tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.comments2023-09-13T08:23:29.927-07:00TriocentricDoug P. Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259297751420532238noreply@blogger.comBlogger443125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-15511590846667873972015-12-05T15:59:02.330-08:002015-12-05T15:59:02.330-08:00Tolerance. Respect. Compassion. Love. Well said Mr...Tolerance. Respect. Compassion. Love. Well said Mr. Wood. And Doug, your post, I couldn't have said it better. John W. Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10462966253651386355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-66287048563786635172015-12-02T20:28:59.708-08:002015-12-02T20:28:59.708-08:00I quite agree!I quite agree!Doug P. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259297751420532238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-43626688846160447522015-12-02T19:01:36.351-08:002015-12-02T19:01:36.351-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Doug P. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259297751420532238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-84478856240862836552015-12-02T18:38:30.941-08:002015-12-02T18:38:30.941-08:00To love everyone around us. It is such a simple c...To love everyone around us. It is such a simple calling. Yet we resist and avoid it. I neglect to bring my mind to it, which reminds me of another call: To pray constantly. Impossible perhaps, but to be mindful of the presence of the Spirit at all times can only lead to awareness of those around me. Allowing the presence of the Spirit can only lead to forgiveness. Tolerance. Respect. Compassion. Love.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this passage, for reminding me how important it is to focus on and <br />celebrate that which binds us together in our disparate faiths.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13760562276149557174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-46587095077890148752014-11-21T18:06:35.160-08:002014-11-21T18:06:35.160-08:00Thanks, John. Yes it is. Isn't it amazing how ...Thanks, John. Yes it is. Isn't it amazing how potent early memories are! Doug P. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259297751420532238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-71665807260742029402014-11-21T14:50:16.511-08:002014-11-21T14:50:16.511-08:00Beautiful poem, Doug. Reminded me of when I was a ...Beautiful poem, Doug. Reminded me of when I was a kid walking through the backwoods in New Jersey- an enormous and, to use a cliché, enchanting world. <br /><br />Is this poem one of your works?John W. Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10462966253651386355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-24214274545360679982013-12-23T23:44:18.514-08:002013-12-23T23:44:18.514-08:00Stumbled across this post looking for info on wher...Stumbled across this post looking for info on where I might find that Cricket tape - info that is surprisingly hard to find, it turns out - but wanted to chime in. From what I understand, "Jellicle" was a nonsense term that Eliot based on his niece's (?) childlike way of saying "dear little cats". That's not to say the allegory isn't there as well, although that makes me wonder what might be represented by the various other cat characters in that collection of poems...and whether Andrew Lloyd Webber had any ideas of that sort when he was adapting them.Carlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-10082842336647915942013-06-26T20:07:44.213-07:002013-06-26T20:07:44.213-07:00yes, the function of form in conveying (or perform...yes, the function of form in conveying (or performing) that ineffable something is truly remarkable. Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569918774646206711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-55011953237972409662013-05-06T00:51:33.484-07:002013-05-06T00:51:33.484-07:00Thanks! Incredible poem!Thanks! Incredible poem!Bary Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02158399277075552927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-47585754050758544282013-05-02T16:47:32.421-07:002013-05-02T16:47:32.421-07:00That's a lovely description of how I also come...That's a lovely description of how I also come to slowly, over the years, understand and grow in appreciation my liking of many things, and the poems of TS Eliot are high on the list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-62820536533806666572013-04-16T15:47:21.768-07:002013-04-16T15:47:21.768-07:00Maybe it just has to happen according to God's...Maybe it just has to happen according to God's timing and maybe the waiting (and the eagerness building) to get around to it is part of what is needed. Intrigued by the title already... thank you as always for your kind feedback, Doug. I always enjoy reading Triocentric :-)Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569918774646206711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-57211804575977117312013-04-16T10:01:57.377-07:002013-04-16T10:01:57.377-07:00Thank you for commenting, because it reminded me t...Thank you for commenting, because it reminded me that I haven't been to Obiterspeak in ages. You have really done some remarkable work, Regina! <br /><br />"There, you hang from limbs of victory<br />Being made an example and spectacle<br />And symbol of torment and misery<br />Tied with a rope to serve as manacle<br />That ensured your hide was torn in a way<br />That will mean conquest for the shining god<br />Deity of enlightenment and reason<br />The lofty gaze of day<br />While you lie on stony ground drenched with blood<br />Object of divine intent and treason!"