tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11723837.post9092112485790396989..comments2024-01-25T02:05:41.090-08:00Comments on Writing Way North Writing Way North Writing: on the road to the downsized pulp millRob Buddehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14194044084965758225noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11723837.post-86638583731754384392010-01-28T11:08:37.768-08:002010-01-28T11:08:37.768-08:00what about using "third growth"?
it'...what about using "third growth"?<br /><br />it's kind of funny actually that you are doing an intertextual piece off of WCW's stuff, and I read in intertextuality off of rb's work.michalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00246454674138107238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11723837.post-54305701474828365692010-01-25T17:50:20.764-08:002010-01-25T17:50:20.764-08:00with "young pines" I was just thinking o...with "young pines" I was just thinking of those not hit by the pine beetle. and most of the forest around pg is not near old growth; most is second, third, fourth growth . . . <br /><br />both "young pines" and the last line are there to hold true to the poem this one is modeled after, WCW's "by the road to the contagious hospital." it is part of a larger work where I am writing off of Spring & All...Rob Buddehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14194044084965758225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11723837.post-58022314559252647032010-01-24T10:50:21.807-08:002010-01-24T10:50:21.807-08:00nice poem rob. i like the pines as well, but not ...nice poem rob. i like the pines as well, but not sure about "survive"... things here aren't exactly young, nor do i think those were planted long ago... so "young pines" gives that cliche of the newborn trying to survive. doesn't work for the cutbanks for me. my bigger issue is with the last line. it should end at "saskatoons." "room to think of something new" feels forced. kinda reminds me of the feeling in yr "waiting for winnipeg" ending which i love.michalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00246454674138107238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11723837.post-59929686507430460632010-01-23T10:38:52.211-08:002010-01-23T10:38:52.211-08:00great stuff rob. the image of a 'few young pin...great stuff rob. the image of a 'few young pines' hanging above the railway tracks is haunting and right on the mark, I'd say. always looking for room to think of something new ...jstnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16593865417392020237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11723837.post-68020991277362447152010-01-13T07:06:32.298-08:002010-01-13T07:06:32.298-08:00i like this. industrialization and nature, and th...i like this. industrialization and nature, and the poor human always caught between these two (what they invented and what invented them). sorry if i'm completely off by interpreting it this way. the boy pedaling down to look for saskatoons sent my mind reeling with idyllic bliss.<br /><br />cheers!Tim Dorseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529894076726365379noreply@blogger.com