tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post6848625766426415875..comments2024-03-27T13:22:37.478-07:00Comments on The Glass Character: In the burrows of the NightmareMargaret Gunninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-60755091641209956452012-11-17T19:56:13.831-08:002012-11-17T19:56:13.831-08:00He looked like a Shar Pei,those Chinese dogs with ...He looked like a Shar Pei,those Chinese dogs with three times more skin than they need. I think with people it comes from too much smoking. He died in '73, and this would've been after I returned from Germany, most likely, which was in '67. It's possible it happened before I joined the Army, which was in '63. Somewhere in that time frame.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-17688415079314399482012-11-16T23:34:00.655-08:002012-11-16T23:34:00.655-08:00Was not Auden the wrinkliest man in history? Was h...Was not Auden the wrinkliest man in history? Was he wrinkly when you saw him? But of course he was, he must have been near the end of his craggy old, Goodyear-tire-resembling life.Margaret Gunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-54250219458244719732012-11-16T23:27:35.788-08:002012-11-16T23:27:35.788-08:00Maybe this should be "in the Burroughs of the...Maybe this should be "in the Burroughs of the Nightmare".Margaret Gunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281594044624096600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-22247350101710295892012-11-16T19:56:13.951-08:002012-11-16T19:56:13.951-08:00Moments before I read this I posted this little ve...Moments before I read this I posted this little verse on Fictionaut:<br /><br /><b>Starstruck</b><br /><br /><br /><br />He called it Rosebud, this chocolate starfish orb<br />Of jacksy ring<br />To rectify the back door thing<br />His brown-eyed, elementary cleft did sing<br />For Venus, Mars and more<br />Considering the sun don't shine<br />So much on Jupiter, but for<br />The Plutoid bung of Saturn's rung<br />To run with Mercury's speed on Earth<br />“No!” they cried You never tried<br />Your Neptudism's tune's derived<br />Uranus, you must call this find.<br /><br /><br />Ashamed of myself? Of course!<br />Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-59645344722111978702012-11-16T19:50:19.554-08:002012-11-16T19:50:19.554-08:00Let's try again. Nice illustrations of Auden&...Let's try again. Nice illustrations of Auden's imagery. He was an odd one. Gotta wonder if he discovered mushrooms before we did. I attended a reading by him half a century ago (did I say that out loud?) at the U. of Wisconsin. He was a lousy reader. Seemed to lose his place, as if unfamiliar with his words. Maybe just appreciating them anew. I don't remember what he read. I never appreciated him until this moment. Thank you!Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774625592830261479.post-75785876926614938662012-11-16T19:25:50.714-08:002012-11-16T19:25:50.714-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.com