tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008437821927098215.post4389020154873694686..comments2023-10-14T08:27:58.436-07:00Comments on The Trouble With Poet: Billy Collins, Distraction Tactics, and Your Must-Read of TodayKimberly Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17444687247465657926noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008437821927098215.post-84834856018863672262011-04-02T02:15:44.084-07:002011-04-02T02:15:44.084-07:00I'd love to know who you cannot live without i...I'd love to know who you cannot live without in your poetry collection.Sheree Young https://www.blogger.com/profile/17735338050922122743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008437821927098215.post-63238189925365247652011-04-01T08:23:37.833-07:002011-04-01T08:23:37.833-07:00@Jane: Sadly, I cannot step back and study the mun...@Jane: Sadly, I cannot step back and study the mundane things in this video because I'm too busy being TERRIBLY DISTRACTED by the EXTREME tan-ness of its star. Did you know that melanoma starts as a little thing? (See what I did there? Full circle! YES!)Kimberly Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17444687247465657926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008437821927098215.post-57458350573602446472011-04-01T08:19:36.938-07:002011-04-01T08:19:36.938-07:00@Ian -- please submit list of most randomly intere...@Ian -- please submit list of most randomly interesting little things from your day. They'll be MY sparkly keys for the weekend.Kimberly Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17444687247465657926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008437821927098215.post-28365952590511342422011-03-31T07:47:29.934-07:002011-03-31T07:47:29.934-07:00While pondering how the lives of poets affect or d...While pondering how the lives of poets affect or do not affect their poetry, it's also good to sometimes step back and study mundane things. Here's a vid on tips on what you can do for the nearing World Water Day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGxDAHkt4okJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07202220343472368825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008437821927098215.post-25443262340216645892011-03-30T23:44:31.064-07:002011-03-30T23:44:31.064-07:00sparkly keys, even shimmering sparkly keys, don...sparkly keys, even shimmering sparkly keys, don't sound as interesting as the list of little things...although, i am a fan of riding bikes.ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01545987139627439257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008437821927098215.post-27555378158187913262011-03-30T11:31:35.279-07:002011-03-30T11:31:35.279-07:00@Ian. You're welcome, dear. Hey, look, sparkly...@Ian. You're welcome, dear. Hey, look, sparkly keys!<br /><br />@MrCachet Agreed on some levels...Walden's the best cliched example, as is any of the work coming out of cajun country or sleepy beach towns or mountains shacks. But I do find the chaos of a busy urban landscape has the ability to spotlight little things with more significance. If I'm noticing the tense way a silent couple's holding hands or one pang of some foreign emotion during my day or a napkin under a chair leg while binge-drinking Irish cider amid all the potential distractions, it's doubly satisfying and, ideally, for a reason.Kimberly Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17444687247465657926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008437821927098215.post-33797295331579370982011-03-29T19:07:00.962-07:002011-03-29T19:07:00.962-07:00"I spend a lot of time in New York City, but ..."I spend a lot of time in New York City, but there's too much going on and I want to create a vacuum where very little is going on and then a poem arises out of something very small happening."<br /><br />The same thing happens with art - for me. Too much going on within the urban landscape to provide much of an inspiration for me. I have to notice the little things...MrCachethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17380421021822593083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7008437821927098215.post-38815895377304134572011-03-29T13:11:44.900-07:002011-03-29T13:11:44.900-07:00successfully distracted. good luck with the new un...successfully distracted. good luck with the new undertakings!ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01545987139627439257noreply@blogger.com