I loved this! Well done…: I loved this! Well done, sir. In my time, I've lost several girlfriends respect, not to mention my own dignity and sense of self-worth, but nothing as important as a ferret. I glad you found it and hope things turn out for the best.
A wonderfully penned vision: A wonderfully penned vision of the creeping of Winter's intrusion.
Too long the wait, but this piece of beauty eases the sting a bit, welcome back.
beautiful image:
Someone distant reading a book of memories in the orange glow of evening, while another lays back to recall the glowing vitality of youth… trusting a shared moment might revisit them again in a dream.
A beautiful image, perfectly reflecting the ephemeral nature of life.
Thank you for your: Thank you for your life-altering wisdom and encouraging words. Coming from such a brilliant sculptor of words, that is incredibly uplifting. Thank you!
Inspiring, search the truth,: Inspiring, search the truth, believe in what you find, for in the truth you will discover your faith, your humanity, and a reason for being.
Another excellent piece, thank you.
Like the Bavarian: Like the Bavarian housepainter, the InnKeeper is one of a small group of persons that were described in Scripture in 1 John 2:18. He need not read the contents of Mein Kampf because it has been indelibly written on his soul; he knows it in infernal ways that we ordinary people cannot even guess.
Love the title feels like an: Love the title feels like an exact proclamation. All of the " in the & it is the seas," "it starts like a wave of arrogance" and " it is the disgust that gives me passion" all placed with precision. Fantastic
I have been reading Poetry: I have been reading Poetry for fifty years, as of this past April, and I don't think I have ever read a poem quite like this.
I am behind on my reading, so: I am behind on my reading, so I am just now beginning to catch up. Having read this powerful poem, I find that my response to it is already summarized in Patricia's comment; so I will only commend the effect this poem has upon its readers, and the truth of her comment in describing that,
In 1977, when Joseph Barry: In 1977, when Joseph Barry published his excellent biography of the French novelist George Sand, entitled Infamous Woman, he wrote these words about her selection of the pen name, and I paraphrase: "One's name becomes one, one also becomes one's name." And the identity of George Sand filled all of the gaps and neediness that Aurore Dudevant had experienced under her own mundane name; as the personality of the novelist George Sand fully emerged and asserted itself, and rescued her from the pitfalls of her mundane existence. I, myself, experienced something like this at that time. I think you have also described it here, and you have described it very well.