tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post7582186793373876035..comments2024-03-29T01:58:40.773+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: BluesYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-67293040190918356772022-03-07T09:21:59.252+00:002022-03-07T09:21:59.252+00:00Whilst we are still reeling from the after effects...Whilst we are still reeling from the after effects of the pandemic, Putin has seen it as chance to begin aggression against those countries he intends to subdue.<br />Will he stop at the Ukraine? Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-66025430089810841212022-03-07T00:50:04.740+00:002022-03-07T00:50:04.740+00:00*Why W.H. Auden Hated His Most Famous Political Po...*Why W.H. Auden Hated His Most Famous Political Poems.*<br />Michael Weiss. Daily Beast.<br /><br />Auden never joined the Communist Party so he never became a shill for Stalin, and he woke up to Communist atrocities in the Spanish Civil War.<br /><br />Did Auden know how much the Front Populaire was infiltrated by Stalin's agents?<br />You had to spend a lot of time at these meetings to see how decent men and women who opposed Fascism were betrayed by Moscow's moles. <br /><br />Think of the honesty of Albert Camus in the post-war period, and what a beating he got from the poisonous French Left when he received the Nobel.<br />*The Mask of Albert Camus.* Paul de Man. New York Review.<br /><br />Incidentally there is a novel about the young Auden in Scotland.<br />*Larchfield* by Polly Clark is now in paperback.<br />Auden was in Helensburgh teaching.<br /><br /><br />Haggertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03878998597580981583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-28681865852606158112022-03-06T23:55:24.037+00:002022-03-06T23:55:24.037+00:00I rather suspect that they are Ed. Putin is destr...I rather suspect that they are Ed. Putin is destroying the Russia they knew.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-48724192318003035852022-03-06T23:54:04.159+00:002022-03-06T23:54:04.159+00:00He was good with words and ideas too.He was good with words and ideas too.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-65850359358031329282022-03-06T23:53:14.762+00:002022-03-06T23:53:14.762+00:00He saw what was happening before most of his peers...He saw what was happening before most of his peers and he felt it in the deep heart's core.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-36088313253660378032022-03-06T23:51:54.863+00:002022-03-06T23:51:54.863+00:00On behalf of Mr Auden, may I thank you for taking ...On behalf of Mr Auden, may I thank you for taking the trouble to read and absorb this poem?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-16853476491211800912022-03-06T23:50:53.896+00:002022-03-06T23:50:53.896+00:00Where have all the flowers gone?Where have all the flowers gone?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-17793262272809835712022-03-06T23:50:25.664+00:002022-03-06T23:50:25.664+00:00I wish someone would be brave enough to assassinat...I wish someone would be brave enough to assassinate Putin. Then maybe there would a chance to move on from this horror.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-59522253021650718922022-03-06T23:48:00.929+00:002022-03-06T23:48:00.929+00:00In behalf of W.H.Auden, thanks for reading it Stev...In behalf of W.H.Auden, thanks for reading it Steve.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-54223685912283510042022-03-06T23:47:21.631+00:002022-03-06T23:47:21.631+00:00I shake my head in despair. What is that prick Put...I shake my head in despair. What is that prick Putin hoping to achieve?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-20319464714377682222022-03-06T23:46:07.472+00:002022-03-06T23:46:07.472+00:00Good on you for giving Auden another crack of the ...Good on you for giving Auden another crack of the whip Graham.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-46284522598758468242022-03-06T23:45:27.080+00:002022-03-06T23:45:27.080+00:00Here. Take my cotton handkerchief Ms Donna. It'...Here. Take my cotton handkerchief Ms Donna. It's clean.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-66164200073950416692022-03-06T23:44:07.372+00:002022-03-06T23:44:07.372+00:00You would have thought that emerging from a deadly...You would have thought that emerging from a deadly pandemic, humanity would have stuck together for a while.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-31947538837843774072022-03-06T23:42:58.078+00:002022-03-06T23:42:58.078+00:00Maybe I should write a poem with Ukraine in mind.Maybe I should write a poem with Ukraine in mind.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-30055461545151398382022-03-06T23:23:30.423+00:002022-03-06T23:23:30.423+00:00Stunning.Stunning.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-16747897201287665762022-03-06T23:06:45.656+00:002022-03-06T23:06:45.656+00:00I thought this was one of your poems as well. The...I thought this was one of your poems as well. The more things change, the more they remain the same. I wonder what the world will look like in a month, in a year. It's frightening and somber and heartbreaking.Pixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313413260127376288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-74553987620921046802022-03-06T20:50:20.515+00:002022-03-06T20:50:20.515+00:00A poignant poem.
