unfinished woman

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Beginnings says

Hello Unfinished Woman,
I clicked on your poetry tag to view your selections and it has all disappeared! It says 0. What happened I'm not sure. I was on your site a couple days back and it was all there, at the time I did not get the chance to add books. I am disappointed..I hope you are able to fix your poetry tag. Wishing you luck in your endeavors...will check back in a couple days. Again Good Luck.

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Lord Manleigh says

Or Nature channel?

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Christopher H/Captain Sir Roddy, R.N. (Ret.) says

Yes, I did hear of the Milne sequel. I really wonder what that is all about (other than $$$, I suppose)? To my way of thinking Milne ended the last Pooh book just right. I think you'll find that you'll not have any problems in keeping the characters straight in the various Lays included in the Poetic Edda. They are truly beautiful! You can find translations on-line too for a preview. The edition I've ordered is supposed to be the very best translation (by Bellows) and is well foot-noted. Now, if only Amazon would hurry up and deliver it! ;-)

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Christopher H/Captain Sir Roddy, R.N. (Ret.) says

I completely agree with your description of what a group ought to be about, and what it ought not become. I like some of my own poetry, but I also realize that it will never be ready for 'prime time,' or even 'day time' (heh, heh). Really all I am looking for is a group where we can discuss and share all things poetic. I would love to be exposed to a wider array of poets, and learn more about what makes up really great poetry. Most of what I do now is stick with my 'old reliable' dead poets, or follow a thread from something I've read (e.g., the new Tolkien, "The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun," led me to the "Poetic Edda"). Anyway, I'm with you, I'd just like to find or create a group where we could share poems we've read, favorite poets, poetry collections we're reading, and so forth. Give it some thought, Daffy; I'm game to give it a go if we can find some others who'll participate too.

By the bye, I had two slices of cold pizza and an apple for lunch while watching that bizarre event of the missing boy and runaway balloon in Colorado. Stay in touch, my friend! Cheers! Chris

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Christopher H/Captain Sir Roddy, R.N. (Ret.) says

Terrific! I'll add it to the list. So, you think I'm just spinnin' my wheels on trying to reinvigorate "A Wild Iris"? I wish there was a place like AA or BBD where those of us who like poetry could do our thing. Maybe that's the way to do it, i.e., by invite only, and then have a purge if people start slacking. Tinky is pretty ruthless to lurkers at AA... The question is...do we know enough poetry afficionados to start a group? You, Laurel, me...Hmmm... Give it some thought. I'm gonna go eat my lunch now!

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Christopher H/Captain Sir Roddy, R.N. (Ret.) says

Ahh, I just 20 minutes ago added Akhmatova to my shelf (small world!). I love Russian lit, and I've heard very good things about her poetry!

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Christopher H/Captain Sir Roddy, R.N. (Ret.) says

Yeah, I am pretty a card-carrying member of "The Dead Poets Society." A lot of that is because my family background and my education. We always read poetry aloud around the house to one another. I took several classes in college on various poets or periods. This is not to say that I don't read new poets. I do, but they really have to knock my socks off for me to take a second look. I am hoping to expand my horizons through my participation with all of you on Shelfari, and my ambling about on-line. I will take a look-see at Mr. Fenton's work. I have a couple of really good (Really Good!) used bookstores here in the LA area with pretty decent poetry sections (probably most of it is from estate sales...), and I always spend too much time and $$$ in each of 'em. Cheerio!

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Christopher H/Captain Sir Roddy, R.N. (Ret.) says

Daffy, great to hear from you too! Yes,I am fully recovered from the "crud." I was able to scrupulously avoid both tittlebat broth and any of Sir Magnus's vile concoctions; which likely made for a speedier recovery. I did have a wonderful time on 3,000 galumph about the American Southwest (and was the likely cause for falling ill at the end).

My tags will load, but I wonder if that is more just a function of only having 200+ books on my shelf? I will keep trying to load your poetry collection too. I am sure that the elves will get things ship-shape soon enough too.

