tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post4761148738130457115..comments2024-03-04T19:26:00.689+08:00Comments on A WineDark Sea: The Poetsarah toahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-36501888805738759322012-08-29T20:47:23.733+08:002012-08-29T20:47:23.733+08:00I think O'Driscoll's 'wimpy' was a...I think O'Driscoll's 'wimpy' was a bit self deprecating and directed at himself, academics, public servants etc. Anyway, definitely not the Irish in general.<br />I approached him as an instant fan after his 2012 gig in Albany. He turned our meeting into an interview whilst looking disinterested and concerned all at once. I experienced him drag the narrative out of me - and not in the formulaic way a psych does. Poet.sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-54709411525850553182012-08-29T17:37:02.569+08:002012-08-29T17:37:02.569+08:00... and they all ordered f'sh and ch'ps.... and they all ordered f'sh and ch'ps.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-41085696784611376352012-08-29T16:28:11.353+08:002012-08-29T16:28:11.353+08:00Should have called this post "An Irishman, a ...Should have called this post "An Irishman, a Kiwi and an Englishman walked into a bar" ...<br />sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-33332301066217977052012-08-29T16:18:40.254+08:002012-08-29T16:18:40.254+08:00They are currently trying to gain a pardon for all...They are currently trying to gain a pardon for all the Irishmen who deserted the (neutral) Irish army to join the Brits and fight Hitler. They were treated like outcasts, once they had served their prison sentences, but the Brits have never been popular over there, even when compared to Nazis. A lot of 'wimpy' poets died in WW1 as well.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-32524050455554428452012-08-29T13:21:28.939+08:002012-08-29T13:21:28.939+08:00Don't ask me how I travel, but I travel, http:...Don't ask me how I travel, but I travel, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Tigers - my own people went to Virginia, from where they were ousted for being..."Kings men". It is wise I think if one is a mixed breed, to know that mix well.<br />The Irish mercs (heh) were both impressed and regular marines fighting - in the case I thought of - in the Waikato Wars, started in Rangiriri, November 20, 1863 (100 years to the day of my birth) http://riv.co.nz/rnza/hist/rang/index.htm - an auspicious time for the America's as well.<br />http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/irish/3<br />As for poetry and the colonies...NZ has to rank lowest in the esteem proffered by the populace towards our own, and that includes an incredibly rich Maori tradition. I could go on here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424066726955708314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-14872243817985012902012-08-29T12:55:52.854+08:002012-08-29T12:55:52.854+08:00Was that during the Black War Merc? The mercenarie...Was that during the Black War Merc? The mercenaries I mean. I heard that some soldiers came out of that so shellshocked that they could hardly function, let alone ever fight again.<br />Yes, this poet really got stuck into the low status we give our poetry and I guess it would look rather lackluster, being Irish himself.sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8649507973626411498.post-69459472790643742102012-08-29T12:51:09.089+08:002012-08-29T12:51:09.089+08:00There are no more poetic in life than the Irish. T...There are no more poetic in life than the Irish. This is a very good piece. I was reading just today that in the American Civil war, they would rather hire and sacrifice Irish than their African slaves. The Irish cost a dollar a day, the slaves far more, and irreplaceable.<br />Here they were hired mercenaries, paid in land. My Hannovarian great, great Grandfather married a woman from Tipperary, for this I am eternally grateful. The Germans no mean poets themselves.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424066726955708314noreply@blogger.com