tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post8759498665066969976..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: Oh, and Thinking of Spring Poetry...William Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-5321174336084349822008-04-19T11:34:00.000-05:002008-04-19T11:34:00.000-05:00Pastor, thanks for sharing this! I love e. e. cumm...Pastor, thanks for sharing this! I love e. e. cummings but did not know this poem. I'm going to use it with my homeschool literature students!Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04817680463922038375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-38952658706498771642008-04-17T19:12:00.000-05:002008-04-17T19:12:00.000-05:00Ah, yes, William. It was Lloyd PfautschAh, yes, William. It was Lloyd PfautschJ.G.F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06591679766794536970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-40986490919614379802008-04-17T18:03:00.000-05:002008-04-17T18:03:00.000-05:00Truly a universally lovely poem. Even Herb Hoefer ...Truly a universally lovely poem. Even Herb Hoefer and the Muslims could recite/sing it. :-)dgkirchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915275698285234578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-31476859373274201712008-04-17T17:24:00.000-05:002008-04-17T17:24:00.000-05:00We have a very talented composer / pianist friend ...We have a very talented composer / pianist friend of the congregation who wrote a lovely setting for this poem. I had the honor of singing it in church Easter 2007, with an encore for my Mother's 70th birthday.Fr. Jon M. Ellingworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309773504409139312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-87706523180764522112008-04-17T16:53:00.000-05:002008-04-17T16:53:00.000-05:00Here are two performances of Whitacre's arrangemen...Here are two performances of Whitacre's arrangement of the poem:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYSCuphIEc0<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX6R2ZO-EOQ&feature=related<BR/><BR/>Karl H.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-82787306287337406872008-04-17T13:07:00.001-05:002008-04-17T13:07:00.001-05:00Karl,Not familiar with that one!Karl,<BR/><BR/>Not familiar with that one!William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-85037100759325398732008-04-17T13:07:00.000-05:002008-04-17T13:07:00.000-05:00Hey, John, wasn't it by Lloyd Pfautsch?Hey, John, wasn't it by Lloyd Pfautsch?William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-46730443089104999872008-04-17T11:46:00.000-05:002008-04-17T11:46:00.000-05:00Not according to at least one commentator:"His bas...Not according to at least one commentator:<BR/><BR/>"His basic religious feelings were in tune with his Unitarian upbringing. His concept of God was that of a comprehensive Oneness together with a sense of the presence of this Oneness in nature. In Xaipe he expressed this belief most clearly in a sonnet that combined both prayer and an awareness of Divinity in the natural world:<BR/><BR/>I thank You God for most this amazing day..."<BR/><BR/>http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/unitarians/cummings.htmldgkirchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915275698285234578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-56188485240947829452008-04-17T09:00:00.000-05:002008-04-17T09:00:00.000-05:00as far as i knew, e.e. cummings never capitalized ...as far as i knew, e.e. cummings never capitalized anything. of course, my knowledge of his poetry is from a public high school english lit course. interesting where he did use the capitals. do you know if his was the Triune God?Rev. James Leisticohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06165665229596048783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-80934176405635376032008-04-17T05:34:00.000-05:002008-04-17T05:34:00.000-05:00Hey... I remember this! I can't remember who set ...Hey... I remember this! I can't remember who set the choral arrangement that we used back in 82. Was it Whitacre?J.G.F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06591679766794536970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-81318254690678252532008-04-16T22:05:00.000-05:002008-04-16T22:05:00.000-05:00Have you heard Eric Whitacre's choral setting of t...Have you heard Eric Whitacre's choral setting of this?kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11276922987323900327noreply@blogger.com