tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post1956661084462029968..comments2024-01-28T02:24:23.386-05:00Comments on Dan Leo: “Railroad Train to Heaven”, Part 461: poemDan Leohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-53954781683510162502015-11-06T14:00:57.301-05:002015-11-06T14:00:57.301-05:00I'm pretty familiar with the Gilligan's Is...I'm pretty familiar with the Gilligan's Island song, but I do need to brush up on the Waste Land! Oddly enough, Arnold has been trying valiantly to read "The Waste Land" himself, and if he ever makes it back to Cape May I'm sure he'll pick it up again!Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-7118537838445256532015-11-06T10:05:26.648-05:002015-11-06T10:05:26.648-05:00Nothing wrong with ballad poetry, per se. Emily Di...Nothing wrong with ballad poetry, per se. Emily Dickinson wrote it, usually "slant." Manny told me if you can sing, um,the Gilligan Island theme song using a poem's words, (I can't sing), then it's a ballad. Tru ting--T.S. Eliot's "Waste Land" fits. If you know the song, try it. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12306491903311869968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-34495623873910379212015-10-26T16:03:07.077-04:002015-10-26T16:03:07.077-04:00Well, I suppose our cabby's poem very roughly ...Well, I suppose our cabby's poem very roughly fits into the ballad format, but let's give him a little bit of leeway, as this is his first-ever poem!<br />Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-44995399886046252972015-10-26T15:03:34.222-04:002015-10-26T15:03:34.222-04:00Do the cab driver's stanza's conform to ba...Do the cab driver's stanza's conform to ballad verse? You know me: instead of cigar, I picture him with a ukelele. Arnold's poems don't need a zither for accompaniment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12306491903311869968noreply@blogger.com