tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post3571523776342949364..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: Regarding the "purpleness" of proseLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-7059303765949049152008-09-10T17:36:00.000-05:002008-09-10T17:36:00.000-05:00Good point. Oddly enough, I love well-composed po...Good point. Oddly enough, I <I>love</I> well-composed poetry and am a bit ticked off that my Amazon order that includes some translated Palestinian poetry hasn't arrived yet. Grr...Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-55145246303546533712008-09-10T12:55:00.000-05:002008-09-10T12:55:00.000-05:00I wonder how often these same "less is more" luste...I wonder how often these same "less is more" lusters read the king of all "less is more" writing: poetry.<BR/><BR/>I bet they don't read much of it.<BR/><BR/>Which is about all I have to say about that point of view.J m mcdermotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433637277106963701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-19254300407575935612008-09-07T00:35:00.000-05:002008-09-07T00:35:00.000-05:00Good point about the sentiment, as that is somethi...Good point about the sentiment, as that is something that I noticed, but didn't think about much, perhaps because I'm so used to reading Romantic texts over the years. I wonder if such a sentimental style could even be viable in modern writing without coming across as being too affected; seems more and more doubtful with each passing year.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-9646439667603585202008-09-07T00:27:00.000-05:002008-09-07T00:27:00.000-05:00More straightforward than it looks, I think -- it'...More straightforward than it looks, I think -- it's the sentiment that's out of fashion, more than the sentence structure. Cut it half-and-half with Hemingway and it'd be Zelazny.David Moleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07334889574898460118noreply@blogger.com