tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post3680174329740890802..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Porter's St JohnNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-37255874883457921282021-02-17T10:50:00.498+00:002021-02-17T10:50:00.498+00:00Thanks Guy – and after that line the poem reads qu...Thanks Guy – and after that line the poem reads quite like early Geoffrey Hill, I thought. Very compressed.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-26591566216199627502021-02-17T08:25:08.091+00:002021-02-17T08:25:08.091+00:00Thanks for the lovely Peter Porter poem Nige. He h...Thanks for the lovely Peter Porter poem Nige. He has a way of juxtaposing all aspects of the cosmos together. I particulalrly like 'the enskied artillery of the Lord' which reminded me of Richard Crashaw's 'Mighty Love's Artillery' and some of my favourite lines in Pope - <br />"Know then, unnumbered Spirits round thee fly,<br />RThe light Militia of the lower sky:' from the rather more earthbound Rape of the LockGuy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.com