tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post5912929623930048125..comments2023-11-14T13:03:49.351-08:00Comments on Miriam Levine: Elizabeth Bishop: Description Hall of FameMimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-43145561379864288442010-01-29T05:42:56.891-08:002010-01-29T05:42:56.891-08:00It's my favorite photograph of her. I've ...It's my favorite photograph of her. I've been reading Bishop as I work on a poem. She worked on hers for years. Do you like candles, too? They really do enchant me, the way they melt and change, burn away to nothing.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-23854815953346203492010-01-29T02:32:36.061-08:002010-01-29T02:32:36.061-08:00It's a great photograph, Mim, full of subtle d...It's a great photograph, Mim, full of subtle detail, the open eyed intelligence of a wonderful writer. <br /><br />I love the image of the candle, the detail, 'the thin shell of wax'. Thanks for telling us more about her.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-51089173826744321432010-01-28T17:34:50.356-08:002010-01-28T17:34:50.356-08:00i recall her wonderful descriptions in letters to ...i recall her wonderful descriptions in letters to Robert Lowell -- from Brazil. Her poems are very visual -- cinematic.Bluedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090209958019905719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-3393877111752107542010-01-28T16:28:08.324-08:002010-01-28T16:28:08.324-08:00oh, Mim, tolerable description...that's sweet....oh, Mim, tolerable description...that's sweet...I like the little round wooden dish of black paint (should be ink because that's what's used with a brush with a white handle...) one writes with ink, most especially when doing calligraphy.. but anyway, I still like it... <br /> xxomelissashookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02398008713376655570noreply@blogger.com