Re: Denim Blue Eyes

> George J. Dance wrote:
> 
>> Will Dockery wrote:
>> 
>>> General Zod wrote:
>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>> 
>>>> [email protected] wrote:
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>>>> http://picosong.com/XvAZ/
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>>>> (Defunct link)
>>>> 
>>>> I remember this one well, a Jim Senetto classic.
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> Too bad, this wS one of Jim Senetto's best poems, "Denim Blue Eyes."
> 
> 
> Too bad. If he'd submitted it to PPB, *and* not demanded years later
> that all his poems be unpublished, people would still be able to read it.
> 
> At least we can discuss the title, which (I'd guess based on experience
> with his poetry) is often the best line of the poem, anyway.
> 
> "Denim blue eyes" is a great term, because it performs double duty:
> First, it's an exact colour; everyone has seen denim, and has a
> concrete memory of what color "denim blue" is. Second, "denim"
> has connotations; it suggests a person who wears denim, a
> young man (or more likely a young woman) of the mid-20th century,
> very much like a character in several of your own poems.
> 
> The color is in my magnum opus of col0rs, Penny, or Penny's Hat; but up until
> today it was called only "Denim" Thanks to the beauty of electronic
> publication, I was able to change that to "Denim Blue" almost
> immediately. I think it results in a much better line.
> 
> https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2009/12/betty-s-4.html



Again, agreed. 


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