Shell & Coast

I love this quote. I found out something new about Hemingway today. He was a poet! Yep, before notoriety, fame and fortune, he wrote poetry and lots of it!

I never got really deep into Hemingway, though it was always my intention. My general takeaway though, is that he just larger than life. I read an interview of him once, and I felt sorry for the interviewer. If he didn’t like the question. He would just take it, turn it around and answer that instead. It was hilarious and must have been something to watch.

The following link is to some of his poetry on allpoetry.com

http://allpoetry.com/Ernest-Hemingway

And here is one of his poems, don’t know what hr was talking about, but there was cussing! And he was clearly mad:)

The Age Demanded

The age demanded that we sing
And cut away our tongue.

The age demanded that we flow
And hammered in the bung.

The age demanded that we dance
And jammed us into iron pants.

And in the end the age was handed
The sort of **** that it demanded.

by Hemingway

http://allpoetry.com/Ernest-Hemingway

I found the following on wikipedia, a collection of his poems:

Complete Poems
Author Ernest Hemingway
Complete Poems, originally edited and published in 1979 by Nicholas Gerogiannisand revised by him in 1992, is a compilation of all the poetry of Ernest Hemingway.

Hemingway stopped publishing poetry as his fame grew, but continued to write it up until his death. (Wiki)

Who knew!

For Silver Threading

#WQWWC

Easter

Posted on March 27, 2016 by jazzytower

Faith, Hope and LOVE
Above all else
A faith filled Easter to all!!

Pat R

3/27/16

Writers Quote Wednesday

Posted on March 3, 2016 by jazzytower

I am participating in Writer’s Quote Wednesday over at SilverThreading.com with Colleen. This is in conjuction with RonovanWrites.com. All are invited, pop on over for a read of the entries or to join in:)

Here are my entries for this week.

“I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within”.
– Gustave Flaubert

“It is the writer who might catch the imagination of young people, and plant a seed that will flower and come to fruition”.
– Isaac Asimov

“The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with”.
– William Faulkner

“A wounded deer leaps the highest”.
– Emily Dickinson

“Begin with an individual, and before you know it you have created a type; begin with a type, and you find you have created – nothing”.
– F. Scott Fitzgerald

Hope you enjoy, thanks for stopping by:)

Pat R

3/02/16

#WQW (Writer’s Quote Wednesday) & #BeWow (Be Writing on Wednesday) – Poet, Mary Webb

Frost

Posted on January 14, 2016 by jazzytower

fragile icicles

waken slowly by sunlight

ground frost gleams

Pat R

1/13/16

Carpe Diem Haiku

Writer’s Quote Wednesday

Posted on January 13, 2016 by jazzytower

“When it’s in a book I don’t think it’ll hurt any more …exist any more. One of the things writing does is wipe things out. Replace them”.

– Marguerite Duras

“Marguerite Donnadieu, known as Marguerite Duras (French: [maʁ.ɡə.ʁit dy.ʁas]; 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), was a French novelist, playwright, scriptwriter, essayist and experimental filmmaker. She is best known for writing the 1959 film Hiroshima mon amour, which earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards.” (wiki)

This one doesn’t have to do with writing but a keen observation nonetheless. And it made me laugh :). That was probably a weird reaction, but that’s what happened 🙂

“Live your life
so that the pastor
won’t have to lie at
your funeral!!”

– Anonymous

(Anonymous in that I don’t know who wrote this, I saw this sign posted on a garage door today during my travels)

Pat R

1/13/16

Writer’s Quote Wednesday