tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815203981220831859.post6255206219260117780..comments2024-02-15T23:43:42.179+11:00Comments on poetry & ideas: ON THE DHARMA BUM(S) WITH THE HEMENSLEY BROTHERScollectedworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10768731698615085925noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815203981220831859.post-78038851499596393362007-10-02T23:33:00.000+10:002007-10-02T23:33:00.000+10:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Alan Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600883215748277587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815203981220831859.post-9651080626992769362007-10-02T23:26:00.000+10:002007-10-02T23:26:00.000+10:00Thanks for this correspondence guys - a real pleas...Thanks for this correspondence guys - a real pleasure. I identified with much of what you both said. I'll have to dig out Kerouac, whom I haven't read since my early twenties. Nice to see Ko Un get a mention. I was introduced to him by a Californian friend (I mean his poetry, not the man himself!) and have a copy of the Uni. of Calif. Selected Poems. What a life the man has had! I should say I *had* a copy, as I gave it to my brother (a real Buddhist - not just a dabbler like me) as a present. I was moved by the references to your father - there must be many men like that, who I suppose were prevented from fulfilling their potential by the times they lived in (mind you, who isn't?). I can see my kids writing something similar about me when I'm gone! I think open discussion and transmission of information - and an openness to new ideas - helps to avoid such stiflings of potential, and blogs like play their part.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again<BR/><BR/>Alan Baker, Nottingham, UK.Alan Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600883215748277587noreply@blogger.com