tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post7053024693856530159..comments2023-10-19T10:51:43.826-04:00Comments on Author Amok: Poetry Postcard 5Author Amokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-38556649025437495702013-01-06T11:39:35.905-05:002013-01-06T11:39:35.905-05:00Thanks, Tabatha. I appreciate the comment.
Linda,...Thanks, Tabatha. I appreciate the comment.<br /><br />Linda, I agree. The naturalist displays at Wollaton Hall were shocking -- rooms and rooms of pinned up insects and taxidermied animals. Interesting, but of a different time and culture. Human/butterfly dual nature, yes. Thanks for picking up on that.<br />Author Amokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-52874918708215629882013-01-06T10:36:56.662-05:002013-01-06T10:36:56.662-05:00Makes one feel rather weak to think of what butter...Makes one feel rather weak to think of what butterflies do for their 'daily bread'. Your rejection made me remember that in the 'gentlemanly' time, around when Teddie Roosevelt lived, I learned that stores had whole cases of birds & insects to buy for one's office, to appear a nature lover I suppose, or an outdoorsman. I love the poem's nature, of butterflies' duality, & human's too. Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-24259175133953770902013-01-06T09:54:40.914-05:002013-01-06T09:54:40.914-05:00Like this poem very much! I hadn't read the or...Like this poem very much! I hadn't read the original version; it didn't feel like anything was missing.Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-66967851805609102442013-01-06T09:14:13.690-05:002013-01-06T09:14:13.690-05:00Hi, Michael. Thanks! Sometimes it is hard to kick ...Hi, Michael. Thanks! Sometimes it is hard to kick away those on-ramps.<br /><br />Yes, you did comment on another post about your father's work and how it influenced you. It's all about noticing, right?<br /><br />Please do share the poem with your father -- I'd be honored! If you'd like to send me an email (or message on FB) with your address, I'll send a postcard your way too.Author Amokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-9642498454505933892013-01-06T07:53:08.945-05:002013-01-06T07:53:08.945-05:00Laura,
I like the poem. It works better for me w...Laura,<br /><br />I like the poem. It works better for me without the original first stanza. For me, the butterflies pinned in the shadowbox reminded me of my father's insect collection, and I had a tough time reconciling the thought of my very gentle father capturing and killing beautiful butterflies, although I know that he did. My father is an entomologist, and looking at all those butterflies and other specimens pinned and labeled inside boxes was my first entry into his world (the smell of formaldehyde still sparks childhood memories-- probably aren't many people who can say that). He also taught me to sweep for insects (I think I mentioned this in a previous comment), and that memory became the focal point of the poem I wrote for him on his 80th birthday back in September.<br /><br />Anyway, I like the poem, and if you don't mind, might send it to my father.Michael Ratcliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02469869423353363535noreply@blogger.com