tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478294.post5347956717496034763..comments2022-11-18T21:48:28.917+11:00Comments on The Caratacus Blog: Partisan politics, personal animosity and poetryCaratacushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03756635616980386913noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478294.post-62488289595540645812009-11-21T13:21:34.949+11:002009-11-21T13:21:34.949+11:00Postie, Have you not read Apuleius? The 'Hymn ...Postie, Have you not read Apuleius? The 'Hymn to Isis' is pretty out-there.Caratacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756635616980386913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478294.post-28393997976950026322009-11-21T13:20:31.133+11:002009-11-21T13:20:31.133+11:00Richard, I disagree. I've never met a professi...Richard, I disagree. I've never met a professional jai alai player who was anything less than a saint.Caratacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756635616980386913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478294.post-23502865510750433342009-11-15T15:12:00.046+11:002009-11-15T15:12:00.046+11:00now, if only every ass wrote great poetry...now, if only every ass wrote great poetry...posthumoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13104611978751556562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478294.post-80887875120125655372009-11-08T07:24:00.296+11:002009-11-08T07:24:00.296+11:00François Villon not altogether nice? D.H. Lawrence...François Villon not altogether nice? D.H. Lawrence a bit vigorous in the Strange Opinions department? Philip Larkin an Orangeman? No, no, no gentlemen! Poets are all lofty beings who say wise and noble things. They do not have a bad or non-Politically Correct bone in their bodies. Think Shelley! Byron! Shakespeare! Goethe! Angels all!Caratacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756635616980386913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478294.post-66042541241258264992009-11-06T02:47:48.150+11:002009-11-06T02:47:48.150+11:00I had occasion to quote from Yeats's "The...I had occasion to quote from Yeats's "The Scholars" in another context this week, but it seems appropriate here, too:<br /><br />Lord, what would they say<br />Did their Catullus walk their way?<br /><br />Writers can make uncomfortable companions. As can bricklayer, tax accountants, and professional jai alai players. In the wee small hours of the morning I used to wonder why so Richard Epsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00318302030070884970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478294.post-76156889831288146942009-10-31T18:45:17.604+11:002009-10-31T18:45:17.604+11:00I've even heard it said that Francois Villon w...I've even heard it said that Francois Villon wasn't a very nice bloke, but I can't believe that, can you? Hang on in there!Para Gliderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06615806398448197008noreply@blogger.com