tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post112450903910455610..comments2024-03-28T02:36:55.037-04:00Comments on Brooklyn Arden: "Miracle Fair," by Wislawa SzymborskaCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972029478350879112noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-1149856781929933172006-06-09T08:39:00.000-04:002006-06-09T08:39:00.000-04:00C. Lenzi,Bulls are bulls.You must live near Wall S...C. Lenzi,<BR/>Bulls are bulls.<BR/>You must live near Wall Street where bulls run the stock market. Lots of male calves wandering there. :)<BR/>I'll have to read that Collins poem.Alison Ashley Formentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561233370577996025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-1149824581002626912006-06-08T23:43:00.000-04:002006-06-08T23:43:00.000-04:00Harried mom, I liked that line, too. It reminded m...Harried mom, I liked that line, too. It reminded me of Billy Collins' poem "Afternoon with Irish Cows."<BR/><BR/>Speaking of cows, just this evening, my husband and I were taking a walk and happened upon two lost cows belonging to our neighbors. "How mysterious, how patient and dumbfounded they appeared..." (as Collins says). I alerted the owner, and felt so embarrassed when she gently corrected me, as they were male calves, therefore not "cows." Males or no, they looked pretty dumbfounded all the same....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-1149732286198414062006-06-07T22:04:00.000-04:002006-06-07T22:04:00.000-04:00Perfect line: Cows are cows.Having just used a co...Perfect line: Cows are cows.<BR/><BR/>Having just used a colon in the above statement, I wonder if it was the translator's decision to use so many in the poem. Visually, they seemed to pop off the computer page.<BR/><BR/>That said, I had to read this poem aloud. Sweet and graceful.Alison Ashley Formentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561233370577996025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-1149695072671388372006-06-07T11:44:00.000-04:002006-06-07T11:44:00.000-04:00Lovely poem. How did you find it?More please,Maril...Lovely poem. How did you find it?<BR/><BR/>More please,<BR/><BR/>Marilyn.<BR/><BR/>--<BR/><BR/>The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.<BR/><BR/>-Oscar WildeThetoymakershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405265800595978197noreply@blogger.com