Comments on: The Taut String

By: Kenneth Hyam

Kenneth Hyam — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:26:53 +0000

I find the podcasts on qarrtsiluni very illuminating – and this one is no exception, for me a familiar voice saying something entirely new.
The trance-like quality is upheld by the sense of words which haunt and guide our lives. De la Mare, Poe, Henry Treece and Edwin Muir. I think there are links or echoes from these poets in this poem.
Withut the pod casts we would understand the poets selected less and fail to enjoy them to their full extent.

By: Dave Bonta

Dave Bonta — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:56:15 +0000

Yes, I thought that, too! And to this American’s ear, Hyam’s accent and intonation made a perfect fit.

By: Sherry Chandler

Sherry Chandler — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:06:28 +0000

With the internal rhymes and the sort of nightmarish theme, this poem kept making me think of Poe.