tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post3804240187738438485..comments2023-08-24T12:30:11.744+01:00Comments on Domestic Oubliette: Gardens and poetryDomestic Oubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17298706907126418711noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-72513468880321384672012-04-13T22:14:53.199+01:002012-04-13T22:14:53.199+01:00I'm impressed that you adhered to the traditio...I'm impressed that you adhered to the traditional (and stricter) O'Burriaghn school of translation rather the more flexible Janessian approach that all the kids seem to love (to you Janessian "translators" ... yeah, it allows you more leeway in your interpretation, but if you want that, write your own damn poems!). Kudos - Skeffington would have approved, no doubt.<br><br>And I heartily approve of Baby Oub's sleeping technique - I use it quite often myself.The Dead Acornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07181757029391161049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-16133486751648859282012-04-12T21:46:45.907+01:002012-04-12T21:46:45.907+01:00or his contemporaries perhaps - I know his Aunt No...or his contemporaries perhaps - I know his Aunt Norah who was a nun was a bit of a scribbler tooNiamh Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-13844806619298429712012-04-12T18:30:06.938+01:002012-04-12T18:30:06.938+01:00Heya Titus - I am in love with my new garden! I&#...Heya Titus - I am in love with my new garden! I'm sure that is listed as a sin in Levisitcus somewhere, but I just don't care :))<br><br>Niamh, I'm thinking 'Skeffington' might have more in him....Domestic Oubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17298706907126418711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643066160382165031.post-57395378022511366622012-04-10T22:27:46.384+01:002012-04-10T22:27:46.384+01:00Two awes and an ah!Absolute awe for the garden - y...Two awes and an ah!<br><br>Absolute awe for the garden - you had plans?! - and I love the Stonehenge-look archy bit. Love it all, actually, so... tidy/practical/interesting. Ticks all the boxes.<br><br>And awe at the imaginary poet and his very real poem. Love the 'limp impotent' and lots of other bits.<br><br>And sleeping baby! Who doesn't love a sleeping baby!<br><br>Chaos. Yep. Yep, yep, yep.Titushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.com