I liked the poem: the tension between the beauty of the lupine and its “menace,” and the oddity of finding the phrase “another data point on the regression line” in a poem--odd for me, a non-scientist, in part because I’m not exactly sure what it means and that leaves a gap for my imagination to fill. But like Mark, I think you’re being …
I liked the poem: the tension between the beauty of the lupine and its “menace,” and the oddity of finding the phrase “another data point on the regression line” in a poem--odd for me, a non-scientist, in part because I’m not exactly sure what it means and that leaves a gap for my imagination to fill. But like Mark, I think you’re being pretty brave to share a Wendell Berry poem alongside your own! It’s hard to come out ahead in that comparison.
It’s pretty darn near impossible. I guess Mark and I like to live dangerously 😂 Thanks for reading and sharing what you liked. I wondered how that line would work, if at all. (Maybe it takes one out of it, and is better suited to “storyline” instead.) I’m glad that the tension came across, though!
I liked the poem: the tension between the beauty of the lupine and its “menace,” and the oddity of finding the phrase “another data point on the regression line” in a poem--odd for me, a non-scientist, in part because I’m not exactly sure what it means and that leaves a gap for my imagination to fill. But like Mark, I think you’re being pretty brave to share a Wendell Berry poem alongside your own! It’s hard to come out ahead in that comparison.
It’s pretty darn near impossible. I guess Mark and I like to live dangerously 😂 Thanks for reading and sharing what you liked. I wondered how that line would work, if at all. (Maybe it takes one out of it, and is better suited to “storyline” instead.) I’m glad that the tension came across, though!
Dangerously? How about obliviously?