film?  we have film of milner reading?  where?

Well, as I discovered - it's not Milner reading but look up earlier inthis thread - Milner posted a link. Very cool.

Excellent, Milner. Maybe a touch too much sibilance in:

the heart, slow step of sorrow, stamp of hate,
march of arrogance, stumble of blind faith.

Other than that, for me this is superb.

james

Get your point, James. But with another reading it I didn't really notice it, and it seemed to carry OK. Maybe a north-west accent helped. Thanks for the compliment.

Cheers

milner

Ah, saw the film. Always amazed to see how different words are on the page, then in a voice, then in a voice in a scored film, as here. Each holds its own. The poem video though seems like a very promising vehicle, in general.

I agree that I think there are huge possibilities in working film with poetry, Tom. I've seen some brave attempts, a few years back on TV. They mostly failed because there seemed to be conflict between the two mediums. It's similar in working with music - it can be great as long as they really work together, without a fight for dominance between the two. I also once worked with a painter - that was great.

I think this little film goes so well because there is no conflict between the two art forms whatever. Easier said than done.

Cheers

milner

Who’d dump a pair of shoes there with no feet?

hello mr milner,

i like this line, but i suggest that "with no feet". A pain of shoes that you dump, surely will have no feet. This i think, is redundant.

why not just, " who'd dump there these pair of shoes?"

well, at any rate, the poem is simply "marvelous" & "awesome".

Thanks, Emma, but that line about the shoes with no feet is typical of a sort of dry northern English sense of humour. Though you may not find the humour in it, I feel obliged to leave it as it is. More than delighted that you find the poem 'marvelous' and 'awesome'.

Cheers

milner

This is superb, Milner, both in content and tone. Very happy that this it's my turn to pick for the Front Page, for this belongs there. I love your ruminations on shoes as containers not just of our feet but of our lives and experience.

That caps a really good couple of days for me, Jay. Proud that you picked this. Thanks

milner

It's a great pick for Front Page!

Congrats, Milner!

Terrific, my friend.  Terrific!

lynn

Milner,

I really love this poem. Somehow it captures the entirety of life feet first!
Superb. I can smell the leather on the way to hell.

                         Ken

Thanks Lavonne, Tom, Lynn, and that's a real compliment Ken. By the by, Ken, I'm struck by your Milosz quote. Recently a Russian lady, on reading some of my poems, said "These are music". Not the usual comment by a fellow countryperson!

Cheers

milner