tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post1418171796778159534..comments2023-10-28T04:53:32.505-07:00Comments on View From The Northern Wall: The Rain Kingchristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-16890352445567670622016-08-25T19:00:54.738-07:002016-08-25T19:00:54.738-07:00The Rain God
The Sun God could visit
It would be...The Rain God<br /><br /><br />The Sun God could visit<br />It would be a nice thing<br />We could sit on the patio <br />Talk of this, that, and other things<br />Reliving days gone bye<br />Also days yet to be<br /><br />Alas, the Cloud God is camping<br />Hanging with his cousin Rain King<br />The ground is wet<br />The sky is grey<br />Bringing back to me<br /><br />If the sun god could visit<br />It would be a nice thing<br />Maybe then I wouldn't have to worry<br />About the f’ing Rain King<br /><br />7/17/11Wanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12384347526625976847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-91163694421593465782016-07-19T00:23:41.160-07:002016-07-19T00:23:41.160-07:00This is the point at which one distinguishes betwe...This is the point at which one distinguishes between competency and talent. Saul Bellow has mastered the public requirements of a published writer as well as the craft and the control of his life's discipline.<br /><br />I am possibly in the same category in talent and producing work. However, I have neither the skill, the experience, nor the interest to gather the practical competencies of publishing.<br /><br />It is unclear whether producing and publishing upwards of 2100 poems with a couple hundred in reserve still is a comparable body of work. I am not done writing, I don't think, but I have slowed considerably. Also, I have earlier stuff but I don't feel I can count it. I did not hit my stride until the fall of 2008.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.com