Comments on: The Official Top 20 Countdown of the All Time Greatest Love Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar http://clatterymachinery.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/the-official-top-20-countdown-of-the-all-time-greatest-love-poems-of-paul-laurence-dunbar/ Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:01:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Terreson http://clatterymachinery.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/the-official-top-20-countdown-of-the-all-time-greatest-love-poems-of-paul-laurence-dunbar/#comment-10841 Terreson Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:37:42 +0000 http://clatterymachinery.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/the-official-top-20-countdown-of-the-all-time-greatest-love-poems-of-paul-laurence-dunbar/#comment-10841 Good stuff, Clattery. The scene needs more of this kind of rediscovering. Dunbar was so fine and with such an ear for the right word, right rhythm. It is little known, less appreciated, that he did not much like having to work in dialect, that the usage was forced on him by editors. It made no sense to him, he said. The language needs no forcing, he said. I also figure he understood that the demand was a way of keeping him a second-class citizen. Only one false poem here. The Florida poem. Dunbar, and unless I stand corrected, never spent time in Florida. But then Stephen Foster never went down Florida's Suwannee river either. And Wallace Stevens knew nothing of the state except for what he could see from Flagler's railroad that took him to the Keys. (Just a pet peeve of mine.) Anyway, what a voice the man had. What a sense for word rhythm. Tere Good stuff, Clattery. The scene needs more of this kind of rediscovering. Dunbar was so fine and with such an ear for the right word, right rhythm. It is little known, less appreciated, that he did not much like having to work in dialect, that the usage was forced on him by editors. It made no sense to him, he said. The language needs no forcing, he said. I also figure he understood that the demand was a way of keeping him a second-class citizen.

Only one false poem here. The Florida poem. Dunbar, and unless I stand corrected, never spent time in Florida. But then Stephen Foster never went down Florida’s Suwannee river either. And Wallace Stevens knew nothing of the state except for what he could see from Flagler’s railroad that took him to the Keys. (Just a pet peeve of mine.)

Anyway, what a voice the man had. What a sense for word rhythm.

Tere

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]]> By: Clattery MacHinery http://clatterymachinery.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/the-official-top-20-countdown-of-the-all-time-greatest-love-poems-of-paul-laurence-dunbar/#comment-3690 Clattery MacHinery Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:51:09 +0000 http://clatterymachinery.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/the-official-top-20-countdown-of-the-all-time-greatest-love-poems-of-paul-laurence-dunbar/#comment-3690 To Don & Sarah, Thanks for browsing around. Dunbar was a very enjoyable poet to look into. He's one to become more popular as time passes. C. To Don & Sarah,

Thanks for browsing around. Dunbar was a very enjoyable poet to look into. He’s one to become more popular as time passes.

C.

]]> By: SarahJ http://clatterymachinery.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/the-official-top-20-countdown-of-the-all-time-greatest-love-poems-of-paul-laurence-dunbar/#comment-3676 SarahJ Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:00:57 +0000 http://clatterymachinery.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/the-official-top-20-countdown-of-the-all-time-greatest-love-poems-of-paul-laurence-dunbar/#comment-3676 thanks for this - some enjoyable poems, and i love how you've scattered the photos and book jackets throughout. cheers thanks for this – some enjoyable poems, and i love how you’ve scattered the photos and book jackets throughout.
cheers

]]> By: diannone http://clatterymachinery.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/the-official-top-20-countdown-of-the-all-time-greatest-love-poems-of-paul-laurence-dunbar/#comment-2360 diannone Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:06:24 +0000 http://clatterymachinery.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/the-official-top-20-countdown-of-the-all-time-greatest-love-poems-of-paul-laurence-dunbar/#comment-2360 What a truly wonderful tribute! I learned things about Dunbar's poetry that I didn't know. Thanks for doing all this. Don Iannone What a truly wonderful tribute!

I learned things about Dunbar’s poetry that I didn’t know.

Thanks for doing all this.

Don Iannone

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