tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post707790378861097904..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: The Obama PoemBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-28222134950776463002009-03-25T01:17:00.000+00:002009-03-25T01:17:00.000+00:00OBAMA’S INAUGURATION DAY POEMSFELLOW AMERICANSWill...OBAMA’S INAUGURATION DAY POEMS<BR/><BR/><BR/>FELLOW AMERICANS<BR/><BR/><BR/>Will we battle terrorism as it should be fought<BR/>Or run away and let evil doers chase us to our door?<BR/>Will we protect our freedom and system of life<BR/>As our fathers and grandfathers sacrificed before?<BR/><BR/>Will we secure our borders against illegal entry<BR/>Or let our economy and security be destroyed?<BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-82240314577689904722009-01-30T02:28:00.000+00:002009-01-30T02:28:00.000+00:00Hi Folks, What a class poem on Obama-'The Tiger Wo...Hi Folks, What a class poem on Obama-'The Tiger Woods Of American Politics'. Visit www.ObamaPoem.com to read it " THE PRECIDENT-PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA" <BR/><BR/>Now compare it with Elizabeth's Inaugural Poem- Praise Song Of The Day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-27925048096450577632009-01-27T17:35:00.000+00:002009-01-27T17:35:00.000+00:00I must have had two threads open, and made the com...I must have had two threads open, and made the comment below on the <A HREF="http://www.bryanappleyard.com/blog/2009/01/darwin-art-atheism-etc.php" REL="nofollow">wrong one</A> a day and a half ago. Sorry.<BR/><BR/>~~~<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>I was over at a poetry forum called <A HREF="http://www.runboard.com/bdelectablemnts.f4.t247" REL="nofollow">Delectable Mnts</A>. There, Art Durkee linked to anRus Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-48019269203122710552009-01-26T14:42:00.000+00:002009-01-26T14:42:00.000+00:00Then again, here is the mighty Yeats slaughtering ...Then again, here is the mighty Yeats slaughtering "The Lake Isle of Innisfree". <BR/><BR/>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VUfuG8ZaAzc<BR/><BR/>I had a couple of mates in the car once - on the way to a Test Match in Nottingham. I had snuck this little number into a compilation CD for the trip. Eyes on the road; join in on the odd line... Never give them any clues.mongoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173341928744479143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-76611715072623620862009-01-25T00:25:00.000+00:002009-01-25T00:25:00.000+00:00The poem was an eye-watering embarrassment, pure a...The poem was an eye-watering embarrassment, pure and simple. Singing it out loud wouldn't have helped except to make it even more risible. And she teaches at Yale, apparently. I'd ask for my money back if I was enrolled in her class.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-52848611259764512952009-01-24T23:03:00.000+00:002009-01-24T23:03:00.000+00:00You need to be a Dryden - or an Auden - to do publ...You need to be a Dryden - or an Auden - to do public poetry well, though Maxine's comment <A HREF="http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2009/01/maxine-serves-up.html#comments" REL="nofollow">here</A> seems pertinent.Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-39094778793649629352009-01-24T16:47:00.000+00:002009-01-24T16:47:00.000+00:00I just analyzed this poem in class with my Temple ...I just analyzed this poem in class with my Temple U. students. It's not a great poem, nor even a very good one, but "occasional" poems never are. Even Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poems to support the Italian Unification movement and Garibaldi were terrible. And *she*, we all agree, was a kick-*ss poet.<BR/><BR/>Alexander further wrecked her poem by reading it so badly. Just theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-4085343978407037992009-01-23T17:38:00.000+00:002009-01-23T17:38:00.000+00:00Many young people in America do not have a clue ab...Many young people in America do not have a clue about poetry. If she recited Nietzsche I would have been far more impressed.rainywalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13445164335609548931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-28534422392956207432009-01-23T15:23:00.000+00:002009-01-23T15:23:00.000+00:00"Someone is trying to make music somewhere with a ..."Someone is trying to make music somewhere with a pair of wooden spoons on an oil drum" about sums it up. Still, why waste a good poem on something as trivial as a president?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-83455368687285534312009-01-23T12:59:00.000+00:002009-01-23T12:59:00.000+00:00Hi Bryan,On the other hand . . .I responded positi...Hi Bryan,<BR/><BR/>On the other hand . . .<BR/><BR/>I responded positively to the poem at one of Frank Wilson's posts on the subject here:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2009/01/strike-three.html" REL="nofollow">Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Strike three ...</A><BR/><BR/>This morning I find E. Ethelbert Miller's take:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://eethelbertmiller1.blogspot.com/Rus Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-3304920918313646232009-01-23T11:48:00.000+00:002009-01-23T11:48:00.000+00:00And I absolutely love Geoffrey Hill's answer, as r...And I absolutely love Geoffrey Hill's answer, as replicated on Patrick's blog, to the question: what is the function of the poet?<BR/><BR/><I>The great poet has no social function. The mediocre, yes, he finds himself delivering fashionable platitudes to the public. The true poet is completely isolated.</I><BR/><BR/>LOL! <B>ENDERBY LIVES!!!</B>Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-76828214496930948162009-01-23T11:31:00.000+00:002009-01-23T11:31:00.000+00:00Alexander's poem is one of those things that peopl...Alexander's poem is one of those things that people read aloud at Poetry Slams in cafe-bars.<BR/><BR/>You <I>read</I> it in a <I>jerky</I> rhythm (pause) emphas<I>ising</I> occasional <I>syllables</I> to make it <I>sound</I> sufficiently art- (pause) istic... then a little barrage of rhymes, times, crimes, slimes... and then at the <I>end</I> you... trail ....off... to... nothi-...<BR/><BR/>Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.com