Byron, You're a man after my own Dionysian heart. You've inspired me to look around my own house for things I can finish! Sohbet

Ah, the rules are more complex than they first appear. Perhaps I will get five points for spying a bottle of Courvoisier here on my desk (no, I think that's a two-pointer). I would get at least 75 for seeing the light from her body, perhaps, but that's going to take years of looking. I had a party o...

Okay, I'll try and see if I've understood the game:
I spied a swan floating on an English river and a rose sickening with a scarlet fever.

I thoroughly enjoyed our discussion of the poem. Unfortunately, I can't start another because I am recovering from a quadruple bypass. It seems I had absolutely no blood flow in my heart-- just gallons and gallons of red wine pumping through, keeping me alive. Best holiday wishes to all!

Sorry, Lizzy! I've made a mental note about the spelling.

Thank you for the reference to Clarissa Estes. A wise woman and a good writer, very creative. I have one of her books but I didn't realize she had written so many. I've made a note to get some more of her work.

Dear Tchocolatl, This is very interesting. May I ask what country you are from? I asked a Mexican friend and he didn't recognize this idiom. I know different countries have totally different idioms, such as the difference between knocking someone up for Brits and Americans, and even different region...

Dear Jurica, Thank you for your very thoughtful post. I agree with this sentiment absolutely. I like to start looking at a poem or other piece of writing from a very basic level but that's only a starting place. I never feel the authorial intent is what makes a poem meaningful or interesting. After ...

Yes, this is very interesting-- how you are treated when you are perceived to be without much status. Several years ago my dear friend lost his job as a college professor and took a temporary job as a cake delivery boy,delivering enormous, thousand-dollar French wedding cakes for society weddings. S...

Dear Demetris, I've been looking through my Cavafy. These are lovely ones, too: Body, Remember; For the Shop; The Afternoon Sun; Growing in Spirit. Sadly, I can only read these in translation. I have some friends who are Greek poets. Do you by any chance know of a Greek writer and actress named Lili...

Dear Demetris, I always find it hard to do things like favorites, or lists of the ten best, things like that. My mind changes a lot and I have different favorites for different times of day, etc. I will just tell you several poems that I like a lot and why. Of course I love Ithaka; everybody loves t...

Dear Demetris, How I wish I could see this. I love Cavafy's work. As a matter of fact, I'm trying to arrange an evening of reading his work with some people here where I live. I'd never paid attention to his dates, but it's the 130th anniversary of his birth and the 70th anniversary of his death. Ha...

Well, Mickeye, It's your song so you're probably right. It just seemed to fit. On the off chance that this song might be the one, I'll do a rough translation of the words and post them soon so you can at least compare.

Dear Mickeye, I think there's a good chance you are remembering a song called Le Vieux Cafe de la rue d'Amerique (my French spelling may be goofy). I think there's an English version called The Red Rose. The French version is famous with Mireille Mathieu but I don't know who translated/recorded the ...

I’ve been away watching trees grow but I’ve just read the last few very interesting entries. I think we’ve reached a point now where we are using the poem to explore our own and one another’s ideas, with the poem itself being just one of us. As I read people’s ideas, which tend to focus on certain a...