Comments on: A Canadian in Paris http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/a-canadian-in-paris-1137/ Someday, emerging at last from the violent insight Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:55:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Monbeam http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/a-canadian-in-paris-1137/comment-page-1/#comment-24430 Monbeam Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:05:42 +0000 http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/a-canadian-in-paris-1137/#comment-24430 :-) :-) :-) :-) A wild guess : either you guys look so clean and primp, you stant out a mile or so disheavelled beatnik, the result is the same. I couln't tell for ladies but guys definitely have a different haircut.The same goes for the Britts, the Germans and generally all non French. I love to try and guess then verify if I guessesd right. remember the "cravates" in Cannes ;-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
A wild guess : either you guys look so clean and primp, you stant out a mile or so disheavelled beatnik, the result is the same.
I couln’t tell for ladies but guys definitely have a different haircut.The same goes for the Britts, the Germans and generally all non French. I love to try and guess then verify if I guessesd right. remember the “cravates” in Cannes ;-)

]]> By: beautiful cynic http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/a-canadian-in-paris-1137/comment-page-1/#comment-24352 beautiful cynic Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:14:08 +0000 http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/a-canadian-in-paris-1137/#comment-24352 That's just one of several stanzas that jump out at me. I quite like this poem, because it actually speaks to me on several levels; I can identify with so many lines... Al Purdy was a Canadian writer, known as a "working class poet". (In several ways, he reminds me of the poetry of the Beat Generation, actually.) His phrasing does not tend to be sweeping, grand, lyrical; rather, he used plain language to evoke the Canadian collective unconscious (which may be why so much of his work just "feels" Canadian). His writing typically explores darker but common themes such as loneliness, nostalgia, regret, but the overall mood tends to be lightened by clever turns of phrase and subtle humour. As for the answer to your question, I'm not sure! Perhaps because I forgot to remove from my forehead the large sign that said "TOURIST" in flashing lights. :) That’s just one of several stanzas that jump out at me. I quite like this poem, because it actually speaks to me on several levels; I can identify with so many lines… Al Purdy was a Canadian writer, known as a “working class poet”. (In several ways, he reminds me of the poetry of the Beat Generation, actually.) His phrasing does not tend to be sweeping, grand, lyrical; rather, he used plain language to evoke the Canadian collective unconscious (which may be why so much of his work just “feels” Canadian). His writing typically explores darker but common themes such as loneliness, nostalgia, regret, but the overall mood tends to be lightened by clever turns of phrase and subtle humour.

As for the answer to your question, I’m not sure! Perhaps because I forgot to remove from my forehead the large sign that said “TOURIST” in flashing lights. :)

]]> By: Monbeam http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/a-canadian-in-paris-1137/comment-page-1/#comment-24349 Monbeam Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:58:46 +0000 http://www.beautifulcynicism.ca/a-canadian-in-paris-1137/#comment-24349 "Before you speak to someone they look at you knowingly betrayed without a word into being a foreigner...." How true. And have you found out why? ;-) “Before you speak to someone
they look at you knowingly
betrayed without a word
into being a foreigner….”

How true. And have you found out why? ;-)

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