tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873391260412621150.post7985410323719737141..comments2023-04-25T12:57:39.462-05:00Comments on mossyloomings: Thank You, Billy CollinsAimée L'Ondéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15619463860968145376noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873391260412621150.post-54712557151359923902009-10-13T05:43:11.038-05:002009-10-13T05:43:11.038-05:00I'm so glad I came across this blog. I love th...I'm so glad I came across this blog. I love that poem! Thanks, all.queen_cupcakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364405341560661291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873391260412621150.post-75492530801448938442009-09-24T02:45:27.281-05:002009-09-24T02:45:27.281-05:00I agree that's a brilliant poem. I will have t...I agree that's a brilliant poem. I will have to keep it- thanksRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459305021803770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873391260412621150.post-15037130870049850982009-09-21T10:16:34.736-05:002009-09-21T10:16:34.736-05:00And doesn't that some up this game of trying t...And doesn't that some up this game of trying to capture our sense of a perfume, of anything? Sometimes we do search through metaphor, sometimes through a parable, sometimes by a recipe. It can be out there, it can just be. <br /><br />I do think that all variations are valid, and I think you guys are right to find both the humorous and the straight up in Billy Collins. Or whatever. :)ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873391260412621150.post-21100199723600705532009-09-18T21:43:12.897-05:002009-09-18T21:43:12.897-05:00Suzanah, I love that Billy Collins wrote the poem ...Suzanah, I love that Billy Collins wrote the poem as a satire of "what women want," like Roxane wanting to be seduced with words. Certainly the somewhat patronizing "But don't worry.... You are still the bread and the knife" backs that up. Like all brilliant fun, it is multiply meaningful, I think.Aimée L'Ondéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15619463860968145376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873391260412621150.post-77580887287123093612009-09-18T21:33:25.203-05:002009-09-18T21:33:25.203-05:00Glad you liked it BitterGrace!Glad you liked it BitterGrace!Aimée L'Ondéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15619463860968145376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873391260412621150.post-1051408016465581502009-09-18T21:00:15.961-05:002009-09-18T21:00:15.961-05:00I've heard Billy Collins read this poem more t...I've heard Billy Collins read this poem more than once and explain it more than once. In writing it, he was reacting against the supposition of men through time that what women want is metaphors. He was trying to be funny by making unconnected comparisons as a parody of such poems, and he started with lines from Jacques Crickillon, who Billy said wrote the most awful poem of comparisons.<br /><br />To me, one of the more interesting aspects of Billy Collins's poems is that when I read them myself I didn't think they were funny. When I heard him read them and others laughed I was surprised at first and then I joined them in the view that he was funny. But I still take all his poems seriously, too-- as you have done. I don't think you can make a mistake by taking them seriously.Suzannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041625561420719314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873391260412621150.post-62673217193061539522009-09-18T19:29:18.650-05:002009-09-18T19:29:18.650-05:00Great post about a great poem. They've given a...Great post about a great poem. They've given a happy coda to a very long day. Thanks!BitterGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18262639525430954930noreply@blogger.com