tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post3869470692908932921..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: Seamus Heaney: R.I.P.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-84420383153218498482013-09-02T09:14:19.659-05:002013-09-02T09:14:19.659-05:00I guess I'll have to take your word for it. St...I guess I'll have to take your word for it. Still not sure of this "come to me...upstairs shaking" part though...Puri Tannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-9783589027053298992013-09-02T06:40:52.293-05:002013-09-02T06:40:52.293-05:00Well, I can't speak to the sex-craziness of Ir...Well, I can't speak to the sex-craziness of Irish poets or your own psyche, but this particular sonnet isn't about sex. Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-66491872656295093062013-09-02T06:02:20.704-05:002013-09-02T06:02:20.704-05:00I was just about to comment on "a mongol in h...I was just about to comment on "a mongol in her lap" and connect it to a devouring Djingis Kahn... But you mean it is really just me that this is coming from? What you are saying is that everyone is NOT a sex crazed lunatic. Not even irish poets? Maybe I have some serious soul searching to do.Puri Tannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-46628352144836306262013-09-02T04:21:52.637-05:002013-09-02T04:21:52.637-05:00I was using it in the psychological sense: the att...I was using it in the psychological sense: the attribution of one's own attitudes, feelings, or suppositions to others as a naive or unconscious defense against anxiety or guilt.<br /><br />IOW, if you're seeing sex in that poem, it's coming from you, not Seamus.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-10532488315049921142013-09-02T01:17:04.152-05:002013-09-02T01:17:04.152-05:00"Projection" is derived from "proje..."Projection" is derived from "projectile", a phallic and above all sexualistic word. What about it?Puri Tannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-70293681445885830012013-09-01T16:29:47.815-05:002013-09-01T16:29:47.815-05:00Ever heard of "projection"?Ever heard of "projection"?Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-34145523811960238602013-09-01T13:34:42.327-05:002013-09-01T13:34:42.327-05:00But what about "blood-boltered...deep into th...But what about "blood-boltered...deep into the woodpile"? Shame on you! Puri Tannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-59044303575698457272013-09-01T10:00:53.606-05:002013-09-01T10:00:53.606-05:00Quote them in context, please! Hardly sexy at all....Quote them in context, please! Hardly sexy at all.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-2264082010846461272013-09-01T09:28:33.180-05:002013-09-01T09:28:33.180-05:00"body heat and lush", not quite the word..."body heat and lush", not quite the words I want quoted by a pater.Puri Tannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-57016123790695128582013-08-31T18:35:45.769-05:002013-08-31T18:35:45.769-05:00This sonnet (those last two lines) was the one I r...This sonnet (those last two lines) was the one I remembered too, when I heard the news.<br /><br />MonikaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com