tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post949269910447184852..comments2023-09-26T08:04:43.755-07:00Comments on Mark Doty: Poems Here on Earth: Galway KinnellMark Dotyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04148162515300148887noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-6677318735955829552015-04-14T13:45:31.515-07:002015-04-14T13:45:31.515-07:00I remember an evening at Middlebury College in the...I remember an evening at Middlebury College in the early 70's he read some of James Wright and some poems from Body Rags. This was before he became so popular and threre was just a small group of us which made everything more intimate. He seemed apart somehow and yet with us. At that time one could feel what it was to meet someone so utterly devoted to poetry and it's healing power. I said to him I know it's a stupid question but where do your poems come from. He said it's not a stupid question but I don't know.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13540703117339893014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-41094194512670643122015-02-28T09:00:09.614-08:002015-02-28T09:00:09.614-08:00I first met Galway in 1986 at Squaw Valley Communi...I first met Galway in 1986 at Squaw Valley Community of Writers. For years I had been mired in family and work. I couldn't have been luckier to come back to poetry with such a generous and inspiring teacher. In the decades that followed his accessible yet layered work has been a delight, as well as his always thoughtful and gently improving comments. Thanks for this last look.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08211010902317054424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-18851580813340642002014-12-01T23:09:54.487-08:002014-12-01T23:09:54.487-08:00Lovely. I'm so glad to have read this. He was ...Lovely. I'm so glad to have read this. He was one of my early favorites. Thank you.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07582638886964370900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-48241376081892529812014-11-30T18:10:15.900-08:002014-11-30T18:10:15.900-08:00Thank you for that beautiful and moving tribute.Thank you for that beautiful and moving tribute.Katzknitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216838147867423582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-46255547561269136202014-11-30T09:43:24.352-08:002014-11-30T09:43:24.352-08:00Beautifully remembered, felt and engaged, Mark. Ho...Beautifully remembered, felt and engaged, Mark. How his late silence keeps speaking.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />GarySilogramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966499306765802591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2755123332716147532.post-84821652375836577892014-11-30T08:54:18.536-08:002014-11-30T08:54:18.536-08:00This is beyond beautiful: the ground shifts and ti...This is beyond beautiful: the ground shifts and tilts under it. And maybe I'm closer to tears in general these days, more so than usual (but then maybe this is the new usual) and so here they are again: tears of despair and joy at the way poets love each other. Tears after reading (Mark you make everything you describe so damn vivid!) of that young baby poet Mark in trouble, unsafe, trying to save himself and finding poets to help him. You bring so much of the true world closer to so many of us who weren't there then. Thank you so much for bringing it, us, closer. xoxoUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09537050376856165297noreply@blogger.com