tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post5824792650714530368..comments2024-03-14T16:17:34.578+00:00Comments on Crafty Green Poet: Look Again: Landscape Crafty Green Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-39106503607087295362017-05-03T16:52:46.449+01:002017-05-03T16:52:46.449+01:00It is impossible to translate Gaelic poetry well. ...It is impossible to translate Gaelic poetry well. It is much better in the original and the translations don't convey the flavour at all. <br /><br />I usually have the opposite problem with Gaelic poetry - far too much emphasis is lain upon the translation and there are connoisseurs of Gaelic poetry who never learn any of the language. In some ways they are two very different languages. Poetry really has to be heard, and it is often better to hear it in the original even if you can't understand the language in question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-45170676989436649562017-05-02T13:53:20.399+01:002017-05-02T13:53:20.399+01:00Sounds like some interesting talks. I am getting ...Sounds like some interesting talks. I am getting excited about heading to Scotland in late June. sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-46744246090409513962017-05-02T01:18:18.678+01:002017-05-02T01:18:18.678+01:00Interesting - I just returned from some time at th...Interesting - I just returned from some time at the "Sleeping Lady" in Leavenworth, WA.RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017190779860810318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-7838972731905534072017-05-01T20:14:44.338+01:002017-05-01T20:14:44.338+01:00Thinking in a new way about the breast like hills ...Thinking in a new way about the breast like hills of Kirkcudbrightshire - Screel, Ben Gairn etc lolSimon Douglas Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331409652996600049noreply@blogger.com