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S74rw4rd-13d commented on: What Survives by patriciajj 18 weeks 23 hours* ago* This poe can be considered: This poe can be considered spiritual survival 101. Writing this comment from the twists and turns of a bad patch right now, I can look again to Hope after reading this poem. That, alone, proves its legitimacy as a masterpiece. I have missed Patricia's presence on this site, recently, and so the appearance of this poem is an event which carries several levels of impotance. The poem's logical progress occurs in three sections. In the first, or Bonsai, section, the poem describes and laments "the artificiality" of existence that the present state of society forces on to us. After describing what a Bonsai existence is, she brilliantly locates its cause in the loss of the sight, due to cloudiness, of the starfields. This then leads into what I would call the Starfield section. Even as her perspective on the Cosmos experences a shrinkage, or drawing back, that the perspective will open again and briing back everything that is both beautiful and lasting; and this activates the last section of the poem, which can be called the Lasting Beautiful. She realizes that the Lasting Beautiful can be attained again because she has never left God; and that is because God will never foresake her, as the great Hebrews epistile in the Bible declares. And at that point, the poem ends, with that triumphant orchestral cadence of the final line. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: + 1ST ORTHODOX POEMS: Upside Down In Prayer, But Now . . . Going Forward, Δόξα τῷ Θεῷ διὰ πάντα [2nd Repost] by S74rw4rd-13d 18 weeks 1 day* ago* Praying, with positive: Praying, with positive thoughts and sympathy, at this moment. Peace. [ go to comment ]
georgeschaefer commented on: KELLY OR KALI by georgeschaefer 18 weeks 1 day* ago* glad you enjoyed it. thank: glad you enjoyed it. thank you again for reading and taking time to comment [ go to comment ]
S74rw4rd-13d commented on: + 1ST ORTHODOX POEMS: Upside Down In Prayer, But Now . . . Going Forward, Δόξα τῷ Θεῷ διὰ πάντα [2nd Repost] by S74rw4rd-13d 18 weeks 1 day* ago* Thank you for that blessing. : Thank you for that blessing. I am again in dire straits, and I ask your prayers. [ go to comment ]
ramonathompsont commented on: KELLY OR KALI by georgeschaefer 18 weeks 2 days* ago* lol love this one. put a real: lol love this one. put a real smile on my face. thanks for an enjoyable read [ go to comment ]
S74rw4rd1y commented on: @ 27.055 MHz: Ad Astra; A Naked Young Man, Looking At Another [Definitely, NSFW] by S74rw4rd-13d 18 weeks 3 days* ago* Thanks for understanding, and: Thanks for understanding, and for making my 50th anniversary, of my ambition to poetry, better than it would have been without your presence. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: The Brave Art of Love by Savvart 18 weeks 4 days* ago* “It is the holy art of: “It is the holy art of staying soft when the air is stiff with tension, of whispering calm when the storm is not yours, but rages through the person you adore.” That stanza is a poem in itself and so flaring with the actual experience of love, not just the pretty concept, that it seems emblazoned, instinctively, on our true self, our inner being. That is greatness. How deftly you cut through all the fluff, the cliches, the fantasies and tropes and got right to it. You gave an impeccable, heart-clutching example of love—the rock-solid, imperfect, ultimately perfect, kind—and expressed it with indisputable clarity. Soon every ephemeral, counterfeit kind of affection seems like fading smoke next to a connection on the soul level you described when we are “met in the stillness/ and held as if we were light”. Sublime truth. [ go to comment ]
georgeschaefer commented on: SHELLS OF OUR FORMER SELVES by georgeschaefer 18 weeks 4 days* ago* thank you for reading and: thank you for reading and commenting [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: @ 27.055 MHz: Ad Astra; A Naked Young Man, Looking At Another [Definitely, NSFW] by S74rw4rd-13d 18 weeks 4 days* ago* Part homage to Cavafy, part: Part homage to Cavafy, part celebration of Love that dances to whatever music fills its heart and part tribute to precious spirits with a talent for freedom. The prudes can just find something else to do with their time. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: + 1ST ORTHODOX POEMS: Upside Down In Prayer, But Now . . . Going Forward, Δόξα τῷ Θεῷ διὰ πάντα [2nd Repost] by S74rw4rd-13d 18 weeks 4 days* ago* The day you became a Poet was: The day you became a Poet was a monumental event for you and everyone who has encountered you on these sites. Do something special for yourself! You deserve it, bringer of light and art. [ go to comment ]
S74rw4rd1y commented on: + 9TH POEMS: During A Panic Attack by S74rw4rd-13d 18 weeks 4 days* ago* I sure hope not.: I sure hope not. [ go to comment ]
S74rw4rd1y commented on: + 1ST ORTHODOX POEMS: Reply To The Poet, Fyodor Tyutchev [Reposed July, 1873] by S74rw4rd-13d 18 weeks 4 days* ago* Once again, you made my day: Once again, you made my day with this comment and validation. I am very grateful. [ go to comment ]
Pursia commented on: + 9TH POEMS: During A Panic Attack by S74rw4rd-13d 18 weeks 4 days* ago* And me, blunt-force trauma,: And me, blunt-force trauma, surely [ go to comment ]
S74rw4rd1y commented on: + 9TH POEMS: During A Panic Attack by S74rw4rd-13d 18 weeks 4 days* ago* Often, I feel the exact same: Often, I feel the exact same way, but mine will most likely be a stopped heart. [ go to comment ]
S74rw4rd1y commented on: + 1ST ORTHODOX POEMS: Upside Down In Prayer, But Now . . . Going Forward, Δόξα τῷ Θεῷ διὰ πάντα [2nd Repost] by S74rw4rd-13d 18 weeks 4 days* ago* Thank you very much for the: Thank you very much for the validation. Today is a special for me, the fiftieth anniversary of the day I felt called to write poetry. It was a Monday, also, in 1975, and my carefully constructed world of anticipations (like being a writer of science fiction prose) had come crashing down around my bewildered head. Anyhow, the few changes I am effecting today will be permanent (given the day's personal significance) until I am called home. [ go to comment ]