Bridging the past

Posted by gkb on January 09, 1998 at 19:32:56:

In response to JA a long way away, written by Valerie Mc. on January 08, 1998 at 22:01:42

When I have read the poetry of Walt Whitman and felt as if he were speaking directly across the distance to me, I have had the opposite feeling--that the visionaries of the past were way ahead of us--so divorced from their own time, that we are their true companions of the spirit....?

REPLIES:

• You are most eloquently persuasive! MB 10:06:18 1/10/98 (6)
  • Hair today, gown tomorrow gkb 17:42:05 1/10/98 (5)
    • Not too scary MB 11:10:58 1/13/98 (0)
    • At Least. . . . Ken 08:18:57 1/13/98 (1)
      • Unfortunately, they often are! MB 11:06:15 1/13/98 (0)
    • Michele's self-image? Stolzi 21:24:10 1/12/98 (1)
      • Whitman - not! MB 11:01:40 1/13/98 (0)
• Jane & the present Valerie Mc. 20:46:35 1/09/98 (9)
  • Jane meets Pemberley... Stolzi 21:33:46 1/12/98 (0)
  • You have given me an idea.... gkb 18:15:20 1/10/98 (6)
    • Well, actually... Valerie McKnight 19:20:49 1/11/98 (3)
      • Bang! Pow! There's another idea being shot off! gkb 19:01:29 1/12/98 (2)
        • Can you top ET? Carolyn B 20:17:22 1/12/98 (1)
          • ET phone home? gkb 19:21:24 1/13/98 (0)
    • Neat Thought! Lydia 08:50:53 1/11/98 (1)
      • Thank you for your vote of confidence! (nfm) gkb 18:11:40 1/11/98 (0)
  • What fun... gkb 22:27:04 1/09/98 (0)

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