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Re: PPB: A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island / Frank O'Hara

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From: will.dockery@gma
Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 18:23
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NancyGene wrote:

> On Monday, August 16, 2021 at 6:11:26 PM UTC, Will Dockery wrote:
>> On Sunday, August 15, 2021 at 5:34:37 PM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:
>> > On Sunday, August 15, 2021 at 5:28:00 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> > > George J. Dance wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
>> > > >
>> > > > "A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island" by Frank O'Hara
>> > >
>> > > > The Sun woke me this morning loud
>> > > > and clear, saying "Hey! I've been
>> > > > trying to wake you up for fifteen
>> > > > minutes. Don't be so rude, you are
>> > > > only the second poet I've ever chosen
>> > > > to speak to personally
>> > > > [...]
>> > >
>> > > > https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2021/08/a-true-account-of-talking-to-sun-at.html
>> >
>> > > Interesting, in the Autumn poem he yells at leaves, in the Summer poem he talks to the Sun.
>> >
>> > Talking to the sun isn't that out of the ordinary. In next Saturday's poem (the one that leads into O'Hara's in the archive), it's John Donne who's talking to the sun. The most interesting thing in O'Hara's poem is that the sun talks back. :)
>> Again, do you think that the Sun is referring to Jonn Donne in Frank O'Hara's poem?

> Is anyone familiar with "Jonn Donne?"

Good one.

🙂

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