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lyrycsyntyme commented on: Early bird special by Teytonon 2 years 1 week* ago* A sage river flows here: I will sit by the shore and listen. Perhaps the following can be said: The second wisest man realizes he knows nothing. Meanwhile, the wisest man realizes he knows that little something. ; ) [ go to comment ]
Teytonon commented on: DUDE (LIMERICK) by georgeschaefer 2 years 1 week* ago* Limerick followup: One evening I chanced upon.. Saw her body, thought I'd be turned on What I was lusting Was pretty disgusting I'd rather she keep her clothes on [ go to comment ]
Teytonon commented on: DUDE (LIMERICK) by georgeschaefer 2 years 1 week* ago* I liked your limerick. It inspired my own.: I once had a neighbor who'd Liked to walk around in the nude I'd always be hopin' The curtains she'd open Each night I would watch, my eyes glued [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: to be seen by arqios 2 years 1 week* ago* Thank you for your reply, and: Thank you for your reply, and I really like that Aussie saying you quoted. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: @ 27.225 MHz: WallStones; Afterglow by J-C4113D 2 years 1 week* ago* Thank you very much for those: Thank you very much for those kind words. I am again reminded of Umberto Eco's preface to The Name Of The Rose: "I was now free of every fear." Your words have that effect on me, and I am grateful. [ go to comment ]
lyrycsyntyme commented on: Putin him out of his misery by Teytonon 2 years 1 week* ago* Justice: We must first remove the war criminals from our own eyes before we remove them from others. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: @ 27.225 MHz: WallStones; Afterglow by J-C4113D 2 years 1 week* ago* It's interesting that you: It's interesting that you felt that way because the voice is what makes this work. I love the wry attitude, the natural flow, the personality, if you will. It clicked. Kept me engaged. Wonderful work. [ go to comment ]
crypticbard commented on: to be seen by arqios 2 years 1 week* ago* Mystery is all around us and: Mystery is all around us and yet the mysterious and the mystical is a super scary thing to the western mind. Any wonder that there were witch hunts for centuries. The hunt was not exclusively for witches as such but to hunt down the fear of the unknown and the uncontrollable. But I digress. In reading and poetry we often gloss over or ignore what seems to be on the onset a challenge to norm, conventions, and basic communication patterns that each language and culture has been employing, why fix it if it ain't broke kind of mode. But I have found a pioneering spirit in the braver poets and poetry such as Samuel Greenburg and the like who push the capacities of language and break through to new forms and ways of evoking thought and expression. That has not always been the staple and invites gainsayers, naysayers, and outright opposition. But those are the breaks. I am convinced that the further we go along the Babel coordinates the closer we can get to a heavenly language or mode of expression. As a northern Aussie saying goes: "You'll never (n)ever know if you'll never (n)ever go." Thanks most kindly for your gracious words of comment. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: to be seen by arqios 2 years 1 week* ago* I love metaphysical poems in: I love metaphysical poems in which highly evocative language traces the contours of a mystery, reminding us of the mystery's existence (so often ignored by our calloused souls), without actually revealing it. Your poem does exactly that, and that's why, when I read it, it seemed to leap off the page at me. (Two of Wallace Stevens' late poems, "The Planet On The Table," and, "Final Soliloquy Of The Interior Paramour," have that same effect on me.) I am convinced that you are one of those Cosmic Poets that write the very highest level of Poetry here at postpoems. [ go to comment ]
georgeschaefer commented on: ONE LESS CHORE by georgeschaefer 2 years 1 week* ago* fortunately human rats are: fortunately human rats are weaker than rodent rats [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: A Confession and an Afterword by rachel 2 years 1 week* ago* Your prose is very lucid.: Your prose is very lucid. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: @ 27.225 MHz: WallStones; Afterglow by J-C4113D 2 years 1 week* ago* Thank you. In admitting I: Thank you. In admitting I was very nervous about this one, which took far longer to draft than I would have preferred, I am not just making a casual, offhand statement in pursuit of a false humility. I was terrified of getting the narrating voice wrong, which was only the worst of several problems I was anticipating. But your comment has put my fears to rest. And I thank you for that, and for your kind words. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: @ 27.225 MHz: WallStones; Afterglow by J-C4113D 2 years 1 week* ago* Your expert storycrafting: Your expert storycrafting conspired with an entrancing conversational freedom to weave a highly significant and philosophical mini drama. The power of this commentary on the human species is in the point of view and the emotions of collective life forms on this momentous occasion. Humans, like fleas on a dog, are doing a high-tech version of jumping off, taking with them with their brutal individualism, to a distant, artificial refuge that you cleverly described as hovering "almost menacingly". With those words you invite a momentary, unspoken question about their fate while staying focused on the collective thought of the more egalitarian beings left behind: "Good Riddance!" The contrast between the self-centered escapees who had a ravenous appetite to "grasp what was not meant to be theirs" and the "UsWeOur" world view could open up extensive discussions on ethics, politics and theology, and that's the multilayered brilliance of your story. An engaging story and brilliant thought piece. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: The Ballad of Blunderbuss Bill by OliveMarie 2 years 1 week* ago* Thanks for your reply. Most: Thanks for your reply. Most summers, I slow down in the writing of poems, but something about autumn picks me right up as well. I look forward to another ballad. [ go to comment ]
OliveMarie commented on: The Ballad of Blunderbuss Bill by OliveMarie 2 years 1 week* ago* oh my I just saw this! life: oh my I just saw this! life has been so hectic as of late, but you know, something about autumn and the changing leaves feels ripe for writing another ballad. stay tuned. [ go to comment ]