tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post6634693219860134440..comments2024-02-09T06:24:16.626+00:00Comments on upside down in cloud: Saint Werburgh and the gooseDru Marlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-74993917703761626452012-09-04T09:19:40.147+01:002012-09-04T09:19:40.147+01:00Mary Butts? Another fan here! I've got quite a...Mary Butts? Another fan here! I've got quite a bit on/by her, if you'd like to borrow any. Back in the day, I was married to her biographer, so lived Butts and Buttsiana for quite a while.Catherine Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693526864905868829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-57231970743048656292012-09-02T20:15:20.215+01:002012-09-02T20:15:20.215+01:00thanks, Lucy. I'm thinking of a series of Bri...thanks, Lucy. I'm thinking of a series of Bristol women for starters, but that's a neat idea too.<br /><br />Thank you, Anji. Yes, it is a very nice sort of miracle, isn't it?<br /><br />And thank you. Larry, for introducing me to Mary Butts. An unexpected pleasure!Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-77080594774185276912012-09-01T21:05:19.377+01:002012-09-01T21:05:19.377+01:00Werburgh, samphire, thanks for this preposterous b...Werburgh, samphire, thanks for this preposterous beauty. Like Deborah said...<br />And quoting from a post on Tom Clark's<br />poetry blogsite:<br /><br />Hopefully apropos, from the WWI warm-up, Mary Butts (from her mid-1920s novella, "Imaginary Letters"):<br /><br />Give bread and drink<br />To soap: even to prayers,<br />for the surprise it prepares.<br />Give scent, give fire<br />Everything to restore,<br />You will not find it a bore.<br /><br />Hang out a wire from the stars<br />To the Banks, for a friend,<br />Notice where it will end.<br /><br />It will not end where you think.<br />You have set something going.<br />DO NO TAKE TO DRINK.<br /><br />A sailor has a parrot<br />A barman has a bar.<br />The human heart is unpredictable<br />LIKE GOD.<br /><br />Restore life<br />To its capacity for beauty<br />That sounds<br />An order to make pleasure out of duty.<br />BUT,<br /><br />Watch the surprise in your eyes<br />Waiting for the moon to rise<br />A surprise moon for the wise moon,<br />the sight for sore eyes.<br />A lean moon for the serene moon of peace.<br />CULTIVATE PLEASURE IN SURPRISE.<br /><br />When<br />You set a feather in a cap<br />A feather in another's cap<br />(A feather in Russia's cap)<br />If the cap slips the moon flits<br />If the cap sits the moon flits<br /><br />IF THIS CAP FITS, PUT IT ON.<br /><br />1 September 2012 09:26<br />larry whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05659637420532771765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-64847590065593069442012-08-29T08:45:59.528+01:002012-08-29T08:45:59.528+01:00It's a lovely story beautifully told.
It also...It's a lovely story beautifully told.<br /><br />It also makes a nice change to have a Saint doing something useful and not getting themselves hung drawn or quartered.Anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-47084936864119600282012-08-29T08:05:48.297+01:002012-08-29T08:05:48.297+01:00An illustrated tale about greed. You're onto s...An illustrated tale about greed. You're onto something here. An illustrated book on a collection of vices and virtues looms! It could become a best-seller. <br /><br />The time is in any case right for a reassessment and representation of basic moral issues. Get in there.<br /><br />Lucy<br /><br />Lucy Melfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049627653901928427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-87347374041446106562012-08-28T10:40:36.148+01:002012-08-28T10:40:36.148+01:00thank you, Deb! The Big Book of Odd Miracles?
I d...thank you, Deb! The Big Book of Odd Miracles?<br /><br />I don't think Grendel was all that common as a name, Bella; but the geese probably met him as they migrated around Scandinavia, and it's a good name for someone who's a bit greedy. Like Gurth, who features in Ivanhoe.Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-44017744493540826992012-08-28T10:28:52.004+01:002012-08-28T10:28:52.004+01:00Big Grendel -Was Grendel a common name for the day...Big Grendel -Was Grendel a common name for the day? I recognise it from the Beowulf story.Flotsamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06667133671787405215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-27498388328393716152012-08-28T08:01:49.274+01:002012-08-28T08:01:49.274+01:00You are a born storyteller, Dru. I feel a book com...You are a born storyteller, Dru. I feel a book coming on ... Deborah Harvey Poetryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17023927527337407685noreply@blogger.com