<br /><br />(From Ode To The Prisoner Of History, by Regina)<br />Doug P. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259297751420532238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-53745111329508077812013-04-15T23:53:34.454-07:002013-04-15T23:53:34.454-07:00An extraordinary poet and person! Thanks for shari...An extraordinary poet and person! Thanks for sharing this :-)Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569918774646206711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-7058972304098508742013-03-29T04:45:51.746-07:002013-03-29T04:45:51.746-07:00Who, in thirty or fifty years will look back and s...Who, in thirty or fifty years will look back and say that my encouragement early on made all the difference to them? To me that would mean far more than any number of accomplishments that had my name on them. Between being a blessing on a page, or being a blessing in a human life, I'll choose the life every time!Doug P. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259297751420532238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-45446215502072428802012-11-08T11:33:08.785-08:002012-11-08T11:33:08.785-08:00Hi, Fernando. No, I didn't translate these. Th...Hi, Fernando. No, I didn't translate these. The one to which you refer was translated by Antonina W. Bouis, and is included in the collection "First Draft," by Turbina.<br /><br />Nettles are a weed (also good for food) that stings terribly when you touch it. It feels like you are being stung by swarms of ants.Doug P. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259297751420532238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-34806638746608420652012-11-04T07:09:24.364-08:002012-11-04T07:09:24.364-08:00Hi! Are you the translater of this poems? Do you k...Hi! Are you the translater of this poems? Do you know what (or who) is "Netter"?<br />Regards.Fernando G. Toledohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491690575215604811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-25525276822640288882012-05-05T13:46:32.972-07:002012-05-05T13:46:32.972-07:00Hi Doug. Beautiful post! Thank you for sharing.Hi Doug. Beautiful post! Thank you for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-51196882667121895462012-05-02T00:01:02.692-07:002012-05-02T00:01:02.692-07:00there are few timeless poems. this is one.there are few timeless poems. this is one.thorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09748647925323873870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-29048549491673486582012-01-20T21:08:58.289-08:002012-01-20T21:08:58.289-08:00Hi Jennie,
John Collop was a real guy who lived i...Hi Jennie,<br /><br />John Collop was a real guy who lived in the mid 17th century. He was only a poet secondarily, however. Primarily he was a medical doctor and he would probably be surprised that anyone at all remembers him these days.<br /><br /> Many of his poems were medical related (boring); some are crude. A few are simply mean jokes. Around his time it was a fad to write flamboyant poems in praise of women one admired. For instance Thomas Campion's poem that starts out:<br /><br />"There is a garden in her face <br /> Where roses and white lilies blow . . ."<br /><br />Collop got tired of these gushy sweet poems and wrote a series praising the loveliness of women missing half their teeth and going bald and what-not.<br /><br />But he also wrote a few prayer style poems which I think are brilliant, and some that railed against one portion or another of the Church, which the Church thought heretical. <br /><br />That's more of an answer than you probably wanted. :)Doug P. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259297751420532238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-62929290377695384962012-01-18T08:47:52.888-08:002012-01-18T08:47:52.888-08:00Hello,
I loved The Riverworld Series and always re...Hello,<br />I loved The Riverworld Series and always remembered the quote from John Collop...is he a fictitional person?<br />JennieJennie Frenchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-23210022035489078442011-11-10T08:07:24.986-08:002011-11-10T08:07:24.986-08:00I am not a religious person, but that is a magnifi...I am not a religious person, but that is a magnificent poem. Read it about fifty years ago, and have never forgotten it. Thanks for posting it.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11725625841983948329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-69093641436846757902011-08-10T04:49:23.072-07:002011-08-10T04:49:23.072-07:00And if you have to explain it...And if you have to explain it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-23127790503552462602011-07-04T11:30:57.986-07:002011-07-04T11:30:57.986-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Doug P. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259297751420532238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-86129854767107666092011-07-01T15:11:42.365-07:002011-07-01T15:11:42.365-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-40714200790695999912011-04-07T19:35:53.059-07:002011-04-07T19:35:53.059-07:00Logic really can be a poor substitute for living s...Logic really can be a poor substitute for living stories! I love your analogy in the final sentence!Doug P. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259297751420532238noreply@blogger.com