tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post5628980889754929452..comments2023-10-31T03:54:17.210-05:00Comments on Thus Blogged Anderson: Poppies and cornflowersAndersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02325205512110155291noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-2719429771665813132013-05-20T16:33:17.061-05:002013-05-20T16:33:17.061-05:00Τhіs іѕ thе peгfect blоg for evеryonе who wishes t...Τhіs іѕ thе peгfect blоg for evеryonе who wishes to finԁ οut аbοut this topіc.<br />Yоu undeгѕtаnd a whole lot its аlmоst tοugh to <br />aгguе with you (not that I аctually will <br />need tο…HaHa). You definitеly put a brаnԁ nеω sρin on <br />а subјect that's been written about for years. Excellent stuff, just wonderful!<br /><br />Feel free to surf to my blog ... <a href="http://ipad3screenrepairmy.over-blog.com/ipad-4-screen-repair-malaysia-offers-its-buyers-the-best-rest" rel="nofollow">ipad 3 screen repair kl</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-37402268417451660882012-01-09T09:23:29.474-06:002012-01-09T09:23:29.474-06:00Don't really know my flowers. Or my Frank Baum...Don't really know my flowers. Or my Frank Baum. They were approaching the Emerald City (and were already in "Oz") ...Ignatiusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-2168777700944510732012-01-09T00:04:12.444-06:002012-01-09T00:04:12.444-06:00Isn't cornflower a common name in Europe for p...Isn't cornflower a common name in Europe for poppy? <br /><br />Poppy and sleep (and death) is an association that goes way back to Greek mythology.NMissChttp://nmisscommentor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-65314641184891505662012-01-08T11:13:17.206-06:002012-01-08T11:13:17.206-06:00Why poppies, though? A gazillion beautiful flowers...Why poppies, though? A gazillion beautiful flowers from which to choose, and they all choose that one. Do we read beneath to the idea that harvested poppy can become a powerful drug? When approaching Oz, the field of poppies leads the characters to sleep and sloth, and only the elements and divine intervention save them.Ignatiusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-41441025834345435662012-01-08T10:33:29.403-06:002012-01-08T10:33:29.403-06:00Thanks! Here's the link to the entire poem.
...Thanks! <a href="http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/01/05/poppies/" rel="nofollow">Here's the link</a> to the entire poem.<br /><br />I will have to think about that one for a while, though given my post, I must note that the poppies immediately put Gratz in mind of God. But where Plath's is an existential exclamation, Gratz's reference is subtly tucked into what her poem turns out to treat as an emotional error.Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325205512110155291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4841866593898210279.post-72003896722847498152012-01-08T10:12:11.547-06:002012-01-08T10:12:11.547-06:00Sully has posted, coincidentally, a Sunday poem on...Sully has posted, coincidentally, a Sunday poem on poppies by Jennifer Grotz ...Ignatiusnoreply@blogger.com