not publish. They liked publishing his unique voice, instead.Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-3893535185417004922013-06-18T19:23:28.950-05:002013-06-18T19:23:28.950-05:00Goodness what a marvel to read and thank you Mama ...Goodness what a marvel to read and thank you Mama Zen ~ I too dismissed such writing when I was young and now see and appreciate the complexity and nuances of his writing ~ Terrific choice ~<br /><br /> Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-6450244300661408312013-06-18T17:10:29.210-05:002013-06-18T17:10:29.210-05:00Poe, my poetic hero. This was the first poem of hi...Poe, my poetic hero. This was the first poem of his I fell in love with at age 15. I couldn't touch his skill with my writing then and I still can't come close now, but he still inspires me with his words and depth. Mama Zen, you have such a unique style of your own. I always know when I read your work I will walk away impressed and seek to work my pen even harder. :)Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-84579703808563446772013-06-18T16:55:30.564-05:002013-06-18T16:55:30.564-05:00At the age that I studied Poe in school, I would h...At the age that I studied Poe in school, I would have argued with you if you had told me that the sun would rise in the morning. So, when all of my teachers insisted that Poe was brilliant, I just had to disagree!Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-2762660095814749002013-06-18T14:30:06.464-05:002013-06-18T14:30:06.464-05:00Raven has special meaning to me but didn't kno...Raven has special meaning to me but didn't know that when I came to be mesmerized by Poe's The Raven. I do love Annabelle Lee too (probably just spelled that wrong). He did have creepy mind. lol. Thanks for sharing this!Maggie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044824920398442496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-54744529969118834232013-06-18T12:16:24.654-05:002013-06-18T12:16:24.654-05:00I agree with Susan, Poe couldn't have attained...I agree with Susan, Poe couldn't have attained your amazing succinctness. (a) it would never have occurred to him to try, and (b) his addiction to alliteration would have taken over.<br />Having suffered from the same addiction, I used to wish Poe had laid off alliterating so that I could, somehow, learn how to do the same.<br />Sigh.<br />When I was very young, this poem was very scary, but later I found myself reading Poe and loving his internal rhyming and his wonderful use of words.<br />An excellent choice. (But don't ask me to watch the movie "The Fall of the House of Usher" ever again. Too scary for a teenager, too scary for an old lady.)<br />KKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-1881446086911156162013-06-18T10:25:37.635-05:002013-06-18T10:25:37.635-05:00Poe for me is most closely tied to "A Cask of...Poe for me is most closely tied to "A Cask of Amontillado", which my 5th grade teacher in Catholic school assigned. It was dark and spooky and was the first evidence that terror was loose in the world.<br /><br />Of course we imagined the nuns had caught a few miscreants and punished them that way somewhere in the deep heart of the old school. We always wondered what happened to Jimmy...<br /><br />grapelinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929030339206629628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-79184034233544236402013-06-18T09:46:32.073-05:002013-06-18T09:46:32.073-05:00why did i think Susie posted this? Sorry, Mama Z. ...why did i think Susie posted this? Sorry, Mama Z. xoMarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-50474941083213540322013-06-18T09:44:28.576-05:002013-06-18T09:44:28.576-05:00I enjoy 'The Raven' very much but also Tel...I enjoy 'The Raven' very much but also Tell Tale Heart, equally. I agree with hedgewitch in that we as a consumer of anything have a tendency to identify one by a limited reference. This has a tendency to limit the true expansive wonderful complexity of human art. <br /><br />I enjoy even the simplist of expression that stimulates my emotions or my whole self.<br /><br />Thanks for reiterating this wonderfully classic piece Marcoantonio Arellano (Nene)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10713672589582754484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-11879141659988894902013-06-18T09:22:12.212-05:002013-06-18T09:22:12.212-05:00I cannot argue: He's the best and this poem of...I cannot argue: He's the best and this poem of his is worthy of its fame. But you are just as good, and were Poe asked to write about anything in 20 words or less, he would fail miserably!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-23501153188088567052013-06-18T09:06:33.996-05:002013-06-18T09:06:33.996-05:00'The Raven'--other than 'The Bells,...'The Raven'--other than 'The Bells,' which is just annoying-- is probably my least favorite Poe poem, but that isn't actually because of the poem, it's because it has come to be the sole definition of Poe to most people, and I feel that, while excellent and representative, and definitely memorable as you say, MZ, to the point of inserting itself into your brain and refusing to leave, there is a lot more to Poe than 'Nevermore.' It is however, one of his most accessible poems, and has some truly great lines, like the entire stanza about 'Balm in Gilead,' as well as that the great hypnotizing meter and never-flagging internal rhyme you mention. Thanks for dusting this one off for us MZ. I enjoyed the re-read.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-23186251678862403462013-06-18T08:25:39.107-05:002013-06-18T08:25:39.107-05:00is it only me who is getting comment errors? liter...is it only me who is getting comment errors? literally, "whoops, that's an error?" for the past couple of days?<br />Susie... thank you for sharing. i did enjoy Poe (and especially this poem) when i was very young, but then cast him aside for a number of years. good thing i got over whatever that was. :)Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04030161532713347225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-50710851798695992812013-06-18T08:11:42.032-05:002013-06-18T08:11:42.032-05:00Yes, some poetry does take time to really make its...Yes, some poetry does take time to really make its impact on the discerning reader, especially when written in a classical style which may sound weird or 'corny' to a young person's ears. Luckily these poems are not going anywhere and we can find them again, and name them among our favourites.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2542041444980449672.post-34301627375576137652013-06-18T06:45:08.812-05:002013-06-18T06:45:08.812-05:00It's amazing how, sometimes, a thing that will...It's amazing how, sometimes, a thing that will be meaningful for us arrives as something we dismiss at first, or actually dislike. I have to say, though, that I am really surprised that young you couldn't wrap the Poe around her coolness. He seems to me to be the perfect poet for you. Then again, I only know you now, and here you are, with the Poe to be lifted Nevermore!<br /><br />It was a joy to read this classic poem again. Because of the perfection of the language, it never gets old. This time, I particularly noticed how his reaction to the bird changes as lines go on. Also, all these years, I never bothered to look up "Pallas". I assumed it must be some boring emperor or something, and it turns out that "Pallas" is an alternate name for my girl Athena! <br /><br />Marvelous choice, Favorite.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.com