tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post1002341547230859713..comments2024-03-29T14:45:32.326+13:00Comments on The Imaginary Museum: Doubting Thomases (1): Edward ThomasDr Jack Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01805945600952222957noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-6680184233743826382013-05-22T16:20:50.875+12:002013-05-22T16:20:50.875+12:00I must confess I don't know your Thomas, Jack....I must confess I don't know your Thomas, Jack. This piece has prompted me to investigate further. Thanks for that.I like the town's 'brief multitude', I presume he means brief in space and time in the day.<br />Sacha Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04565067403170876711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-26978709516253962672013-05-16T07:21:02.144+12:002013-05-16T07:21:02.144+12:00My favourite's "The Owl"
http://ww...My favourite's "The Owl" <br /><br />http://www.poemtree.com/poems/Owl.htmKatherine Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831799082347506550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29676463.post-74796989837195976522013-05-06T00:32:42.002+12:002013-05-06T00:32:42.002+12:00Dylan Thomas? R. S. Thomas, D. M. Thomas? I have p...Dylan Thomas? R. S. Thomas, D. M. Thomas? I have poetry by all of these although D. M. Thomas is known more as a novelist. I haven't read any of his (D.M.'s) work. <br /><br />I find it hard to warm to Edward Thomas (in contrast to Dylan and perhaps R.S. Thomas, both of whom I have read fairly extensively) but there is certainly a strangeness in Edward Thomas. That "Up in the Wind" is haunting, somewhat like a Frost poem. Frost goes straight into top gear and we all know many of his poems but there cant be a big following of Edward Thomas. But I see I picked out a Selected Poems and also have a Wordsworth classic which has a good number of his poems including "Up in the Wind". <br /><br />There is certainly a Hardyesque melancholy. And I recall you put him in your list of poets before referring to <br /><br />What do you think of 'The Rose Acre Papers'? I have a copy of the 1910 edition. It has 14 essays (unlike the 1902 0r 1904 editions which have less. I am hinting. But I thought I might add it to my own amassement.<br /><br />I read through a lot of R.S.Thomas's poems and he seems to have (almost) the same theme throughout (although this is simplification and perhaps I mean tone which is normal in a poet). But there isn't the development perhaps...They are often beautiful poems but still for me one of the most memorable is the one when he visits the dying man. <br /><br />I read memoirs by D. M. Thomas but must have sold it. Alan Curnow was influenced by Dylan Thomas. He also knew him or had met him personally. Or am I thinking of someone else? Hearing Dylan Thomas read was what caused Dan Davin to stop writing poetry. (Perhaps that was a good thing.) Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10272507198753290435noreply@blogger.com