tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post204705948508848909..comments2023-10-14T09:31:41.455-04:00Comments on Metanoetic Poetics: Charles Ives Spikes His HairAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784125345525784337noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-77883721136049066652012-04-27T14:42:17.220-04:002012-04-27T14:42:17.220-04:00Wonderful poem Charles, it stands up to rereading....Wonderful poem Charles, it stands up to rereading. I'm not sure I hear Ives cacophony in the same way, though. The second movement of the 4th Symphony leads to the 3rd, and more importantly, the 4th. It's a matter of the tumult of life energies not just expressing the need for more life energies, but to their transcendence. OwenUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700226355238463601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-70615327579471143512012-04-27T14:41:25.721-04:002012-04-27T14:41:25.721-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700226355238463601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-5595358769637206242012-04-27T06:48:31.211-04:002012-04-27T06:48:31.211-04:00I agree with Brian about that paranoia line. Wow.
...I agree with Brian about that paranoia line. Wow.<br /><br />This is quite wonderful, and for me about the transformation that can happen in a life, repositioning elements of the past to be useful in the present. It takes a lot of pain and loss to get there, but when we do, we are stronger, much stronger for it. This is really fine writing.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-18399097876935102272012-04-26T14:49:14.235-04:002012-04-26T14:49:14.235-04:00Your comment floors me. This, however, a masterp...Your comment floors me. This, however, a masterpiece of reverie, so informed with feeling and a masterful lyrical ease of telling....xxxxjJenne' R. Andrews https://www.blogger.com/profile/15744946229300234443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-79190894324383461102012-04-26T10:13:52.073-04:002012-04-26T10:13:52.073-04:00Well written and well said as always, Charles. Eve...Well written and well said as always, Charles. Everyone should have some Charles Miller on their bookshelves.<br /><br />My anger not so much the desire <br />to rip off someone's head but a way <br />to deal with the anxiety of being confused <br />and not knowing why. <br /><br />Thats the part I connect to most :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-84146039115913151452012-04-25T23:07:30.922-04:002012-04-25T23:07:30.922-04:00What a hallucinogenic conception! I can imagine th...What a hallucinogenic conception! I can imagine this as part of a paean to life with an ambiguous moral compass, lost youth, much like "Howl" was a manifesto of the beat generation.Semaphorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16945917520773585129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-31441284664066274562012-04-25T22:05:24.598-04:002012-04-25T22:05:24.598-04:00the comments, brian's claudia's so many ot...the comments, brian's claudia's so many others just rip and rip into this poem, i'm with them re-reads just get better -<br /><br />and down the line(s) it still<br /><br />"bids only welcome to <br />the new..need for life"<br /><br />i'll take it the ultimately unplay-ableness is just lack of practice ;-)<br /><br />terrific piece chazadanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00710750989853277203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-60602543441615357002012-04-25T21:32:03.370-04:002012-04-25T21:32:03.370-04:00Somehow, I missed Rotten doing commercials, or may...Somehow, I missed Rotten doing commercials, or maybe blanked it out? Thank you Aarron for the structural analysis, it's nice to hear.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784125345525784337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-65006387795059540162012-04-25T21:29:24.545-04:002012-04-25T21:29:24.545-04:00They were Army boots, different pairs of which I&#...They were Army boots, different pairs of which I'd worn since before the Vietnam War ended. The music somehow helped me make sense of the confusion, emotional and spiritual. It's from this time that I began to think Christianity contained some truth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784125345525784337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-39748979228004452272012-04-25T21:26:00.489-04:002012-04-25T21:26:00.489-04:00It was one crazy year, I can tell you!It was one crazy year, I can tell you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784125345525784337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-56784081165858087782012-04-25T20:21:04.450-04:002012-04-25T20:21:04.450-04:00Captured so much as you weaved a ton in as well. T...Captured so much as you weaved a ton in as well. The angst and want to do more or play to our own beat all have experienced at one point or another and the paranoia, loved that line, as we are ruled by it in many a case by the higher ups who play off of it.Pat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-59833620068212788632012-04-25T19:21:51.241-04:002012-04-25T19:21:51.241-04:00hey Charles,
