tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post9043565511133923580..comments2023-05-21T13:48:40.461+02:00Comments on The Alchemist's Pillow: Dicebamus hesterna die ...Lorenzo — Alchemist's Pillowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07522265816460154722noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-24194448489926133732011-01-08T21:40:18.106+01:002011-01-08T21:40:18.106+01:00Dicebamus hesterna die... I love that Lorenzo :) A...Dicebamus hesterna die... I love that Lorenzo :) And oh how entranced must have been the Fray's students after that four year pause. He is still the same, his spirit true as ever, they must have thought...<br />I have never been to Ireland even though it is a hop away from Cambridge..well, maybe more like a hare's leap. <br />Happy New Year to the author of etherees!Shaistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259344471712162333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-61195549670162424712010-12-24T15:00:41.401+01:002010-12-24T15:00:41.401+01:00Comments from you 'always catch' my attent...Comments from you 'always catch' my attention Lorenzo. I, too, wish you a happy Christmas and a healthy, rewarding 2011.Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00282469017360136275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-673187963882672722010-12-22T22:03:56.899+01:002010-12-22T22:03:56.899+01:00ah, you are back lorenzo!! and you were in dublin....ah, you are back lorenzo!! and you were in dublin.......a most satisfying city....i love your pub portrait! hope you had a chance to catch some live music at night~and maybe, just maybe, some worry-polished songs.....(that line is genius)<br /><br />happy holidays, my friend, and blessings to you and yours in the New Year~<br /><br />♡<br /><br />amandaAmanda Summerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942636545948440422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-82389949010815796252010-12-22T18:32:59.634+01:002010-12-22T18:32:59.634+01:00ps
high school in Scotch Plains. We were neighbor...ps<br />high school in Scotch Plains. We were neighbors, for God's sake....suehttp://www.abrushwithcolor.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-5627311205091537662010-12-22T18:26:44.930+01:002010-12-22T18:26:44.930+01:00Westfield and Plainfield??! Lorenzo, I lived in C...Westfield and Plainfield??! Lorenzo, I lived in Clark for years--right next door...and my sister went to Rutgers for undergrad work,in New Brunswick. Small world. Go figure. <br /><br />Have a wonderful Christmas, and great to read more about you. I'm still laughing at the NJ connection. I knew I liked you for a reason. xosuehttp://www.abrushwithcolor.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-84876828291650059962010-12-21T09:11:28.171+01:002010-12-21T09:11:28.171+01:00PS: Can you imagine my joy when, on the London Und...PS: Can you imagine my joy when, on the London Underground, I ended up sitting next to a Spaniard, an Italian, and an Argentine? We all spoke Spanish for 1/2 hour, and loudly. The joys of serendipitous subways!*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-36683862325462645862010-12-21T09:09:47.570+01:002010-12-21T09:09:47.570+01:001198?! Wow, that beats the sign we saw on a build...1198?! Wow, that beats the sign we saw on a building on Victoria Street, Edinburgh, 1616.<br /><br />Hope Ireland held all you hoped it would, and you came away none too cold (the UK was bitter cold for me, but lovely despite it).<br /><br />Enjoyed your etheree, and return. Feliz Navidad, Lorenzo!*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-91483949313925387562010-12-20T17:23:30.630+01:002010-12-20T17:23:30.630+01:00What a beautiful poem! I read your interview, and...What a beautiful poem! I read your interview, and felt myself smiling--New Jersey?!!??? Where did you live in Joisey, Lorenzo!? I lived almost 20 years of my life in New Jersey. I hadn't realized you'd lived there, I guess. Anyway, enjoyed reading your responses to the interview. <br /><br />Good to see you back. I checked in periodically and hoped all was well. Here's hoping that you and your family have a wonderful Christmas!suehttp://www.abrushwithcolor.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-34555754013196631462010-12-20T06:12:27.010+01:002010-12-20T06:12:27.010+01:00Here in North Carolina, I have heard a number of p...Here in North Carolina, I have heard a number of people say "Che-rist" (long e sound) It is a whole new language for me at times! I loved your poem - such strong visuals AND leaves us with lots of questions. And I loved the dignity with which de Leon chose to come back to the University with. How many of us would have been able to put the bitterness aside?Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-65594488257235643712010-12-20T03:42:10.529+01:002010-12-20T03:42:10.529+01:00Thank you for introducing me to the etheree (lovel...Thank you for introducing me to the etheree (lovely word)--yours is wonderful. What did happen to the father, and which Father?<br /><br />So very glad you saw Dublin! Amazing, fun, and poignant place. Isn't the music grand (have made note of the Brazen Head for a future visit)? In fact, we just today retrieved our own converted Irish lass...<br /><br />Love the story of Fray Luis. Love to have you back!!dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-16016244245441387362010-12-19T22:58:39.686+01:002010-12-19T22:58:39.686+01:00A very interesting poetic form, one could play ver...A very interesting poetic form, one could play very happily with it for hours.<br /><br />I love old pubs too, there is an atmosphere in them that has grown organically, like the atmosphere in ancient, small churches.<br />Mind you, that might just be the smell of ale or incense?Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-905442633301811782010-12-19T18:15:04.755+01:002010-12-19T18:15:04.755+01:00Lorenzo, such a graceful re-entry, and a catchy p...Lorenzo, such a graceful re-entry, and a catchy poem (wink), and I'm glad you're back too :-)temporaryreality (Wendy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03043074840658806458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-89507357543332392552010-12-19T15:58:28.281+01:002010-12-19T15:58:28.281+01:00I wondered where you were. Ireland! i want to go...I wondered where you were. Ireland! i want to go there someday.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-75989457147499789962010-12-19T07:47:00.526+01:002010-12-19T07:47:00.526+01:00"dicebamus hesterna die" I like that. T..."dicebamus hesterna die" I like that. There are friendships one could pick up from where we left off, like it was only yesterday that we have met, even if in reality, it may have been months or even years. <br /><br />Welcome back, you have been missed. <br /><br />Merry Christmas to you and yours.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328928361818690097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-32937319953704751742010-12-19T07:26:07.069+01:002010-12-19T07:26:07.069+01:00Glad to read you were in Dublin and not held by th...Glad to read you were in Dublin and not held by the Spanish inquisition.<br />I love the poem.spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-34954184413533939022010-12-19T02:06:09.565+01:002010-12-19T02:06:09.565+01:00lorenzo i wondered where you might be and then i t...lorenzo i wondered where you might be and then i thought the better - let you fly around and find the time and space for being here and then you land with such a terrific piece of writing. phew!! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-34030119094033190392010-12-19T01:32:15.750+01:002010-12-19T01:32:15.750+01:00Wonderful welcome back. The expression, 'as we...Wonderful welcome back. The expression, 'as we were saying' is so useful. It reminds me of the usefulness of space andsilence, in amidst all the clutter. Your thoughts on form remind me f a great quote from Julian Barnes's Flaubert's Parrot, which I have taken to heart. It relates to Flaubert's preoccupation with form and style:<br /> <br />'Do you still think the novel divides, like Gaul, into three parts- the Idea, the Form and the Style...Form isn’t an overcoat flung over the flesh of thought (that old comparison, old in Flaubert’s day); it’s the flesh of thought itself. You can no more imagine an Idea without a Form than a Form without an Idea. <br /><br />'Everything in Art depends on execution: the story of a louse can be as beautiful as the story of Alexander. You must write according to your feelings, be sure those feelings are true, and let everything else go hang, when a line is good, it ceases to belong to any school. A line of prose must be as immutable as a line of poetry.' <br /><br />And so it goes. Wonderful, like your post here. thanks, LorenzoElisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-51749033124564181172010-12-19T01:31:10.156+01:002010-12-19T01:31:10.156+01:00Nice to have you back, Lorenzo. More that one adv...Nice to have you back, Lorenzo. More that one adventurous soul has visited the haunts of Dublin only to never be heard from again. I loved the little etheree — well done, though, like Ruth, I find myself wondering about the fate of the father. What's a poem for, however, if not for wonder. <br /><br />May the Christmas holidays bring great cheer to your household. I look forward to continuing our conversation in the year ahead.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-89699836715007552652010-12-19T01:07:13.533+01:002010-12-19T01:07:13.533+01:00Beautiful etheree. Although I am not Catholic, I c...Beautiful etheree. Although I am not Catholic, I collect vintage rosaries, feeling powerful energies from them, I'm sure from all the prayers and emotions put forth around them. Most are strung around the neck of a dress form that stands in my bedroom.<br /><br />My little town of Dublin, Ohio, that is, also has a pub called The Brazen Head!<br /><br />Nice to have you back in the 'hood, LLL. xxTess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-46810301080886111072010-12-19T00:59:34.334+01:002010-12-19T00:59:34.334+01:00brilliant.
the story,
the poem,
the photo.
I tho...brilliant.<br />the story, <br />the poem,<br />the photo.<br /><br />I thought of Frank McCourt initially, ( the Irish / American author), but then , yes the mystery , the haunting , of the fire .<br /><br />Hope you've been well , Lorenzo.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924061349390319473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-31012614137222510432010-12-19T00:33:05.674+01:002010-12-19T00:33:05.674+01:00And when they sit down in the Brazen Head, do they...And when they sit down in the Brazen Head, do they begin with, <i>dicebamus hesterna die</i> with all those years behind? (I've had lunch there, but evening with music looks way better.)<br /><br />I like your etheree, and it gives me pause. I don't know if father was lost in the inn's fire or not. And this seems like a very good way to leave mystery in this line-building form. I gotta try one of these here etherees. Nice job.<br /><br />I really love the story of the friar-cum-professor. And you too were missed a lot.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-73342833794628721302010-12-19T00:21:55.582+01:002010-12-19T00:21:55.582+01:00nice verse...will have to check out the form...a l...nice verse...will have to check out the form...a lot can be read into your words...obviously loss...tight...oy and i would not mind visiting the pub either...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-7874609290983201392010-12-19T00:20:32.171+01:002010-12-19T00:20:32.171+01:00Oh Lorenzo, how you were missed!Oh Lorenzo, how you were missed!Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.com