tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post9169169825953389259..comments2023-08-14T08:03:12.027-07:00Comments on Blue Positive: What I Ended Up DoingMartha Silanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16486148374821966457noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-50638909775727098962008-11-03T22:19:00.000-08:002008-11-03T22:19:00.000-08:00Wonderful idea. I've taught English, but on a one-...Wonderful idea. I've taught English, but on a one-on-one resource level, where I was supplementing the course already decided by the English teacher. <BR/><BR/>I also love the word "penumbra", especially its sound. I'm sure your choices will result in much learning and energetic essays and discussions.<BR/>-gelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-6170516551867954132008-10-31T10:21:00.000-07:002008-10-31T10:21:00.000-07:00Thanks! I haven't had time to dig into Whitman's l...Thanks! I haven't had time to dig into Whitman's later work, so I didn't know he complained about his constipation and "whimpering ennui." Perfect!Martha Silanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486148374821966457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-14238858329699417762008-10-31T09:00:00.000-07:002008-10-31T09:00:00.000-07:00Does Whitman ever complain of a headache, etc? We...Does Whitman ever complain of a headache, etc? Well, sure! The big optimistic sweeping oratory often overwhelms such stuff, but especially as he grew older, his poems include a lot of daily notation--duly noted by Ginsberg, of course.<BR/><BR/>For instance, this late lyric complaining about his old-age constipation:<BR/><BR/>As I Sit Writing Here<BR/><BR/>As I sit writing here, sick and grown old,<BR/>Not my least burden is that dulness of the years, querilities,<BR/>Ungracious glooms, aches, lethargy, constipation, whimpering ennui,<BR/>May filter in my dally songs.<BR/><BR/>-- Walt Whitman<BR/>(1888)David Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06448278560900184834noreply@blogger.com