tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post3843505622489950091..comments2024-03-19T21:14:01.007-07:00Comments on The Compass Rose: Louis Simpson - of the War Generation - A Survivor [Part II]Curtis Favillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-5293115150432493602010-02-24T14:45:08.877-08:002010-02-24T14:45:08.877-08:00he was a FULL/VESTED professor... Stony Brook, N.Y...he was a FULL/VESTED professor... Stony Brook, N.Y.<br /><br />He came down to visit Rudd Fleming at Md in mid 60's<br /><br />gave Rudd a copy of his (just out) SELECTED POEMS<br /><br />Rudd "lent" it to me. I still have it.<br /><br />faveorites in it many..<br /><br />like:<br /><br />"Song:'Rough Winds Do Shake the Darling Buds of May"<br /><br />The Runner<br /><br />"There are whole blocks in New York<br />Where no one lives (...)" (opening of Summer Morning)<br /><br />and<br /><br />A Story about Chicken Soup ( I still make my grandmother's version)<br /><br />then my favorite-favorite in this "Selected Poems of Louis Suimpson" <br /><br /> TYhe Silent Lover<br /><br />She sighs. What shall I say?<br />For beauty seems to grow<br />In silence, when the heart is faint and slow.<br /><br />Sing, sing . . . How shall I sing?<br />In silent eyes, where clouds and islands gaze,<br />The waves bring Eros in.<br /><br />I think the rustling of her clothes<br />is like the sea, and she<br />A wild white bird,<br /><br />And love is like the sighing of the sand.<br /><br /><br /><br />y'all, if interested, go to the poem as it was formatted.. see how his typewriter/his breath is a measure of a pulse of...<br /><br />where, every word caresses ordinary life and elevates (...)<br /><br />the last poem in this Selected:<br /><br />In the Time of Villa<br /><br /><br />lots of pieces out of at the end of the open road, tooEd Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-38846126223878654882010-02-24T12:36:59.458-08:002010-02-24T12:36:59.458-08:00SF is one of the few bright spots for realtors. Ho...SF is one of the few bright spots for realtors. Housing stock up 5% over the last year.<br /><br />Most of the rest of the country is slipping.<br /><br />Did you make it clear from whence Simpson's income derives? I missed that, if you did.Kirby Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943noreply@blogger.com