Name that Poem
I love poetry. Always have. I think more people should read poetry, and in particular, I want to get back to poetry. With that in mind, I've decide to have a regular series on this blog called "Name that Poem."
I often have snippets of poems floating around my head (some by famous poets and some by yours truly). Yesterday during my Tempo run, I had this line in my head:
In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo.
I love that poem. It is truly a brilliant poem. I'm not saying that the way actors talk about their directors and co-actors because in their world everyone in Hollywood is "brilliant." I honestly believe that poem is brilliant.
So, the rules. No rules really. You can just name it in your head to yourself (poem title and author, please). You can email me an answer. You can answer via comment. It would be nice if you didn't just google the line. It would be fun if you tried to remember it, tried to think back to those bygone days of literature class, tried to remember if it was American, English, or World literature you first read that line, tried to come up with another line of the poem. Because that line is pretty famous as far lines of poetry go...
I suppose the only rule is to have fun, and I encourage you to read the poem once you've found the title and author.
I often have snippets of poems floating around my head (some by famous poets and some by yours truly). Yesterday during my Tempo run, I had this line in my head:
In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo.
I love that poem. It is truly a brilliant poem. I'm not saying that the way actors talk about their directors and co-actors because in their world everyone in Hollywood is "brilliant." I honestly believe that poem is brilliant.
So, the rules. No rules really. You can just name it in your head to yourself (poem title and author, please). You can email me an answer. You can answer via comment. It would be nice if you didn't just google the line. It would be fun if you tried to remember it, tried to think back to those bygone days of literature class, tried to remember if it was American, English, or World literature you first read that line, tried to come up with another line of the poem. Because that line is pretty famous as far lines of poetry go...
I suppose the only rule is to have fun, and I encourage you to read the poem once you've found the title and author.
2 Comments:
Thanks for your blog. I definitely enjoy it. - scott
By Anonymous, At 8/10/07 3:44 PM
"The Lovesong of J Alfred Prufrock," by TS Eliot
By dawnie, At 8/10/07 8:26 PM
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