Zod wrote:

> On Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at 3:10:16 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>> Zod wrote:
>>
>> > On Sunday, January 14, 2023 at 11:23:11 AM UTC-5, george...@yahoo.ca wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Penny's Poetry Blog's poem for New Year's Day:
>> >> At the New Year, by Kenneth Patchen
>> >> [...]
>> >> There is this high singing in the air
>> >> Forever this sorrowful human face in eternity’s window
>> >> And there are other bells that we would ring, Father
>> >> [...]
>> >> https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2023/01/at-new-year-kenneth-patchen.html
>> >>
>> >> #pennyspoems
>>
>> > Reading more Patchen today...
>>
>> > https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poet/kenneth-patchen/
>> > ..
>> > ************ An inspiration for the Beat Generation and a true “people’s poet,” Kenneth Patchen was a prolific writer, visual artist and performer whose exuberant, free-form productions celebrate spontaneity and attack injustices, materialism, and war. Born in Niles, Ohio, he was an avid reader as a child and kept a diary from an early age; later he traveled throughout the United States, meeting a wide range of people and having the experiences he would explore in his prose and poetry. Patchen was also one of the first poets to read his work to a background of jazz. ******************
>> Again, good find.

> Loved discovering this excellent sort of Beat poet....

Good afternoon, again, agreed.

George Dance wrote:

> On Monday, January 2, 2023 at 12:25:14 AM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>> George J. Dance wrote:
>> >
>> >> Penny's Poetry Blog's poem for New Year's Day:
>> >> At the New Year, by Kenneth Patchen
>> >> [...]
>> >> There is this high singing in the air
>> >> Forever this sorrowful human face in eternity’s window
>> >> And there are other bells that we would ring, Father
>> >> [...]
>> >> https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2023/01/at-new-year-kenneth-patchen.html
>>
>> >> #pennyspoems
>> Like I said before the trolls arrived, thanks for posting this poem, George.
>> I haven't read any Patchen in years, probably since the 1970s when I was soaking in as much Beat related poetry as I could find, remembering now how good Kenneth Patchen was.
>> HTH and HAND.

> I can't remember reading any of Patchen's poetry previously. I plan to read more of his work this year, now that it's in the public domain here. I found this poem by pure coincidence, or perhaps it was synergy: I discovered it on the a webpage of New Year's poems the day after I'd discovered that it would be out of copyright here on New Year's Day.

> The subject seems the same as Roberts's poem that I ran on New Year's Eve -- a bell peals out 12 times at midnight, cutting through the quiet or drowning out the normal background noises, and getting the poet to start thinking about philosophical questions. The only reason I couldn't have used Patchen's poem on New Year's Eve, instead of Roberts's, is because back then Patchen's was still in copyright.

I do hope you shall bring us more Kenneth Patchen poetry over the coming years, G.D....!

George Dance wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>> George J. Dance wrote:
>
>> >> Penny's Poetry Blog's poem for New Year's Day:
>> >> At the New Year, by Kenneth Patchen
>> >> [...]
>> >> There is this high singing in the air
>> >> Forever this sorrowful human face in eternity’s window
>> >> And there are other bells that we would ring, Father
>> >> [...]
>> >> https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2023/01/at-new-year-kenneth-patchen.html
>>
>> >> #pennyspoems
>> Like I said before the trolls arrived, thanks for posting this poem, George.
>> I haven't read any Patchen in years, probably since the 1970s when I was soaking in as much Beat related poetry as I could find, remembering now how good Kenneth Patchen was.
>> HTH and HAND.

> I can't remember reading any of Patchen's poetry previously. I plan to read more of his work this year, now that it's in the public domain here. I found this poem by pure coincidence, or perhaps it was synergy: I discovered it on the a webpage of New Year's poems the day after I'd discovered that it would be out of copyright here on New Year's Day.

> The subject seems the same as Roberts's poem that I ran on New Year's Eve -- a bell peals out 12 times at midnight, cutting through the quiet or drowning out the normal background noises, and getting the poet to start thinking about philosophical questions. The only reason I couldn't have used Patchen's poem on New Year's Eve, instead of Roberts's, is because back then Patchen's was still in copyright.

Great, hopefully more Kenneth Patchen poems will fit the topic.

George J. Dance wrote:
>
> Penny's Poetry Blog's poem for New Year's Day:
> At the New Year, by Kenneth Patchen
> [...]
> There is this high singing in the air
> Forever this sorrowful human face in eternity’s window
> And there are other bells that we would ring, Father
> [...]
> https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2023/01/at-new-year-kenneth-patchen.html
>
> #pennyspoems

Happy new year to you GD...