Comments for Magdalen http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com "Fairy Tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." G.K. Chesterton Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:45:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Rooting Out the Crabgrass (Fortitude IV) by Bookmarks about Koans http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/rooting-out-the-crabgrass-fortitude-iv/#comment-120 Bookmarks about Koans Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:45:11 +0000 http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/?p=47#comment-120 [...] - bookmarked by 4 members originally found by qaswa on 2008-11-30 Rooting Out the Crabgrass (Fortitude IV) http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/?p=47 - bookmarked by 5 members originally found by leboeuf98 on [...] [...] – bookmarked by 4 members originally found by qaswa on 2008-11-30 Rooting Out the Crabgrass (Fortitude IV) http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/?p=47 – bookmarked by 5 members originally found by leboeuf98 on [...]

]]> Comment on Nora of the Mountain (part 8) by Amy http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/nora-of-the-mountain-part-8/#comment-111 Amy Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:08:29 +0000 http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-111 I demand more Nora! I demand more Nora!

]]> Comment on Nora of the Mountain (Part 7) by Magdalen http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/nora-of-the-mountain-part-7/#comment-106 Magdalen Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:46:04 +0000 http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-106 Thank you, Amy. Your compliments are quite encouraging. I have known cows exactly like the roan; there is a reason many of them are named "Bossy". Best regards, Magdalen Thank you, Amy.

Your compliments are quite encouraging.

I have known cows exactly like the roan; there is a reason many of them are named “Bossy”.

Best regards,

Magdalen

]]> Comment on Nora of the Mountain (Part 7) by salvationamy http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/nora-of-the-mountain-part-7/#comment-105 salvationamy Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:28:02 +0000 http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-105 Magdalen J, This is really very delicate and lovely. The installments just can't come fast enough for me. That cow was bossy. AKB Magdalen J,

This is really very delicate and lovely.

The installments just can’t come fast enough for me.

That cow was bossy.

AKB

]]> Comment on Nora of the Mountain (part 5) by Magdalen http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/nora-of-the-mountain-part-5/#comment-88 Magdalen Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:57:31 +0000 http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-88 Dear "leafless", Thank you. I hope you have had the opportunity to read the previous sections of "Nora of the Mountain" and will enjoy those to come. Being "leafless", might I ask: ancient oak standing regally alone in a field of winter wheat or a dogwood in a beech forest about to burst into blossom? Best regards, and thank you for your own work as well. Magdalen Dear “leafless”,

Thank you. I hope you have had the opportunity to read the previous sections of “Nora of the Mountain” and will enjoy those to come.

Being “leafless”, might I ask: ancient oak standing regally alone in a field of winter wheat or a dogwood in a beech forest about to burst into blossom?

Best regards, and thank you for your own work as well.

Magdalen

]]> Comment on Nora of the Mountain (part 5) by leafless http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/nora-of-the-mountain-part-5/#comment-87 leafless Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:22:28 +0000 http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-87 Well-written. Well-written.

]]> Comment on The Outlawed Playground and Childhood’s Demise by » The Outlawed Playground and Childhood’s Demise http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/the-outlawed-playground-and-childhoods-demise/#comment-80 » The Outlawed Playground and Childhood’s Demise Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:44:01 +0000 http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-80 [...] can read the rest of this blog post by going to the original source, here [...] [...] can read the rest of this blog post by going to the original source, here [...]

]]> Comment on Haiku (IX) by Magdalen http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/haiku-ix/#comment-74 Magdalen Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:09:50 +0000 http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-74 Good idea! I know a good patent attorney; I'll send you his name. Cheers! Magdalen Good idea! I know
a good patent attorney;
I’ll send you his name.

Cheers!

Magdalen

]]> Comment on Haiku (IX) by 94stranger http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/haiku-ix/#comment-73 94stranger Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:19:07 +0000 http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-73 LEAVING A COMMENT read post, click cursor in comment box; type comment; re-read, click submit (I'm thinking I could patent this: solves the problem of nothing to say!) LEAVING A COMMENT

read post, click cursor
in comment box; type comment;
re-read, click submit

(I’m thinking I could
patent this: solves the problem
of nothing to say!)

]]> Comment on Haiku (IX) by Magdalen http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/haiku-ix/#comment-72 Magdalen Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:48:48 +0000 http://magdalenjago.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-72 Dear “Ecstatic”, How should one read your post? Request for information, invitation to critical analysis, veiled dig? There are so many levels on which to answer. Lacking any means of determining precisely which one it is, and preferring to believe in the good-hearted nature of any individual until shown evidence to the contrary, I will reply good-naturedly. The three lines in question do follow the proper form of a haiku: 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables. It is about nature. If anything, I think this haiku might be too self-conscious. The use of alliteration draws attention to the language itself and away from the experience of that moment in nature. It is a common flaw in my work; I am giddy for alliteration and kennings. As a result, something of the “Aha!”of the initial experience which the author of a haiku is supposedly trying to recreate in the reader may be lost. There are perhaps other issues to address, but let this suffice for the moment. If you have other questions or observations I would be happy to discuss them. Until then, for an excellent discussion of haiku and its English expression, I highly recommend “Japanese Haiku: Its Essential Nature, History, and Possibilities in English” by Kenneth Yasuda. Best regards, Magdalen Dear “Ecstatic”,

How should one read your post? Request for information, invitation to critical analysis, veiled dig? There are so many levels on which to answer. Lacking any means of determining precisely which one it is, and preferring to believe in the good-hearted nature of any individual until shown evidence to the contrary, I will reply good-naturedly.

The three lines in question do follow the proper form of a haiku: 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables. It is about nature. If anything, I think this haiku might be too self-conscious. The use of alliteration draws attention to the language itself and away from the experience of that moment in nature. It is a common flaw in my work; I am giddy for alliteration and kennings. As a result, something of the “Aha!”of the initial experience which the author of a haiku is supposedly trying to recreate in the reader may be lost. There are perhaps other issues to address, but let this suffice for the moment. If you have other questions or observations I would be happy to discuss them. Until then, for an excellent discussion of haiku and its English expression, I highly recommend “Japanese Haiku: Its Essential Nature, History, and Possibilities in English” by Kenneth Yasuda.

Best regards,

Magdalen

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