Comments on: The Erotic Contemplation of What Is? Thinking on “The Jewel Stairs’ Grievance”

By: Peregrine

Peregrine — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:36:58 +0000

She does not necessarily have to be waiting for a lover. It could be that her husband asked her to meet him at a particular place and time and he has not appeared. She has been waiting so long that the dew has soaked her stocking. Shoes also, I would think. She is elegantly showing her annoyance.

By: glinko

glinko — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:02:08 +0000

I hope this doesn’t weird you out or anything, but I was using one of the public-access computers in Blakely Library and noticed the link to your blog in the recent history. Lo and behold, I go through the archives and “Li Po” jumps out at me, and I had just taken Literary Study: Lyric the semester before, and my focal poet was Ezra Pound, and upon reading this post, everything kind of came rushing back to me. Rihaku! Lustra! Ah! Pound’s not an especially popular J-po choice, and I think that the two seniors who also chose him the previous year, along with myself, comprise the only three Poundians that UD has had in the past decade. SO THIS IS VERY EXCITING! Sorry for the caps, I am just very enthused.

By: Gracchi

Gracchi — Sun, 17 May 2009 11:02:50 +0000

Interesting reading. Why do you suppose she is in love? I think the idea of disappointment is definitely there- perhaps it is the mention of the stocking that gives it that eroticism that you note. It feels like she should be in love I agree with you but nowhere does the poem actually say that- its something that we have read into it.

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 16 May 2009 09:53:29 +0000

beautiful poem