Comments on: Poetry is for the impatient http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/04/poetry-is-for-the-impatient/ The Chronicles of Conor Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Julia http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/04/poetry-is-for-the-impatient/comment-page-1/#comment-23460 Julia Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:11:56 +0000 http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/?p=1084#comment-23460 this next blog better be amazing ;) Read an article on the Economist that reminded me of you. Maybe I will forward... depends on how bitchy i/the scanner am/is feeling tomorrow :) this next blog better be amazing ;) Read an article on the Economist that reminded me of you. Maybe I will forward… depends on how bitchy i/the scanner am/is feeling tomorrow :)

]]> By: Conor http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/04/poetry-is-for-the-impatient/comment-page-1/#comment-22795 Conor Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:19:54 +0000 http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/?p=1084#comment-22795 Been close to three months, now. But I'm gearing up to get back into it! Been close to three months, now. But I’m gearing up to get back into it!

]]> By: Julia http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/04/poetry-is-for-the-impatient/comment-page-1/#comment-21855 Julia Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:11:50 +0000 http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/?p=1084#comment-21855 It's been a month... It’s been a month…

]]> By: Conor http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/04/poetry-is-for-the-impatient/comment-page-1/#comment-21570 Conor Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:11:41 +0000 http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/?p=1084#comment-21570 Personally, I can't stand Tennyson. Homer I feel I can't judge because I'd actually be criticizing some Romantic, and Joyce I'm honestly rather partial to. So, Tennyson, although I might be conflating "bad" and "dense." Personally, I can’t stand Tennyson. Homer I feel I can’t judge because I’d actually be criticizing some Romantic, and Joyce I’m honestly rather partial to.

So, Tennyson, although I might be conflating “bad” and “dense.”

]]> By: Sean Jin http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/04/poetry-is-for-the-impatient/comment-page-1/#comment-21121 Sean Jin Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:46:50 +0000 http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/?p=1084#comment-21121 this is a reply in which i remember to check "notify me of followup comments" this is a reply in which i remember to check “notify me of followup comments”

]]> By: Sean Jin http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/04/poetry-is-for-the-impatient/comment-page-1/#comment-21120 Sean Jin Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:30:52 +0000 http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/?p=1084#comment-21120 Which is the densest of them all: Homer, Joyce, or Tennyson? Which is the densest of them all: Homer, Joyce, or Tennyson?

]]> By: Conor http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/04/poetry-is-for-the-impatient/comment-page-1/#comment-21082 Conor Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:44:31 +0000 http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/?p=1084#comment-21082 Honestly, I think the all-title format of this post is the byproduct of having more exposure to Twitter than blogs lately. But I do think there's something to the argument that poetry, with its incontestably dense semantic value, feels like astronauts' space food in comparison to more explicitly worded treatises. "Hey, this Weltanschauung tastes like chocolate!" Honestly, I think the all-title format of this post is the byproduct of having more exposure to Twitter than blogs lately.

But I do think there’s something to the argument that poetry, with its incontestably dense semantic value, feels like astronauts’ space food in comparison to more explicitly worded treatises.

“Hey, this Weltanschauung tastes like chocolate!”

]]> By: Ben http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/04/poetry-is-for-the-impatient/comment-page-1/#comment-20797 Ben Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:49:12 +0000 http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/?p=1084#comment-20797 Is this a new form I'm not familiar with? Is this a new form I’m not familiar with?

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