tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452366057148963499.post644706824328839067..comments2023-10-23T09:32:36.171-07:00Comments on The Crimson Rambler: The Little Towns of BethlehemCrimson Ramblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13020190454645032359noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452366057148963499.post-40559350781259389422008-01-21T06:05:00.000-08:002008-01-21T06:05:00.000-08:00oh, this is so lovely--a litany of all places, all...oh, this is so lovely--a litany of all places, all people- the univeral and the particular both present in those beautiful names (and most of them quite exotic and unpronounceble to this American midwesterner)! I am very glad to know about this poem and this poet.suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17606494812564984595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452366057148963499.post-29897057583366395702008-01-15T08:46:00.000-08:002008-01-15T08:46:00.000-08:00Well I realized that everybody was listening, most...Well I realized that everybody was listening, most intently, for a place that they knew! And then they told me ALL about them, at the door: "My Dad was born in Flin Flon!" "We've BEEN in Atawapiskat!" "Oh boy, Cocrane, and Hearst... that old road..." Great fun and the theology's good too. It's the poetic equivalent of one of William Kurelek's Canadian nativity paintings.Crimson Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020190454645032359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452366057148963499.post-10478050459552714612008-01-15T06:33:00.000-08:002008-01-15T06:33:00.000-08:00That is good. And a better sermon than most of us...That is good. And a better sermon than most of us got on 24 Dec 07, I think.<BR/><BR/>It resonates, I suspect, in direct proportion to the number of those little Towns-That-God-Gave-Cain one is familiar with.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12862597168871768315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452366057148963499.post-77911109274155328702008-01-14T18:12:00.000-08:002008-01-14T18:12:00.000-08:00Oh spooky, you are SO in for a treat. Margaret La...Oh spooky, you are SO in for a treat. Margaret Laurence was a Manitoba girl who started out writing magazine fiction, stories set in Africa emerging into independence (she lived there with her husband, a consulting engineer); eventually she wrote short stories and novels about Canadian (often Canadian PRAIRIE) experience...The Stone Angel, The Fire-Dwellers, The Diviners... the stone angel is a figure in the cemetery...and a lot more...in the novel by that name. I think you'd like it. If you're interested but have trouble finding the novel, let me know?Crimson Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020190454645032359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452366057148963499.post-32062099818706436952008-01-14T17:34:00.000-08:002008-01-14T17:34:00.000-08:00sorry to comment off topic, but:no, I've never hea...sorry to comment off topic, but:<BR/><BR/>no, I've never heard of the Stone Angel. Tell me about it!spookyrachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652180845736295060noreply@blogger.com