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Comment on These I Singing in Spring–a cinepoem by lizmoser

lizmoser — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:49:39 +0000

Aww, thank you! I can’t take the credit though–since I hate hearing my own voice, my mom agreed to read it for me. She was an english major, too! I’ll pass on the compliment to her.

Thanks so much!

Comment on These I Singing in Spring–a cinepoem by jenny and walt

jenny and walt — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:31:26 +0000

Wow, Liz…this is beautiful
Your voice is amazing! At first, I thought it was one of those professional readers… Lovely video with lovely insight.

Comment on Visitors Center Script: Whitman and the Beats by bmzreece

bmzreece — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:25:30 +0000

Wicked cool pictures both of them. But particularly Orlowsky and the G-man.

Comment on Visitors Center Script: Whitman and the Beats by emilym

emilym — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:21:11 +0000

Good connections.

Comment on Whitman’s Late Poetry by jillians

jillians — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:47:39 +0000

I agree and also appreciate his love of life, even in his last days. And I too, am really enjoying the later poetry.

Comment on Whitman’s Late Poetry by bmzreece

bmzreece — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:22:01 +0000

“If Whitman ever had fears about dying, it does not show in his poetry.”

Yes, for example in “Twilight,” in which Whitman anticipates reaching a stage of nirvana when thinking about his approaching death rather than expressing any type of apprehension or regret.

Comment on Cinepoetry by Matt

Matt — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:58:04 +0000

Exciting to hear about your progress! Good luck with your project — I’m looking forward to seeing your film when you have it ready.

Comment on Elizabeth for Nov. 12th by emilym

emilym — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:29:27 +0000

I noticed his minimal language usage as well.

I like how you capture the tone and mood of his writing in this section.

Comment on Elizabeth for 11/5 by sanja

sanja — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:59:52 +0000

I believe you gave us something to think about. I too think he would be one of few people who would put their phone away and take a good look around, but what would he see except the people who did not put their phones away. And I do think that his poetry is very much alive and true today, but I must wonder, would he be thinking the same (and writing the same poetry) if he was to see the world today? I would really like to hear your oppinion on this.

Comment on Elizabeth for 11/5 by bmzreece

bmzreece — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:48:23 +0000

“It is interesting to think of Whitman’s embrace of technology and the great push in advancements that have happened in the last twenty years, not to mention the last century.”

It makes me think of later poets such as Ginsburg who thought of the city as the new forest, the concrete jungle, and not necessarily in a bad way. I’m sure Ezra Pound would somehow fall in there, too.

I agree with your conclusion: Whitman would certainly appreciate the way the world has connected through technology, but would still want the “real world” to be experienced and felt – not just known about.