tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post7139573220633492358..comments2024-03-22T10:51:23.567-05:00Comments on Faith, Fiction, Friends: Slowing at Faulkner House BooksGlynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-3543695015677375102009-10-26T10:30:57.722-05:002009-10-26T10:30:57.722-05:00Wonderful poetry! The line "A feast of words...Wonderful poetry! The line "A feast of words" so describes a book store. So many selections slows one to take the time to choose well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12397758479550101279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-15980186495954283822009-10-24T15:56:40.580-05:002009-10-24T15:56:40.580-05:00"A world of slow
Silence,
A silence of almost..."A world of slow<br />Silence,<br />A silence of almost reverence."<br /><br />This is my favorite part of your poem. I feel that quiet, too, sometimes. A special silence of the heart that only occurs in my private devotion, or, occasionally, while I'm lost in a beautiful bit of writing.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03561470902921572737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-15191436310392515202009-10-23T19:37:44.602-05:002009-10-23T19:37:44.602-05:00Well, you have just awakened a craving in me.
To ...Well, you have just awakened a craving in me.<br /><br />To enter the living room,<br />to slip down the hallway<br />of the old house<br />on the alley<br />made famous by pirates.<br /><br />I want to slip inside to another world, that other world you introduced us to.<br /><br />"A world of slow<br />Silence,<br />A silence of almost reverence.<br />Books."<br /><br />Then, maybe I've already been there.<br /><br />Because ... you took us there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-11323579317442953032009-10-23T19:06:00.804-05:002009-10-23T19:06:00.804-05:00I loved it too! I wanted to follow you in and lin...I loved it too! I wanted to follow you in and linger over all the wonderful books. It just draws me in.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937532276250199445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-17038370607937241372009-10-23T13:29:13.192-05:002009-10-23T13:29:13.192-05:00oh...... oh. I just LOVE this. All of it! Somet...oh...... oh. I just LOVE this. All of it! Something stirred me deep within when I read, <br /><br />In the hallway<br />Is the poetry.<br />Two large shelves<br />Of rhyme and not.<br />Dylan Thomas<br />And Eliot.<br /><br />It beckoned me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02587382812669823711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-79014101369940002212009-10-23T05:15:17.185-05:002009-10-23T05:15:17.185-05:00Wish I was there!Wish I was there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-88198107830406931052009-10-22T22:39:38.224-05:002009-10-22T22:39:38.224-05:00Outstanding poem, Glynn. And yeah, the double ques...Outstanding poem, Glynn. And yeah, the double question was particularly poignant. Conjured one of my favorite triple questions...Peter, do you love me? <br /><br />Thanks for sharing.<br /><br />Mikemichael snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928294752314542520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-27185396505436137892009-10-22T18:32:16.374-05:002009-10-22T18:32:16.374-05:00Poetry intrigues me but I wouldn't even know w...Poetry intrigues me but I wouldn't even know where to start writing. Enjoyed your words.Chris Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03205884840353532195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-25460845476559833342009-10-22T17:49:04.124-05:002009-10-22T17:49:04.124-05:00The double question actually did happen. I bought ...The double question actually did happen. I bought 2 books of poetry (full price!), one by Louise Gluck ("A Village Life") and one by Susan Ludvigson ("Trinity" -- it's almost like a triptych and that's what attracted me). After he asked me the seocnd time, he said that only a poet would buy 2 books of poetry. <br /><br />Faulkner House Books is where William Faulkner lived in 1925 when he wrote his first novel, Soldier's Pay.<br /><br />Thanks for all the comments.Glynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-90799113405076281872009-10-22T16:52:36.535-05:002009-10-22T16:52:36.535-05:00it takes time to break in a new label, but, time t...it takes time to break in a new label, but, time to realize it's true and it feels more comfortable in the heart as it rolls off the tongue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-76935955672557293212009-10-22T16:16:55.998-05:002009-10-22T16:16:55.998-05:00Same here---cool about the guy who knew to ask aga...Same here---cool about the guy who knew to ask again. If others could have answered for you, he would only have had to ask once!Monica Sharmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13151813715017746959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-17464555717588684562009-10-22T13:15:17.584-05:002009-10-22T13:15:17.584-05:00I like what Jennifer liked...
"Books aching
...I like what Jennifer liked...<br /><br />"Books aching<br />To be touched,<br />Handled, lingered<br />Over, loved."<br /><br />And I like what Maureen liked too... the question posed, posed again... the waiting for you to say what you want, and are, and are becoming... a poet.L.L. Barkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333960142447144678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-76986496464018736792009-10-21T22:05:19.919-05:002009-10-21T22:05:19.919-05:00I love this:
"Books aching
To be touched,&qu...I love this:<br /><br />"Books aching<br />To be touched,"<br /><br />And you, <br />a man with words <br />aching to be written.<br /><br />Yes, you are a poet.Jennifer @ JenniferDukesLee.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15934656581948719407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-75176291182173075762009-10-21T18:54:35.257-05:002009-10-21T18:54:35.257-05:00Oh, I just love that question asked and then asked...Oh, I just love that question asked and then asked again, until you -- correctly -- answer!<br /><br />And isn't it wonderful how books slow us down, make us stop? When I was in NYC, I stopped at my favorite place, The Strand, where, the tagline says, there are 18 miles of books. Miles of books that, if I could linger longer, I might never leave.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.com