tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post6869054394596566654..comments2023-11-05T07:53:12.708-05:00Comments on Poets United: I Wish I'd Written ThisRosemary Nissen-Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-55857152383848236512013-01-06T06:18:56.567-05:002013-01-06T06:18:56.567-05:00Yes, isn't it?Yes, isn't it?Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-55211905824598753772013-01-06T06:18:39.875-05:002013-01-06T06:18:39.875-05:00Thank you, and Happy New Year to you too.Thank you, and Happy New Year to you too.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-50878743975579204162013-01-06T06:17:48.640-05:002013-01-06T06:17:48.640-05:00Thank you, Susan.Thank you, Susan.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-4908202768840474112013-01-05T15:20:56.125-05:002013-01-05T15:20:56.125-05:00I could not more agree with you, Rosemary, regardi...I could not more agree with you, Rosemary, regarding Plath's greatness. Fame is not the issue. Brilliance and voice and the honed skills of a wordsmith elevated her amongst her peers. Thank you for sharing one of her works here today. Happy New Year!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12460881702249079009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-4652241802425243192013-01-05T09:50:40.642-05:002013-01-05T09:50:40.642-05:00You have revealed her lovingly in this tribute. H...You have revealed her lovingly in this tribute. Her poems and "The Bell Jar" walked me through my discovery of feminism back in the 1970s. This is a fine poem for "I Wish I'd Written This."Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-46390735628213108492013-01-05T06:06:18.691-05:002013-01-05T06:06:18.691-05:00She's awesome all right!She's awesome all right!Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-31534034193469677482013-01-05T06:04:15.555-05:002013-01-05T06:04:15.555-05:00Though Millay died fairly young, at 58, it was not...Though Millay died fairly young, at 58, it was not from suicide. It's not an inevitable correlation. Many other great poets live long and die in old age. It would be interesting to compare the percentage of suicides amongst brilliant poets with those among the general population — but I don't know how to get the figures. I agree that when it happens, it's a sad waste.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-71433356669078763922013-01-04T19:41:23.776-05:002013-01-04T19:41:23.776-05:00Sylvia Plath is one of my favorites. I may never m...Sylvia Plath is one of my favorites. I may never master rhyme and rhythm like she but I will forever be in awe of those skills. <br /><br />For me I love the way she tempers the dark allowing its edges to scrap without cutting the soul too deep. <br /><br />Cheers! thanks for the share Rosemary,<br />DelainaDandKbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793990918526369852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-72917219999090113682013-01-04T19:36:54.532-05:002013-01-04T19:36:54.532-05:00Ahhh - I could just scream when that happens ... a...Ahhh - I could just scream when that happens ... a too soon post I mean ... not sure why it happens so often to me but probably careless with my fingers and hitting keys I ought not to .. in any case, wanted to say that I love these two ... Plath and Sexton and others of their ilk (Sara Teasdale, Edna St.Vincent Millay, to name two more) - all doomed it seems to brilliance and suicide. I even wrote a poem once about the "Fog at Dusk" being crowded with all the dead poets (and put myself amongst them) as Samuel Peralta commented, it was rather an ultimate conceit to imagine myself worthy of being amongst their number more by being a failed poetess and a suicide than by any talent and I realized as soon as I read his comment, how accurately he had me pegged ... still, it is a conundrum that continues to fascinate me and not confined to the distaff poets. Many male poets have been known to take this out as well ... such a waste. Thanks for sharing this poem and reminding us of this fine poet Rosemary.S.E.Ingrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02135141369161538082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-20315177853591052932013-01-04T19:29:36.667-05:002013-01-04T19:29:36.667-05:00Plath and Sexton, two of my favouPlath and Sexton, two of my favouS.E.Ingrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02135141369161538082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-41180689060369110422013-01-04T19:20:08.465-05:002013-01-04T19:20:08.465-05:00I think her work could not have escaped attention ...I think her work could not have escaped attention and acclaim had she lived, but it would likely have been a somewhat slower process. <br /><br />Ha! Yes, I have had people find things in my poems that I didn't realise were there — and on examination I saw that they were indeed there to be found. Things well up from the subconscious, don't they?Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-7935949124634326082013-01-04T19:14:26.129-05:002013-01-04T19:14:26.129-05:00My pleasure!My pleasure!Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-78220581575751162422013-01-04T19:13:55.417-05:002013-01-04T19:13:55.417-05:00Or the perfect words to clothe the thought? :)Or the perfect words to clothe the thought? :)Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-62953692924438147572013-01-04T19:09:07.651-05:002013-01-04T19:09:07.651-05:00Well, you're not alone there, but I think it&#...Well, you're not alone there, but I think it's too simplistic to blame him entirely. And after her death, he atoned in the only way he could, a way which he knew mattered very much to her — he was the one who made sure her work (post-Colossus) reached the world.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-24277971855435524082013-01-04T19:04:51.058-05:002013-01-04T19:04:51.058-05:00I agree with you that Sylvia Plath was a great poe...I agree with you that Sylvia Plath was a great poet. I do wonder if she would have become so famous if it were not for her disturbed life....as wasn't her suicide the event that really DREW a lot of attention to her work?<br /><br />I do agree also with something you said about poetry in general....that all of our poems reflect us in some ways, even if we are writing fictions. Sometimes I think the poet himself/herself recognizes this; and sometimes someone outside who knows the poet well can best see the 'reflection.'<br /><br />Excellent article and poem choice this week, Rosemary.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-62472696874926783232013-01-04T19:03:57.842-05:002013-01-04T19:03:57.842-05:00I came to The Bell Jar after discovering the poems...I came to The Bell Jar after discovering the poems, and I agree it is wonderful too — albeit horrific in parts. It's also very funny in parts; we tend to forget what a funny writer Plath could be, and that there was a lot of normality between the bouts of depression. Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-67362153609277594392013-01-04T19:00:26.113-05:002013-01-04T19:00:26.113-05:00Dear Lorna, I'm glad you are recovering!Dear Lorna, I'm glad you are recovering!Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-5014384789841796242013-01-04T16:56:26.142-05:002013-01-04T16:56:26.142-05:00Oh Rosemary. This is so powerful...way up there w...Oh Rosemary. This is so powerful...way up there with great writing, amazing... but I'm kind of glad I didn't write this - at least not today. Life is so sweet in these days of recovery from an illness.Lorna Cahallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119513840378599480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-46330197098986853332013-01-04T14:39:00.366-05:002013-01-04T14:39:00.366-05:00Rosemary, thanks for this wonderful posting. As S...Rosemary, thanks for this wonderful posting. As Sherry says above, I too, was transfixed when I read Bell Jar. True talent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-15317850655727566852013-01-04T14:12:57.590-05:002013-01-04T14:12:57.590-05:00Rosemary, when I was young, her Bell Jar astounded...Rosemary, when I was young, her Bell Jar astounded me - all of her writing did and does still. Wildly talented, with the genius that means some brilliantly gifted folk are unstable,her life was sad and painful - but her gift - absolutely unparalleled. I'm still mad at her husband for making her so unhappy.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-3742450982197307712013-01-04T12:27:44.841-05:002013-01-04T12:27:44.841-05:00Thank you for sharing this with us Rosemary, Sylvi...Thank you for sharing this with us Rosemary, Sylvia Plath is one of my favorite poets too.Sam Jamiesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218188379110585401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-76380626862252776172013-01-04T12:26:23.482-05:002013-01-04T12:26:23.482-05:00Perfection of thought made word.Perfection of thought made word.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.com