tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205541812671060406.post562431960285539387..comments2023-07-02T01:52:27.980-07:00Comments on Five Willows poetry: Apologies to Lorca -------- Koon Woonkoon woonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10570460211753996634noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205541812671060406.post-90646283718362467982015-11-20T14:50:35.341-08:002015-11-20T14:50:35.341-08:00Thank you, Don. This poem is based on Lorca's ...Thank you, Don. This poem is based on Lorca's gypsy poem, "The Somnambular Ballad." A kind of dreamscape.<br />koon woonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10570460211753996634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205541812671060406.post-64936381612410076862015-11-20T14:19:18.332-08:002015-11-20T14:19:18.332-08:00This representation of Lorca reminds me of Sartre&...This representation of Lorca reminds me of Sartre's existentialism. The nausea of "waves undulant, undulant". I also noted Lorca's appropriation of the other's horse. <br />Is this a comment on his work being derivative.<br />There seems to be a similarity of Lorca to Beckett, "a city without time" and "Waiting for Godot". You might know I have no favorable<br />view on existentialism. It seems to be a commentary on the existentialist movement as a whole. I may be completely off base but this is what I get out of this very fine poem.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01195785331987204856noreply@blogger.com