tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14092444.post4109025976347627117..comments2023-09-26T10:14:15.693-06:00Comments on Truth Comes In Blows: Believing and FollowingLeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06608190466685119883noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14092444.post-69427942778646987552007-09-17T17:01:00.000-06:002007-09-17T17:01:00.000-06:00Josh,I thank you in advance for your willingness t...Josh,<BR/><BR/>I thank you in advance for your willingness to offer poetry recommendations. Please, I would LOVE some. I've read a lot of: <BR/><BR/>Larry Levis<BR/>Phillip Levine<BR/>Anne Sexton<BR/>Sylvia Plath<BR/>Robert Frost<BR/>W.B. Yeats<BR/>Walt Whitman<BR/>Emily Dickinson<BR/>William Carlos Williams<BR/>T.S. Eliot (didn't like much)<BR/><BR/>and quite a bit of:<BR/>Billy Collins<BR/>John Ashbery<BR/>Elizabeth Bishop<BR/>...and other commonly anthologized poets.<BR/><BR/>I trust your taste, based on what I read on your blogs, so give me a list and I'll read it.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06608190466685119883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14092444.post-81013678125455723482007-09-17T16:47:00.000-06:002007-09-17T16:47:00.000-06:00If you ever need a poetry/poet recommendation, let...If you ever need a poetry/poet recommendation, let me know. I'm your huckleberry....<BR/><BR/>I reread "The Poet at Seventeen" today on the bus coming home. Blew me a way. Know that one? Maybe I'll post it on my blog tonight if I have time.<BR/><BR/>Other theologians you read? Recommendations?Joshua Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13429187998672221922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14092444.post-81434722361380682552007-09-17T14:49:00.000-06:002007-09-17T14:49:00.000-06:00Josh,Larry Levis is incredible. I'm not really we...Josh,<BR/><BR/>Larry Levis is incredible. I'm not really well read, especially when it comes to poetry, but I can safely say that his Larry's poetry has moved me more than any other.<BR/><BR/>Glad you found what you were looking for. <BR/><BR/>The books in this post were authored by a man who is LDS. <BR/><BR/>I read quite a bit on your blogs. I wish I had spend more time on poetry in college.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06608190466685119883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14092444.post-20091216637188302572007-09-17T05:52:00.000-06:002007-09-17T05:52:00.000-06:00I found the Levis poem "In the City of Light" here...I found the Levis poem "In the City of Light" here and wanted to say thanks for posting it. I wanted to post it on my blog this morning and you made it so I didn't have to retype it.<BR/><BR/>Also, looks like an interesting blog you've got here. I'll be sure to check back.<BR/><BR/>Are the books you mention in this post LDS?Joshua Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13429187998672221922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14092444.post-74230097152204107372007-09-15T22:33:00.000-06:002007-09-15T22:33:00.000-06:00I especially love how he talks about God's Kingdom...I especially love how he talks about God's Kingdom-how people view it as a far off future event, when we should be reaping the benefits now, instead of pining away for the future. Great books.Jennifer @ Fruit of My Handshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11479983078312955832noreply@blogger.com