Sobiloff, whose poetry was respected by many of his better-known contemporaries for its fresh, honest, unpretentious qualities, was also widely known as a filmmaker, industrialist, and philanthropist... While praising his work, both Aiken and Tate come close to representing the poet as a primitive, particularly by their use of words such as "folk" or "unaware..." Less positive were Kimon Friar's judgments of the collection, as presented in Saturday Review: "Sobiloff's poems are monolithic, his lines lack cadence, there is no melodic progression within a single stanza or between stanzas. Instead, we have staccato and precise descriptions of objects, but with little of the poetic realism of a William Carlos Williams or of the subtlety of Wallace Stevens."
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Category: Amateurs and Fans, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, Poetry, 1960s
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 14, 2023 -
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Category: Food, Poetry, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
I stand on the deck at midnight As the clocks are striking the hour And I’ll keep the watch until morning To the best of my humble power. We are anchored in Pedro harbor Tho there isn’t much of a lee And why they call it a harbor Is something I never could see But our hook is in hole A seven And our center anchor chain Has forty-five in the hawse pipe And a very gentle strain. When we anchored our trusty leadsman Made a very careful cast Finding eight and a half good fathoms As the bugler blew the blast. And down below in the fire rooms Which the black gang ought to man The steam is blowing bubbles In number seven can. All the battleship divisions Swing nearby on the blue Except the West Virginia And the Mississippi too. The Senior Officer Present Floats peacefully in his sleep On the good ship California The guardian of the deep. At one fifteen Roskelly A pill rolling pharmacist’s mate Returned from his leave on schedule He’s lucky he wasn’t late. That’s all the dope this morning Except, just between us two If the Captain ever sees this log My gawd what will he do? E.V. Dockweiler, Ensign, U. S. Navy |
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jan 20, 2023 -
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Category: Military, Books, Poetry
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 28, 2022 -
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Category: Fads, Music, Poetry, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1920s
Posted By: Alex - Sun Nov 29, 2020 -
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Category: Languages, Poetry, 1910s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Posted By: Alex - Sun Nov 22, 2020 -
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Category: Poetry, Nineteenth Century, Teeth
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 25, 2020 -
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Category: PSA’s, Television, Poetry, 1960s
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 13, 2018 -
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Category: Hygiene, Poetry, Nineteenth Century, Diseases, Teeth
Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 21, 2018 -
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Category: Celebrities, Poetry, 1960s
Posted By: Alex - Thu Aug 13, 2015 -
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Category: Riots, Protests and Civil Disobedience, Video, Poetry
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