tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551540333468323896.post6299263927251895338..comments2023-04-28T00:31:54.009-07:00Comments on National Poetry Reading Month, 2011: ON BEING ASKED BY A STUDENT IF HE SHOULD ASK OUT SOME GIRLFeatherless Bipedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207055312949249371noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551540333468323896.post-55088344021829167792011-06-20T22:53:30.573-07:002011-06-20T22:53:30.573-07:00Yes, Jee, I hear ya. I'm rather wishing I'...Yes, Jee, I hear ya. I'm rather wishing I'd been reading Dean Young before I had my last dating spree too. But alas, (whenever I get up the nerve again) now I shall be (better) prepared.Jeanne Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181102170152075577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551540333468323896.post-39256900340080409002011-06-19T14:28:29.716-07:002011-06-19T14:28:29.716-07:00Now I'm feeling relieved I haven't had any...Now I'm feeling relieved I haven't had any students come to me with boy/girl trouble. I would probably ramble and try to divert the subject back onto the final exam, just like Young's narrator does.Featherless Bipedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02207055312949249371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551540333468323896.post-50659433124563027872011-06-18T20:32:02.278-07:002011-06-18T20:32:02.278-07:00Jeanne,
I wish I asked a certain boy last night ...Jeanne, <br /><br />I wish I asked a certain boy last night to spell his name. Now he's lost to me. I should have read Dean Young before going out.<br /><br />Best, JeeJee Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979179110231643931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551540333468323896.post-10792365080939568192011-06-18T18:26:03.254-07:002011-06-18T18:26:03.254-07:00FYI - Tony and Dean are not just fellow poets, the...FYI - Tony and Dean are not just fellow poets, they are also very, very close friends. When Young needed a heart transplant, recently, it was Tony who put out the call for donations. They have often done summer workshops together, in the past. That I should be so lucky to have attended one...<br /><br />And yes, I think this poem, or several others by Young could have inspired the poem I referred to. I think maybe what he is actually saying in this poem is that what you do with the girl is that you start out with something planned and then you end up being yourself, because, really, you can't help it and if she is the right one, she will like you, anyway. And you make your decision about whether or not you should ask her out based on how she responds to the real you, not the planned you.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359287835608411223noreply@blogger.com