And I know it's you knocking around in there

[sovay]

In no particular order—

1. I have been Spontaneously Spotted! I feel like some sort of rare species.

2. Today is my father's birthday non-observed. Last night I made a hazelnut cake; today it gets whipped cream, strawberries, and that very dark chocolate icing that is basically cacao with a little butter to make it pliable. I believe we are taking him to Za for dinner. Mostly I got him books.

3. This is the best poem about the Odyssey I've seen in a long time.

4. heliopsis has coined an excellent word.

5. The trees are budding. It's not snowing yet.

Comments

[rose-lemberg.livejournal.com]

Athena, thing is, I didn't grow up with Shakespeare and Sappho. I don't care much about a match between them, sorry. I care much more about Marina Tzvetaeva vs Egill Skallagrímsson.

[helivoy.livejournal.com]

Actually, my point referred to all such "matches" between any pair of poets.

[rose-lemberg.livejournal.com]

I know, but they ask everyone the same question, and while Sappho and Shakespeare are central for most English-speaking poets I guess, they are not as central for me. My responses about Sappho vs. Shakespeare are likely to be limp. Now, Egill on the other hand would be splendidly matched by Marina, overall. In fact, this is an interesting thought-experiment. Mmmmm....

[helivoy.livejournal.com]

Pairing Tsvetayeva with Sappho would be far more interesting, as would be Celan with Elytis, Lorca with Theodhorou...

[helivoy.livejournal.com]

I meant: far more interesting than Shakespeare with Sappho. Maybe that's a thought experiment that Goblin Fruit editors could ponder!

[rose-lemberg.livejournal.com]

Not sure - you see, Tsvetaeva is much more ferocious than Sappho, imho.

[helivoy.livejournal.com]

My pairings were off the cuff -- plus I was thinking of this more as a conversation than a Thunderdome encounter. I agree Tsvetaeva is fierce. A good partner might be the writer of The Song of Songs, or Adrienne Rich.

[rose-lemberg.livejournal.com]

If you pair Tzvetaeva with anyone, it will indeed be a Thunderdome encounter! And yes on either of those opponents! I do wonder if they wanted a m/f pairing though.

[sovay]

My pairings were off the cuff -- plus I was thinking of this more as a conversation than a Thunderdome encounter.

I want all of them to play a game of Exquisite Corpse.