I am on a mission to try and revive the "Wild Iris" poetry group. Knowing you the past few months has really re-energized my long-time love affair with poetry. I go and spend a few minutes on Poetry Daily just about every day. It is good for the soul. I know that I am kind of a dinosaur, but I am frankly more interested in rhyming metrical poetry than a lot of the more modern free verse stuff (i.e., no form, or very little, and darned scant meter) that seems so prevalent these days. I write poetry myself; and I gotta say that it is my opinion that it is a helluva lot harder to create something decent that rhymes with good form and meter. Like I said, I'm sure I'm being a bit close-minded; and I'm always willing to be persuaded. See you soon! Cheers! Chris

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Christopher H/Captain Sir Roddy, R.N. (Ret.) says

Daffy, as I kind of look up to you as one of my poetry mentors, I wanted to go through your poetry collection again. For the life of me, I cannot get all of your poetry books to load when I click on the poetry tag. It takes forever to load the page and then says "poetry 0" Maybe there is a Shelfari gremlin at work. I'll try again in a bit. Hope all is well with you up in the PNW. We had a good two-day rain here earlier in the week, but now it is sunny and supposed to be mid-80s. Kinda schizophrenic if you ask me. Cheers! Chris

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rob says

(grins) irreverence and bad language is our specialty...I always find people getting all uptight over the latter a bit ridiculous (grins more) which is why I refuse to care if they do...

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rob says

(grins) no worries at all...besides, you've never been anything but the nicest person since you joined our irreverant little group...

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rimmsky says

Cool, looking forward to it. However, be advised that string theory is considerably
above my pay grade.

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rimmsky says

Just checked your groups, I see you are not heavily if at all, into paranormal and bloody fangs. We could definitely have a conversation.

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rimmsky says

Thanks for the prompt reply. I will try it shortly. I have learned so many things from you guys will try it shortly.

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rimmsky says

Hello, my name is Vicky. I see your book titles are written in slanted print. I would so like to put my titles in a different form . Bold print would be my last choice, I really like yours. Would you tell me how to do it? I have Windows XP, and IE 7.
I didn't like IE 8 but can easily download if that is what it takes.

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Dr. J. G. says

Nice icon picture.

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Agnes of Bemerton, Shopgirl says

Hi, Daffy. Your Oregon coast bookshelf-refurbishing sojourn's sound delightful. Those are some great catches. New old books and gorgeous scenery to boot.

I'm just back today from a week in Ashland, where I saw all nine plays that are still on. I really liked the way the season was planned so the plays chosen worked off each other.

"Equivocation" was amazing, wasn't it? I wish, though, if they were going to use "bold" words they had used Shakespeare's. Heaven knows he had enough of them. I thought it was a bit too obviously slanted toward one end of the political spectrum, but that's just me. I thoroughly enjoyed it and hope I have a chance to see it again. My nephews (aged 11 and 15) picked out the equivocations in the other plays of the repertoire beautifully.

My favorite production, I think, was the last that I saw, "All's Well That Ends Well." That play is difficult to read and even more difficult to watch at times. The small, intimate stage of the New Theatre, the choices of what to portray and what to leave to our imaginations, the crib notes given by Lafew in all of his manifestations, and the ending of the play with Sonnet 17 made for a brilliant production, in my estimation. I don't usually like people messing with Shakespeare, but this play needs a little messing, I think.

I couldn't find your original posting, either, so I started a new thread. Here: http://www.shelfari.com/groups/19966/discussions/140531/Agnes-in-Shakespeare-Land

I would love to see your ocicat. My two little former street urchins were all over me the minute I got home.

Agnes/Laurel

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Agnes of Bemerton, Shopgirl says

Hmmmm. Now I don't know what I meant. I guess I was commenting on how many new books you had recently added. But you are right--"Of making many books there is no end."

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Agnes of Bemerton, Shopgirl says

Unfinished Woman is getting finished quickly.

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Silvana says

Wow, you have a very nice collection there, Happy reading!

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