tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post8128013560788103515..comments2024-02-15T05:39:52.275-05:00Comments on A Journey Round My Skull: Poets Ranked by Beard WeightWillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05799869059793681283noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-30795222233175718302010-12-01T11:20:53.566-05:002010-12-01T11:20:53.566-05:00You should have the earlier Thoreau bearded image ...You should have the earlier Thoreau bearded image such as here:<br />http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/jb/nation/jb_nation_thoreau_1_e.jpg<br /><br />The neck beard was a later iteration of a much fuller, more easily weighed beard.Benjamin L Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489486832142866020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-44865074316774311562010-09-16T20:29:09.486-04:002010-09-16T20:29:09.486-04:00Thank you for this--the information contained in t...Thank you for this--the information contained in this essay has fueled many a beer night discussion around our house, and we continually refer back to it to check its contents! Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-21403039876010581462010-07-17T20:29:52.132-04:002010-07-17T20:29:52.132-04:00Brilliant post. Beautiful beards.Brilliant post. Beautiful beards.*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-58572176331194614932010-05-31T01:58:51.503-04:002010-05-31T01:58:51.503-04:00All of Morse's medals must have thrown off the...All of Morse's medals must have thrown off the delicately calibrated equipment, what with the magnetic fields and the odylic forces and the wattages and the static voltages and all that.<br /><br />I demand a re-measure!Rikki G. Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03564374865551011791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-16976192394063825052010-04-25T06:41:44.666-04:002010-04-25T06:41:44.666-04:00Sidney Lanier = a relation of John Lennon's?Sidney Lanier = a relation of John Lennon's?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-90959208452417865852010-04-22T11:40:50.499-04:002010-04-22T11:40:50.499-04:00Excellent post! For a great contemporary bearded p...Excellent post! For a great contemporary bearded poet, how about 2009 National Book Award winner Keith Waldrop? <br /><br />http://www.projo.com/photos/20091115/AR1115_waldrop_11-15-09_BRGDN1R.jpgUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01588393245898776758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-25704639274400107712010-03-13T14:29:33.617-05:002010-03-13T14:29:33.617-05:00Ah, WC Bryant was robbed...
most excellent postAh, WC Bryant was robbed...<br /><br /><br />most excellent postJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-2221690845327071932010-02-27T05:09:10.860-05:002010-02-27T05:09:10.860-05:00Wow. This is great, brilliant!Wow. This is great, brilliant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-14442997019465516342010-02-19T09:19:21.996-05:002010-02-19T09:19:21.996-05:00Superb. My mother always told me "Never trust...Superb. My mother always told me "Never trust a man with a beard". Now I see there is so much more too it. Of course she did marry one!pintmediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17272787222511610517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-54032282161696035372010-01-01T04:37:51.591-05:002010-01-01T04:37:51.591-05:00Magnificent.Magnificent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-2394734648905059892009-08-03T15:22:27.868-04:002009-08-03T15:22:27.868-04:00Whither the bearded ladies?Whither the bearded ladies?psychicgadgets@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-90443765911429827812009-07-24T12:21:58.446-04:002009-07-24T12:21:58.446-04:00Here's the link to that famous Anderson pic: h...Here's the link to that famous Anderson pic: http://gerald-massey.org.uk/anderson/images/alexander_anderson_surfaceman.jpgUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243137785757079019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-75718624536798545942009-07-24T00:33:31.244-04:002009-07-24T00:33:31.244-04:00Thanks P. Here's an Anderson link.Thanks P. Here's an <a href="http://www.electricscotland.com/music/minstrelsie/alexander_anderson.jpg" rel="nofollow">Anderson link</a>.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05799869059793681283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-86132847506805232052009-07-23T22:14:50.323-04:002009-07-23T22:14:50.323-04:00We're missing out on Alexander Anderson. =[We're missing out on Alexander Anderson. =[Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243137785757079019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-86002757880154879122009-07-03T15:43:21.672-04:002009-07-03T15:43:21.672-04:00RE living poet, beard, see:
http://www.pw.org/fil...RE living poet, beard, see:<br /><br />http://www.pw.org/files/photos/0411_gannon.jpgThe Cruel Puppethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10121450423130689356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-30932446380659324582009-05-21T12:01:07.523-04:002009-05-21T12:01:07.523-04:00None spring to mind for me either, though I'm terr...None spring to mind for me either, though I'm terrible about following new poetry. The recently deceased <A HREF="http://www.obit-mag.com/viewmedia.php?prmMID=5123" REL="nofollow">Hayden Carruth</A> might rank high.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05799869059793681283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-13924907932267881492009-05-20T08:55:39.592-04:002009-05-20T08:55:39.592-04:00Are there any bearded living poets? None spring im...Are there any bearded living poets? None spring immediately to my mind...Emerging Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06539530495238043923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-66577790921893439592009-05-11T15:51:00.000-04:002009-05-11T15:51:00.000-04:00i'm more intersted in chesthair quality and square...i'm more intersted in chesthair quality and square yardage, and pattern. oh, and legs, back, shoulders, etc.deannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-58279592337813343182009-05-08T19:18:00.000-04:002009-05-08T19:18:00.000-04:00This is fantastic. Thank you!This is fantastic. Thank you!Melvillainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550470733747164750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-28829082873081418122009-05-07T20:24:00.000-04:002009-05-07T20:24:00.000-04:0043, really? I should have rated them at nothing s...43, really? I should have rated them at nothing short of 44.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-70895442435072264422009-05-07T18:16:00.000-04:002009-05-07T18:16:00.000-04:00Remember this is only an abridged version. Spidgy-...Remember this is only an abridged version. Spidgy-on-the-Thames was indeed included and tied John Burroughs with a UPI rating of 43.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05799869059793681283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-55843747782296800752009-05-07T18:05:00.000-04:002009-05-07T18:05:00.000-04:00Inexplicable in fact, I should say, to The Squire....Inexplicable in fact, I should say, to The Squire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-2194385839623605632009-05-07T17:53:00.000-04:002009-05-07T17:53:00.000-04:00Most remarkable!Most remarkable!Karlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925546212345361041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-5351799249757030322009-05-07T09:19:00.000-04:002009-05-07T09:19:00.000-04:00This is an excellent post, and wonderful informati...This is an excellent post, and wonderful information for those of us in the active pursuit of the ancient art of pogonomancy.<br /><br />I was saddened to see that the impressive beard of <A HREF="http://emilychesley.com/archives/942" REL="nofollow">William Thudworth St.John-Smith,</A> Poet of Spidgy, did not make the cut.The Squirehttp://emilychesley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-29033449862749131802009-05-06T09:22:00.000-04:002009-05-06T09:22:00.000-04:00I've always felt, likewise, that Ginsberg's best y...I've always felt, likewise, that Ginsberg's best years were his more hirsute ones. This scientific approach, then, carries a very real predictive power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com