Comments for Bryan Walpert

Comment on Review of Ephraim’s Eyes by bjwinnz

bjwinnz — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:21:38 +0000

Thanks, Sarah. As this characterizaton was made by a UK reviewer, it will have to remain provisional.

Comment on Review of Ephraim’s Eyes by Sarah Jane Barnett

Sarah Jane Barnett — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:26:42 +0000

“New Zealand author”! Welcome to the family.

Comment on Tuesday Poem: The Starlings by Tim

Tim — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:46:33 +0000

Belated thanks, Bryan, for posting my poem here. I’ve got misgivings about it now, but I always do, after a while! Start to hate my own work. I suspect most writers recognize this…

Comment on Tuesday Poem: In the Photograph by immortalmuse

immortalmuse — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:01:32 +0000

A remarkable poem. Lovely the way you progress from the reticent (“might have mentioned,” “may be making”), to the confident (“she’ll say”). He may not know the photograph, but he knows his wife’s mind — even better than his own. And speaking of minds, I was looking at neuroscience and poetry this week. This poem achieves a remarkable “theory of mind” to the 6th degree. That is from you, the poet > narrator > photographer > wife > red-beaked bird > someone noticing red-beaked bird > person beside him. In fact, with this poem you may have disproved any idea — postulated by some neuroscientists — that the human mind can handle 5 degrees at most.

Comment on Tuesday Poem: In the Photograph by bjwinnz

bjwinnz — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:00:21 +0000

Thanks for that, Mary!

Comment on Tuesday Poem: In the Photograph by Mary McCallum

Mary McCallum — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:13:02 +0000

Ah yes, this poem I heard you read in Palmerston North not too many weeks ago. You read it wonderfully… I love the way things curl in on themselves in your poems, Bryan, tuck in their tails and paws, so you can’t tell where they end and begin, and then suddenly roll on their backs, or jump up and run away. I especially love the line here: ‘ I may be making too much of the beak.’ Thanks for posting your poem, Bryan. More please. In blogland, posting your own work is not considered immodest but vital.

Comment on Tuesday Poem: Two by Jennifer Compton by Miriam Levine

Miriam Levine — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:26:59 +0000

I admire the way “Remembrance . . . ” opens up. Does it ever!

Comment on Tuesday Poem: Two by Jennifer Compton by Mary McCallum

Mary McCallum — Wed, 26 May 2010 01:22:26 +0000

Thanks Bryan for Jen’s poems. She does traverse poetry so confidently … the first poem is a marvellously caught moment in so many ways – I love the ‘e’ sounds in the first stanza – and the way she evokes the stillness and silence and so much more by showing herself as the only moving thing on an escalator … the second poem is her hallmark humour – I love the fridge making an attempt on her life. I’ll remember that next time the fridge pounces at me… I thought it was friendly…

Comment on Tuesday Poem: Two by Jennifer Compton by kaymckenziecooke

kaymckenziecooke — Tue, 25 May 2010 11:04:36 +0000

Both fantastic poems – very enjoyable to read and savour. I will be in Palmerston North, but not in May – in June. What a shame I’ll miss the play reading …

Comment on Tuesday Poem: Two by Jennifer Compton by Jopre

Jopre — Tue, 25 May 2010 00:13:57 +0000

What great poems! Thanks for putting two up – it’s always fascinating to see the range a poet traverses.