tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-601402750320174590.post3752685260672692446..comments2023-04-01T09:00:18.596-04:00Comments on A Poem A Day from the George Hail Library ~ Selected by Maria Horvath: I Can’t Hold You and I Can’t Leave YouGeorge Hail Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05296359504047895036noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-601402750320174590.post-50172542880253059132011-09-17T08:49:13.248-04:002011-09-17T08:49:13.248-04:00Oh, yeah. The tangible and the intangible. What wo...Oh, yeah. The tangible and the intangible. What would life be without a complicated tangle of both?Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-601402750320174590.post-2896204908077810982011-09-16T20:45:39.605-04:002011-09-16T20:45:39.605-04:00Love is just like this! That first stanza really ...Love is just like this! That first stanza really gets me - so often it's the intangible that holds us. I agree with Julie too - amazing translation! A.Amy L Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830987204619914326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-601402750320174590.post-14442989467585839182011-09-16T11:28:51.057-04:002011-09-16T11:28:51.057-04:00Wow - that is a skillful translation, catching all...Wow - that is a skillful translation, catching all the rhymes of the form, and still sounding so natural. Love the Kertesz photo, too! I see in the column on the right that there is a specific word for family affection - storge - I hadn't heard that before. Thanks, Maria.Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/12811523890920763782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-601402750320174590.post-57598503478219321192011-09-16T11:00:41.053-04:002011-09-16T11:00:41.053-04:00Love the sustained tension in this poem -- and I w...Love the sustained tension in this poem -- and I was also surprised that the poet was from the 17th century. Another perfect art-poem pairing.jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-601402750320174590.post-90038895508800899402011-09-16T10:27:31.647-04:002011-09-16T10:27:31.647-04:00I love the way that your images are interwoven so ...I love the way that your images are interwoven so beautifully with the poetry that you have chosen. I love Castilian writers and Juana Ines de la Cruz sounds exactly like my kind of woman. Now I'd have to read more of her works. Thank you for this. :)GatheringBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477710897574769648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-601402750320174590.post-73171598482393283802011-09-16T10:23:25.485-04:002011-09-16T10:23:25.485-04:00What Robyn said! And that's a very interesting...What Robyn said! And that's a very interesting photo.Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-601402750320174590.post-28333983858963039892011-09-16T09:10:50.353-04:002011-09-16T09:10:50.353-04:00Such a "modern" feel to this poem - a su...Such a "modern" feel to this poem - a surprise to find it's from three centuries ago! Thanks for sharing.Robyn Hood Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07279289715664168026noreply@blogger.com