tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8300321474428682567.post6323931383948243815..comments2023-10-18T02:30:35.781+13:00Comments on The New Zealand Poet Laureate blog: Shadow stands up #7National Library of New Zealandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05067703181520460430noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8300321474428682567.post-67667682439791894122012-01-10T11:53:43.698+13:002012-01-10T11:53:43.698+13:00Happy new year Martin! - yes there are certainly m...Happy new year Martin! - yes there are certainly many 'al fanar' on that coast, but which one did Rimbaud 'have in mind' when dictating to his sister? was it a substantial structure that lent its name to the harbour, or one of the small mole-end habbour-entry structures near which he may have embarked in the past? I like the uncertainty of the transcription and the way it marks one of those places where the poems and the letters touch each other - and appropriately through the agency of his sister.Ian Weddehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04879508817645888151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8300321474428682567.post-44245261131625194232012-01-06T12:30:01.655+13:002012-01-06T12:30:01.655+13:00then there's the speculation that 'Aphinar...then there's the speculation that 'Aphinar' is a mis-remembering of 'el fanar', lighthouse.Martin Edmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15703987223264531057noreply@blogger.com