tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post9098219478337964436..comments2024-03-26T03:11:42.678-04:00Comments on Behind Their Lines: PicnicConnie R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-78380081685153139972018-06-18T07:37:02.660-04:002018-06-18T07:37:02.660-04:00A great selection of prose and the poem. Life than...A great selection of prose and the poem. Life thank goodness did go on. The fact that it did is the distilled essence of the triumph of humanity over the horror of war. We are not the meat that makes us.Ian Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10253106381895084914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-52592231201143349922017-10-23T13:22:41.929-04:002017-10-23T13:22:41.929-04:00Thanks so very much for reading and responding; th...Thanks so very much for reading and responding; this post wouldn't have been possible without your support of and scholarship on Wyeth. Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-84911176030977647542017-10-22T21:54:45.537-04:002017-10-22T21:54:45.537-04:00How interesting to see this perspicacious commenta...How interesting to see this perspicacious commentary on Wyeth's sonnet. The article gave me a much more vivid sense of the poem's setting and the awful history of these small villages.<br /><br />Dana GioiaDana Gioiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05899305928052830588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-14675382796414728622017-10-22T20:12:11.093-04:002017-10-22T20:12:11.093-04:00Thanks very much, BJ. As you are one of the forem...Thanks very much, BJ. As you are one of the foremost scholars in the world on Wyeth's poetry, I am greatly honored by your comment!Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4970554022397463322.post-48928460713817838902017-10-22T17:06:45.039-04:002017-10-22T17:06:45.039-04:00A very thoughtful commentary on this sonnet. The ...A very thoughtful commentary on this sonnet. The wider context you've provided makes the universal significance of Wyeth's narrative much more apparent: how, in the midst of horror, the mundane details of daily existence & a dark offhand humor are sometimes all that keep one from descending into madness.BJ Omansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453642475353369564noreply@blogger.com