Thank you, sir, for such a: Thank you, sir, for such a generous, in-depth analysis of "The Deep Wounds.." To see the way it sparked a connection with you, Patricia and Cascade is a real honor for me. I believe that's a strong indication that I've written something of real meaning, and I'm very grateful for that, as well.
Thank you very much,: Thank you very much, Patricia. Life, no matter how much we try to domesticate it, is indeed a perilous wilderness. But it's also a fertile and fruitful one, if we allow it to be.
Excellent work: As history, the present, and - I imagine - the future goes, the next participants in oppression are often from the previously oppressed.
Thank you so much: To have the acknowledgement from someone as yourself, an accomplished and award winning writer, I'm absolutely elated to her you enjoyed my work. I hope the rest of it brings you to similar places.
Thank you again~ you're awesome
What a delight to discover a: What a delight to discover a superior sculptor of words! I was seized by the first line and held spellbound throughout by the casual dexterity, the intense truth of it, the beautiful, beautiful realness that gleams even brighter than the artistry. Which is considerable!
You end this magnificently crafted, sigh-worthy, elevated heartsong the best way a love poem can end: with a promise. And that promise, that gift, is love itself.
Wow! And Wow!
Another page in the book I: Another page in the book I never tire of reading. Sculpting and painting words as fine pieces of art, capturing their beauty, and then unleashing your vision to be shared by the soul. It is always my pleasure to visit here. Thank you for these inspiring invitations.
With huge embarrassment, I: With huge embarrassment, I humbly ask you to forgive my incompetence in neglecting to reply to this comment in a timely manner. You words are very kind, and I really appreciate them, but due to either a missed email from the system, or just plain inability to organize my efforts at the time, I sure did miss offering a response. Please accept my sincere apology, and a promise to at least strive to do better going forward.
Thank you so much for: Thank you so much for visiting this poem, and for your kind comment. I am especially encounraged by your comment about the portrait from John's early days with Jesus. I sometimes wonder if he was not bullied for being perceived as "different," and this may have brought him to the very close friendship with Jesus. And he alone went into the high priest's house on that awful night preceding Good Friday, and also stood at the cross---the emblem and meas of the ultimate bullying. I had, last night while writing this, thought of the possibilities of at least one other poem about young John, and your words have encouraged me to proceed with a draft of that idea. Thank you so very, very much.
This correspondence of: This correspondence of supreme importance was a bold idea because only the best presentation would do, and you triumphed!
Stately elegance, inspiring faith and an epic musicality led me gracefully down each line, or rather, the steps, of your gleaming poetic monument. You threaded Biblical concepts into the unique and fluid elegy like a pro with everything flowing powerfully, seamlessly.
I thought it was a wonderful, whimsical touch to take artistic licence and paint an endearingly angelic portrait of the young Saint John.
A testimony of faith and a great showcase for your inborn talent.
I hope you will finish more: I hope you will finish more hanging projects and post them here. I do not always keep up well with my reading committments. My health seems to be declining a little more rapidly this summer than I had expected, and I cannot always concentrate on my reading.
Thank you, that's quite: Thank you, that's quite wonderful of you to say. My gratitude in that regard is ineffable. I have been inspired to finish some hanging projects and I don't write often, so your kind words are greatly encouraging~