as well as containing memorable line...hey Charles,<br /><br />as well as containing memorable lines and superb sledgehammer imagery there is a sense of purpose and message coming thru, especially in the final section its as if your describing the backbone behind and the reason for the poems existence - then reflecting on the curve and actuality of the being here and now - all of which makes for a stimulating and thought provoking Arron Shillinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989854352644796752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-66907249972279429632012-04-25T17:13:47.254-04:002012-04-25T17:13:47.254-04:00The writing in this one is awesome.The writing in this one is awesome.Justin Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04540827237593614818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-51471166551291200952012-04-25T14:42:01.943-04:002012-04-25T14:42:01.943-04:00The cacophony of the music pounds like the confusi...The cacophony of the music pounds like the confusion of youth, full of passion, yearning; lacking direction, understanding, erupting with questions where answers are masked by the beating of drums. Well scripted here. We all remember. Intense and meaningful!Beachannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-51597799436635486772012-04-25T03:32:13.854-04:002012-04-25T03:32:13.854-04:00You make music of the angst..you make poetry of th...You make music of the angst..you make poetry of the confusion.. What a write, Charles. Powerful, intense, ".....the unsingable need for life" This is an amazing piece of work! Bravo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-15044180619731358702012-04-24T22:42:01.050-04:002012-04-24T22:42:01.050-04:00Well done, sir. Full of angst and confusion, maybe...Well done, sir. Full of angst and confusion, maybe loss, regret(?), searching. Agree with Brian on the end of the first stanza, wicked good.Mark Windhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01662876682127886074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-38133304965842070542012-04-24T21:59:19.164-04:002012-04-24T21:59:19.164-04:00Charles David Miller, excellente!!!!!!!!!!!!!Charles David Miller, excellente!!!!!!!!!!!!!henry clemmonshttp://henryclemmons.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/carole/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-51777842722402805602012-04-24T21:52:47.230-04:002012-04-24T21:52:47.230-04:00You drew us right in to the emotions and feelings ...You drew us right in to the emotions and feelings of that time so well, Charles. Such a great write!Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-72611274707798315122012-04-24T21:41:14.892-04:002012-04-24T21:41:14.892-04:00This line resonated with me:
but a way
to de...This line resonated with me: <br /><br />but a way <br />to deal with the anxiety of being confused <br />and not knowing why. <br /><br />I enjoyed your wonderful work ~ Thanks for sharing this ~Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330793338813508704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-38803722989274310702012-04-24T20:24:03.882-04:002012-04-24T20:24:03.882-04:00A dark poem and wonderful poem of confusion and se...A dark poem and wonderful poem of confusion and self destruction phase .Summa Theologica on acid..what a trip!:)<br /><br />I agree ,the truth is in the music and was and is always for me quintessentially in the complexity and purity of counterpoint.Impressive work.Cressida de Novahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00169216942864690995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-13550073123127917882012-04-24T18:21:27.262-04:002012-04-24T18:21:27.262-04:00Often music is the glue that holds us together and...Often music is the glue that holds us together and isn't it cathartic to look back and write about why it was so. Strong writing, well said.Zouxzouxhttp://zouxzoux.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-47912901985636426982012-04-24T17:42:37.348-04:002012-04-24T17:42:37.348-04:00Intense, vivid poem. I also love the paranoia/mad...Intense, vivid poem. I also love the paranoia/made love line. And the unsingable need for life. An awkward hard period. I lived in NYC at that time, but was just a bit older, I think, or separate, formed by other influences, though lived around the corner from CBGB's. Ives, of course, Lives. Ives Saves Lives. K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-9264126176093530002012-04-24T16:10:10.531-04:002012-04-24T16:10:10.531-04:00Outstanding Charles. Not sure I've mentioned ...Outstanding Charles. Not sure I've mentioned it before, but Music is one of my other passions in life. Even when I write I listen to music and as a child, growing up, I don't know if I'd be the same person I am today with those songs that I'd play, many of which I look back on today and can't believed I liked, but even then, the memories of those days are still attached to Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05885047796180529498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-18705684311489196182012-04-24T15:42:48.089-04:002012-04-24T15:42:48.089-04:00"then you needed to dress like you'd eat ..."then you needed to dress like you'd eat hearts.......<br />but the only heart you'd eat was your own".....there were so many reasons to put on the mask and armour then and you have caught the mood of that time and the uncertainty of so much!Gerry Snapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269492251928362799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-81271050780469194182012-04-24T15:38:30.478-04:002012-04-24T15:38:30.478-04:00lots of interesting things here -> like fucking...lots of interesting things here -> like fucking people over...hmmm...not just fucking, but fucking them over!!<br /><br />and the six pistols and IVES!! wow, what a combination!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://zongrik.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/apollo-and-the-two-muses/" rel="nofollow">apollo and the two muses</a>zongrikhttp://zongrik.comnoreply@blogger.com