Apr 25. Whitman erasure
I learn'dfiguresto measureapplausesoonrising tosilence stars[Walt Whitman: When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer]
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i just heard the poem, minutes ago, recited on Breaking Bad (which I'm re-watching) A great moment/scene. interesting erasure. almost like commentary within commentary.
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I should read the poem this came from--I want to now, especially after what Osel said, but I just don't have time. I love what you've done with it though. I won't pull anything out, because I'd have...
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real nice find--takes the poem to a new level like a dream within a dream.
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Very nice. Love the meaning of your poem . . . so much complexity in so few words.
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Thanks, folks. I realized after I went to bed that I'd forgotten to include a link - added one now.
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I taught that poem for years, and kids always loved it because it seems on some level to prove what they think about the way most literature is taught, as well as astronomy: too academic, no room to...
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reading it again today, it's more clear the erasure is totally veering away from the Whitman, into a kind of L. A. which I find amazing, given that I was watching it on a TV series, (that's gone into...
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Brilliant!I love how you've used Whitman's words to repeat his meaning, then carry it to the next level and with so few words. Bravo!
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ah, maybe it's the astronomer speaking, in a post-life review!
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Oh, I like it very much. I like it much better than the original, a poem I very much dislike, though am (sort of) able to see it as a product of its time.
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