Comments on: Tomas http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/11/tomas/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Melissa http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/11/tomas/#comment-26366 Melissa Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:46:49 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=6318#comment-26366 special thanks to Juan David Gonzalez Monroy for the translation. He is also the awesome sound recordist for all these interviews. special thanks to Juan David Gonzalez Monroy for the translation. He is also the awesome sound recordist for all these interviews.
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]]> By: albertine http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/11/tomas/#comment-26330 albertine Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:01:37 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=6318#comment-26330 I guess Incognito is right. Tomas seems pretty clear compared to some of the others. Heck, I don't know what I'd say in response to the question, and I guess I was just projecting my own anxiety onto him. I guess Incognito is right. Tomas seems pretty clear compared to some of the others. Heck, I don’t know what I’d say in response to the question, and I guess I was just projecting my own anxiety onto him.
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]]> By: John Oliver Simon http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/11/tomas/#comment-26327 John Oliver Simon Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:38:56 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=6318#comment-26327 Un paisaje... un puesto de sol... and all the time, Tomas's elotes (ears of corn) are gently toasting (perhaps by Central Park, not far from the Zoo)... ¡Que vivan las canciones románticas! Un paisaje… un puesto de sol… and all the time, Tomas’s elotes (ears of corn) are gently toasting (perhaps by Central Park, not far from the Zoo)… ¡Que vivan las canciones románticas!
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]]> By: Incognito http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/11/tomas/#comment-26326 Incognito Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:45:51 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=6318#comment-26326 I didn't see this gentleman struggle at all. He seemed very clear, and eloquent. I didn’t see this gentleman struggle at all. He seemed very clear, and eloquent.
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]]> By: Gary B. Fitzgerald http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/11/tomas/#comment-26325 Gary B. Fitzgerald Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:17:19 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=6318#comment-26325 Poetry I never read poetry; can't stand the stuff and who could blame me? The bad ones make me gnash my teeth and the good ones only shame me. Copyright 2008 - HARDWOOD-77 Poems, Gary B. Fitzgerald Poetry

I never read poetry; can’t stand the stuff
and who could blame me?
The bad ones make me gnash my teeth
and the good ones only shame me.

Copyright 2008 – HARDWOOD-77 Poems, Gary B. Fitzgerald
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]]> By: Glen http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/11/tomas/#comment-26324 Glen Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:28:12 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=6318#comment-26324 It is a difficult question, but the answers so far are all pretty easy. I would love to see someone really rise to the challenge of the question. Or, honestly, I would love to see someone just say, "What is poetry? It's bullshit." It is a difficult question, but the answers so far are all pretty easy. I would love to see someone really rise to the challenge of the question. Or, honestly, I would love to see someone just say, “What is poetry? It’s bullshit.”
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]]> By: albertine http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/11/tomas/#comment-26323 albertine Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:18:14 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=6318#comment-26323 This question, what is poetry, is so difficult to answer. You can see people struggle with it in front of the camera. It makes me uncomfortable sometimes to witness it. But in my opinion, people wind up making up a kind of live poetry as they struggle to answer. This question, what is poetry, is so difficult to answer. You can see people struggle with it in front of the camera. It makes me uncomfortable sometimes to witness it. But in my opinion, people wind up making up a kind of live poetry as they struggle to answer.
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]]> By: Terreson http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/11/tomas/#comment-26321 Terreson Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:00:49 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=6318#comment-26321 Yes again, Melissa Friedling. I can go with this vendor's definition. Poetry is an elegant way of expressing deep thoughts. It works for me. Terreson Yes again, Melissa Friedling. I can go with this vendor’s definition. Poetry is an elegant way of expressing deep thoughts. It works for me.

Terreson
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