tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017619759232312084.post184817274953382293..comments2023-10-29T01:23:25.535-07:00Comments on Beth Kephart Books: The Dance Lesson: Beth Kephart PoemBeth Kepharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14236487532413398431noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017619759232312084.post-31216474271340281522009-05-12T14:54:00.000-07:002009-05-12T14:54:00.000-07:00I believe I recognize that flower. ;-)
Beautiful...I believe I recognize that flower. ;-)<br /><br />Beautiful poem, Beth. I can almost see the story surrounding it.Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00041695477739391198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017619759232312084.post-47213943391341466782009-05-11T18:30:00.000-07:002009-05-11T18:30:00.000-07:00Hey, I should have come back here for the explanat...Hey, I should have come back here for the explanation first. I went looking up elision and what a cool word to use. I even figured it out. And before I even made it back here I wanted to give a good fast decisive foot to that instructor's arse. Elision! He needs to see her beauty!<br /><br />I love your new photo. Gorgeous. There lies your beauty. Look at that arm!Woman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017619759232312084.post-71388037149319490772009-05-11T18:06:00.000-07:002009-05-11T18:06:00.000-07:00Okay, I'm thinking this was the judge who sits in ...Okay, I'm thinking this was the judge who sits in the middle on "Dancing with the Stars," right? The senior fellow who bashes on everyone?<br /><br />;^)<br /><br />Of course, I kid. <br /><br />This is delicious in every way and, as Marty said, heartbreaking to boot.<br /><br />Here's to the pure joy of shaking one's groove thing without rebuke.<br /><br />XO<br /><br />AnnaAnna Leflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06968276973881720329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017619759232312084.post-15293288404627550042009-05-11T17:59:00.000-07:002009-05-11T17:59:00.000-07:00WOW.WOW.Priyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02580889624574099498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017619759232312084.post-83443607042264140592009-05-11T13:38:00.000-07:002009-05-11T13:38:00.000-07:00It makes me pause to reflect.It makes me pause to reflect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017619759232312084.post-52779169595784760102009-05-11T11:45:00.000-07:002009-05-11T11:45:00.000-07:00I have a soft spot for dancers in my heart. I thi...I have a soft spot for dancers in my heart. I think it is such a heavenly, beautiful art form. Thank you for this lovely, moving poem. It speaks much about the tension between desire to achieve and immediate (yet hopefully temporary)physical or time limitations. Your poetry speaks so well to me.septembermomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570525910483384484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017619759232312084.post-3019434301577394862009-05-11T11:44:00.000-07:002009-05-11T11:44:00.000-07:00I love all the verbs!
And yes, heartbreaking.I love all the verbs! <br /><br />And yes, heartbreaking.Emily Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00560861123334254282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017619759232312084.post-39601296242816996342009-05-11T08:01:00.000-07:002009-05-11T08:01:00.000-07:00'it was your suspicion of tension'. How beautiful ...'it was your suspicion of tension'. How beautiful and how true. Many thanks.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017619759232312084.post-67721335847118014492009-05-11T05:54:00.000-07:002009-05-11T05:54:00.000-07:00Beth, Thank you for your wonderful explanation.
I...Beth, Thank you for your wonderful explanation.<br /><br />I am heartbroken even more...Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048847365398559366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017619759232312084.post-30320132303765853622009-05-11T05:16:00.000-07:002009-05-11T05:16:00.000-07:00Oh, Marty. I love this question. I have often as...Oh, Marty. I love this question. I have often asked it of other poems.<br /><br />In this poem, the speaker is a dance teacher. He is chastising the student for all she does wrong. He is saying, in the end, that she wanted too much, she was too impatient, and that precipitated his first elision—her omissions, her failures, her break. Her second failures (as a dancer, but of course this poem suggests so much more than dance) erupted from her despair that she would never be; she won't.Beth Kepharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236487532413398431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3017619759232312084.post-89030821554561466312009-05-11T04:34:00.000-07:002009-05-11T04:34:00.000-07:00This is a beautifully written poem that is heartbr...This is a beautifully written poem that is heartbreaking as well... a remarkable achievement. However, I am embarrassed to admit that I do not understand the last two lines.<br /><br />“It was your wanting<br />too much<br />that forced<br />the first elision. <br />The second<br />erupted from despair.”Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048847365398559366noreply@blogger.com