tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post116933262533359525..comments2024-03-29T03:52:13.439-04:00Comments on __Chicks Dig Poetry__: She has very large tractors.Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02108785153248826337noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post-24502413558715021812011-12-21T09:43:04.760-05:002011-12-21T09:43:04.760-05:00It's been seven years since I first read this ...It's been seven years since I first read this poem, it's always been a favorite. Funny, it wasn't until a day or so ago that I understood what the last line means: "...the chicken's claws will tear<br />A Rembrandt drawing if you put it down." Bly seems to be saying that no matter how precious anything is, even a loved one, in the end the nature of Nature is to destroy it.SomeoneCareshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807090523170511056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post-1169950600396844162007-01-27T21:16:00.000-05:002007-01-27T21:16:00.000-05:00Bly is uniquely broad in his talents (IMHO). It's...Bly is uniquely broad in his talents (IMHO). <BR/><BR/>It's a sweet flavor - that moment when one poem hits you hard enough to get you to buy the book off the shelf. Happened to me recently <BR/>with Ted Kooser and Birthday (which I posted about 5 posts back.)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment about honor and your broadened readership.rabbi neil fleischmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09733555336540451779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post-1169610734869267212007-01-23T22:52:00.000-05:002007-01-23T22:52:00.000-05:00I'm glad you all like this one--it was literally o...I'm glad you all like this one--it was literally one of those poems that made me buy a book off the shelf. <BR/><BR/>Mary, I'm thrilled The Fish found a home with the Rhino. Now that's a match made in some strange version of Eden...Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02108785153248826337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post-1169493727528998322007-01-22T14:22:00.000-05:002007-01-22T14:22:00.000-05:00I haven't read this one. Thanks for posting itI haven't read this one. Thanks for posting itValerie Lovelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11309299429765944601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post-1169428028346982472007-01-21T20:07:00.000-05:002007-01-21T20:07:00.000-05:00I just recently realized how much I like Robert Bl...I just recently realized how much I like Robert Bly. Thanks for posting this poem!<BR/><BR/>P.S. I absolutely love your poem "The Fish." It is currently living in my briefcase and I just can't take it out of there.marybidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14100986477346925113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844162.post-1169384471086288322007-01-21T08:01:00.000-05:002007-01-21T08:01:00.000-05:00Bly has such a wonderful sense of human presence i...Bly has such a wonderful sense of human presence in his work. What an ending-- Thanks for posting this.sam of the ten thousand thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378206265831223396noreply@blogger.com