tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post3268897623582991908..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: On a short poem by Esther MorganGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-1136290783263811472012-08-24T13:16:21.200+01:002012-08-24T13:16:21.200+01:00Maybe Anonymous is a goldfish.Maybe Anonymous is a goldfish.J. Marlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-89203247754850213842012-08-23T16:50:25.399+01:002012-08-23T16:50:25.399+01:00Funny you should say that, Anonymous. I remember m...Funny you should say that, Anonymous. I remember most of it. Can't you even remember the grass and sky lines?<br /><br />The last two lines are very good indeed.<br /><br /><br />George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-48387802238499090192012-08-23T15:06:33.915+01:002012-08-23T15:06:33.915+01:00It doesn't have one memorable line, sadly.It doesn't have one memorable line, sadly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-22349129712023955702012-08-22T14:54:13.649+01:002012-08-22T14:54:13.649+01:00Thanks for this George. I'm well into short po...Thanks for this George. I'm well into short poems, as you know. Yes, the galloping, the rhythm of the repeated word pairs, and their reversal in the third line (like kicked-up divots) and the rhymes, especially the consonance/sibilance of grass/horse. Plenty of sky-grass to return and graze on, or gallop over. Lovely.Mark Granierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09899629187771913398noreply@blogger.com