tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2406875840421844341.post6673691390259463224..comments2023-06-14T23:23:38.873+10:00Comments on The Garden of Self Defence: An angry post cheered up by a harvest of garlic, freshly washedPermapoesishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05565236504537501720noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2406875840421844341.post-44868969951609692892008-12-15T19:17:00.000+11:002008-12-15T19:17:00.000+11:00oh, god, hasn't it just? in some ways i feel defea...oh, god, hasn't it just? in some ways i feel defeated to desire the symbolic end of the year and the symbolic beginning of the next, but everything that makes me exhausted adheres to the yearly cycle, so i guess it makes sense. <BR/><BR/>i have a excerpted version of 'wars i have seen' that i'm not very familiar with -- and in fact, re the conversation we had in the backyard last week, would be interesting to read up on. i might check the whole book out over xmas and let you know if i find the quotation. it bothers me that it's not attributed in malcolm's book, tho you're right, it may be because it's from her notebooks (via dydo no doubt -- i think she spent nearly a decade at the beinecke? i'm planning a coupla weeks...) a beautiful quote, a truly beautiful quote. <BR/><BR/>love to you three, xastridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221305604622833188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2406875840421844341.post-58218348281270677792008-12-15T15:17:00.000+11:002008-12-15T15:17:00.000+11:00sorry to hear that a. what a hard year it has been...sorry to hear that a. <BR/><BR/>what a hard year it has been for everybody, (except for those it hasn't been, i guess).<BR/><BR/>i think youre right that it is from 'wars i have seen', but it's not footnoted in Malcolm's book; it's ambiguous whether it is from 'wars..' or written in one of her notebooks. i googled the first line and found nothing, and as my Stein collection doesn't include 'wars..' or the notebooks i'm not entirely sure.<BR/><BR/>i hope your shoulder knots and chest tightness ease. <BR/><BR/>love, pjPermapoesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05565236504537501720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2406875840421844341.post-31488058198451996422008-12-15T14:20:00.000+11:002008-12-15T14:20:00.000+11:00hey pj -- love the post -- feeling swept up in sim...hey pj -- love the post -- feeling swept up in similar angers myself at the moment. culminating in a god-awful, pre-christmas, inner-city tightness in the chest. i can't tell whether the pain is coming through the knot in my shoulder or the collapse of my bodily organs, but either way it's ghastly!<BR/><BR/>can you tell me what text the stein quote is from? 1943 is getting on a bit, i am thinking 'wars i have seen'? <BR/><BR/>hope all is well, xastridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14221305604622833188noreply@blogger.com