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patriciajj commented on: @ 27.225 MHz: WallStones; Epigram After Reading Some Of Robert Aickman's Stories, 2 by J-C4113D 1 year 49 weeks ago
Stunned. I could have sworn: Stunned. I could have sworn you were channeling the master himself in this very Aickmanesque and very absorbing mini thriller. You crept into his brazenly perilous territory, using the second person POV to put us right on stage with the terror, and then you let it rip.   Fantastic!   I loved every twisted, pulsing, slithering, white-knuckle moment and the ultimate shiver—the suggestion of everything unthinkable: "if, by then, you still have a mind left at all"   Thank you kindly for the acknowledgement. I'm honored and pleased that you took my encouragement and ran with it.   
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crypticbard commented on: Forever Was a Moment by patriciajj 1 year 49 weeks ago
Sometimes the only saving: Sometimes the only saving grace is that "one star-crazed glint of memory upon the endless script of night." And perhaps that is the worth of "centuries of joy distilled" in that singular moment that glints when its summoning calls such as at this time. Superb expression of sorrow.
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crypticbard commented on: Footnote: Partly Sunny by J-C4113D 1 year 49 weeks ago
A weathered smile on a well: A weathered smile on a well worn cheek a sliver of hope a wanderer doth seek.
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crypticbard commented on: Footnote: Young To Old by J-C4113D 1 year 49 weeks ago
And in poetry a certain: And in poetry a certain release!
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Starward commented on: If the world was kind by rachel 1 year 49 weeks ago
I like the way the key phrase: I like the way the key phrase keeps repeating as if folding back in on itself.
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crypticbard commented on: Not a pizza poem by humanfruit 1 year 49 weeks ago
I am therefore I must: I am therefore I must regardless of what the greater picture is, being part of the whole is sufficient.
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crypticbard commented on: Footnote: Culinary by J-C4113D 1 year 49 weeks ago
al dente and a simple flair: al dente and a simple flair whose garnish brings freshness fair.
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crypticbard commented on: Footnote: Request To Shiki by J-C4113D 1 year 49 weeks ago
Poetry's composure always: Poetry's composure always stuns me, able to accommodate the whole range of the human condition's wrestle and tumult!
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crypticbard commented on: Footnote: After The Autumn Equinox by J-C4113D 1 year 49 weeks ago
Brings a thought: could the: Brings a thought: could the cold stone marble slab in its silence and only the desolate breeze be an exact quietude after a fireworks display of an earthly roadtrip into the hereafter? The engraved letters in the cold light of a silent moon mute the sound of their meaning still.... that after the autumn equinox the cold of winter's reticence, her chilly fingers pass and caress.
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georgeschaefer commented on: GENERAL WRITING MADNESS by georgeschaefer 1 year 49 weeks ago
it's great conversing with: it's great conversing with crickets and jotting down the words committed to the muse unrelenting in inspiration     thank you for stopping by and commenting
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crypticbard commented on: @ 27.225 MHz: WallStones; Epigram After Reading Some Of Robert Aickman's Stories, 2 by J-C4113D 1 year 49 weeks ago
If that does not persuade the: If that does not persuade the sensient mind there would not be any other persuasion available it would seem.
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crypticbard commented on: Prose Testimony About My Poem, This Morning, On Deuteronomy 28:47-48 by J-C4113D 1 year 49 weeks ago
Tres interresant! In many: Tres interresant! In many mysterious ways divine communication arrives our way. The onus is on us to listen and receive what is and refuse what does not produce shalom in the spirit.
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crypticbard commented on: forgive me, pater by arqios 1 year 49 weeks ago
Thanks Starward. We are wise: Thanks Starward. We are wise to pick up from life's dealings and observations, and to put these to words is a way to commit to memory and to learn/relearn these useful truths. I am glad that they are well received and enjoyed.
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crypticbard commented on: forgive me, pater by arqios 1 year 49 weeks ago
Perhaps this is my conception: Perhaps this is my conception of what haiku and similar types of poetry are like in the western poetic tradition, not so much the form and structure but the feel and object of function, e.g. the observation of nature in haiku and here and observation of a natural course of being within a set of life circumstances. I am blessed to have this recognised by those that have read and given word of their reading. I thank you with all the gratefulness of one aiming to live a well thought out life.
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crypticbard commented on: friend zoned by arqios 1 year 49 weeks ago
Many thanks Starward. The: Many thanks Starward. The tone had to be gentle with respect to the theme and emotional height of the moment in which the poem's tale takes place. I am just glad that in this particular case it worked out. Your feedback has assured me of this without a speck of doubt. Cheers! Rik.
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