tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155683407959231167.post696131112340012245..comments2023-09-24T05:23:40.930-07:00Comments on Poem du Jour: The Courageous Stride, the Ridiculous SlippersMichael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155683407959231167.post-14733587757063850822008-12-04T07:18:00.000-08:002008-12-04T07:18:00.000-08:00I think that possibly all the courageous people I ...I think that possibly all the courageous people I have known have been women. I'll have to give that some serious pondering.<BR/><BR/>It would be pleasant as pleasant to go on forever, writing and posting these things. But they take up time and that time is sorely needed for my fiction. Which is, after all, where my main shot is. I am indisputably the foremost writer of Michael Swanwick stories and novels. But I am no poet, nor even much of a critic. I'm simply a guy who knows a good thing when he sees it.<BR/><BR/>It's a small pity. But compared to the loss of any true poet, not an important one.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155683407959231167.post-29969872982604354682008-12-03T12:06:00.000-08:002008-12-03T12:06:00.000-08:00I am reminded of another poem, "Lucinda Matlock", ...I am reminded of another poem, "Lucinda Matlock", in <I>Spoon River Anthology</I> by Edgar Lee Masters. The word "courage" is never mentioned, but it's there all the same in its ending, I think:<BR/><BR/>"What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness,<BR/>Anger, discontent and drooping hopes?<BR/>Degenerate sons and daughters,<BR/>Life is too strong for you --<BR/>It takes life to love Life."<BR/><BR/>And thanks from me, too. Any chance you can continue this series with new "letters to Sean"?<BR/><BR/>MarioJJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13404985455733545060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155683407959231167.post-16966250364044555162008-12-01T19:57:00.000-08:002008-12-01T19:57:00.000-08:00and she definitely was not a sissyThank you for co...and she definitely was not a sissy<BR/><BR/>Thank you for continuing to feed our minds.Larahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00137229734110623391noreply@blogger.com