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Tinkering With Tennyson

Alfred, Lord Tennyson, When all was certainly said and done, Wrote “Better to have loved and lost…,” Perhaps that was the bar he crossed. written October 12, 2021

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Paulette Calasibetta

Date: 10/16/2021 2:23:00 PM

I must confess I had to research "Crossing the Bar".... enlightened now I understand the creative story you have skillfully painted. Excellent. Blessings Paulette

L Milton Hankins
Date: 10/16/2021 8:09:00 PM

Thanks so much, Paulette. I figured almost everyone would get the play on Tennyson because "Crossing the Bar" was so common to me from conducting funerals. It frequently appears on Memorial cards.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 10/15/2021 11:37:00 AM

I bet it was! You read Tennyson? What?

L Milton Hankins
Date: 10/15/2021 12:55:00 PM

See my response to Gershon below. Yes, I love Tennyson. His "Crossing the Bar" is one of the poems I have memorized, and I don't have many memorized!

Gershon Wolf

Date: 10/13/2021 7:42:00 PM

Not having read Alfred Lord T., I don't 'get it.' Yet I sense a bit of high-brow, martini-dry wit here. ~ Gershon

L Milton Hankins
Date: 10/13/2021 8:35:00 PM

Okay, Alfred Lord T wrote "Crossing the Bar" which is often read at funerals or copied on the back of funeral memorial cards. "Sunset and evening star, and one clear call for me, And may there be no moaning at the bar, when I put out to sea...." I'm sure you've heard it. So, there was a bit of (would it be) irony in the poem.