No, we never seem to learn. Histo...A poignant poem.<br />No, we never seem to learn. History repeats itself yet again and again, and this century has already seen so many refugees.Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-13159776841653475492022-03-06T19:02:25.586+00:002022-03-06T19:02:25.586+00:00Tears are running down my face as I read this poem...Tears are running down my face as I read this poem written so long ago. Humanity! Where in the world ...... My bones are chilled and my brain almost cannot function as I weep for humanity.Peace Thymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361079101751470855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-58908349999316619952022-03-06T17:01:17.497+00:002022-03-06T17:01:17.497+00:00I've never managed to come to terms with Auden...I've never managed to come to terms with Auden but it doesn't stop me appreciating the sentiment behind the words you have quoted.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-45562586748694603802022-03-06T16:56:21.507+00:002022-03-06T16:56:21.507+00:00I don't remember reading this poem before. I&...I don't remember reading this poem before. I'll admit, as I began I thought it was one of yours! <br /><br />I have a friend who had to leave Sudetenland. She taught me things I never learned in school. Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859017153454691633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-35597486210351484762022-03-06T15:59:37.172+00:002022-03-06T15:59:37.172+00:00I don't know this poem but it certainly is pow...I don't know this poem but it certainly is powerful and pertinent.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-58959115888641806212022-03-06T15:46:40.413+00:002022-03-06T15:46:40.413+00:00For whatever reason, over the last two years, I...For whatever reason, over the last two years, I've found myself reading novels about WW2 and the horrors of the holocaust. The question that continues to confound me is how the rest of the world allowed this to happen. Now, here we are again. This time, however, we can't pretend not to know what is happening to innocent people. We're seeing it! I hope countries that have the power to help, do everything they can this time...while also avoiding a nuclear war.Melinda from Ontariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09019426158896831594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-16950494413916494452022-03-06T14:28:23.440+00:002022-03-06T14:28:23.440+00:00When will we ever learn? When will we ever learn.....When will we ever learn? When will we ever learn...Ellen D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03776803182673252265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-45212344692053367882022-03-06T14:00:55.964+00:002022-03-06T14:00:55.964+00:00There is a poem by Dannie Abse I cannot find in hi...There is a poem by Dannie Abse I cannot find in his New & Collected Poems, 1948-2014: *Ask the Moon*.<br />I quote from moth-eaten memory:<br /><br />What is the name of that country I once said I'd visit when older?<br />Can no one tell me its name?<br /><br />Born in Cardiff in 1923, Dannie Abse wrote four memorable prose works:<br />Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve.<br />A Poet in the Family.<br />Goodbye, Twentieth Century.<br />The Presence.<br /><br />The latter looked back on the death of his wife Joan in a road accident in which he was himself injured.<br /><br />Dannie Abse was a doctor, a consultant on lung disease, and the brother of Leo Abse, Labour M.P. for Pontypool for almost 30 years. Haggertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03878998597580981583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-71351585093128437072022-03-06T13:42:20.192+00:002022-03-06T13:42:20.192+00:00I've never read that poem. It's incredibly...I've never read that poem. It's incredibly powerful in its sweet endearments. It says so much. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com