tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post6520879743727404805..comments2024-01-15T05:26:06.518+00:00Comments on THOUGHTS OF XANADU: The Sadness Of DistancesKubla Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11973223751363547679noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-35326521747865225372007-03-15T15:05:00.000+00:002007-03-15T15:05:00.000+00:00yes I know these poems and also about the affair. ...yes I know these poems and also about the affair. I found it was most painful expressed, those distances, in the letters to Rilke and Pasternak. Somehow there are few poets who had a more harrowing life than her.~https://www.blogger.com/profile/17480786958892831536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-10103241738419753642007-03-13T19:51:00.000+00:002007-03-13T19:51:00.000+00:00Routine of togetherness....the essence of life:Hmm...Routine of togetherness....the essence of life:<BR/>Hmmm...beg to differ, but then how would I know the taste of essence of YOUR life, ha!alpha2omegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06494181598963698617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-28589326529005691952007-03-13T18:49:00.000+00:002007-03-13T18:49:00.000+00:00Tsvetaeva had a brief affair with the great Russia...Tsvetaeva had a brief affair with the great Russian poet Osip Mandelstam. have you read his poems? just one word.....great.Kubla Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973223751363547679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-9831935864084286022007-03-13T14:22:00.000+00:002007-03-13T14:22:00.000+00:00Thanks.I found this poem in her collected poems. i...Thanks.<BR/>I found this poem in her collected poems. it is called Distances.<BR/>yes, distances give clarity, but they destroy the routine of togetherness, which is the essence of life.<BR/>yes, i agree.....distances cannot be described.Kubla Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973223751363547679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33019812.post-44138637637468103552007-03-13T10:44:00.000+00:002007-03-13T10:44:00.000+00:00i know no one who had a more harrowing life than t...i know no one who had a more harrowing life than tsevateva. I was wondering,where did you get that distance-qotes from,from her letters? I was thinking, there is juts as much distance in her as the ability to love or closeness. great piece you wrote. But also distances can give clarity, apart from the pain...that clarity often goes along with it. nd that then on the other hand there is no words for distance in its full destructiveness.*https://www.blogger.com/profile/05680450955867041830noreply@blogger.com