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Starward commented on: pop goes resolve by redbrick 2 years 33 weeks* ago* Although brief, this poem: Although brief, this poem presents a choreography of multiple processes, and introduces them with the exquisite phrase "parallel shores of imagined worlds." The power of your verbal skill to evoke and deploy this kind of effect is proof, yet again, of the quality of your artistry. I was going to add that it approaches the effect of the finest instrumental music, but then I stopped myself because such a statement is inappropriate: what it should be, rather, is that the finest instrumental music can, sometimes, approach the effect of the superlative accomplishment that your Poetry is. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: Higher Criticisn, As Assails The Gospel, Applied To The Gettysburg Address by S74rw4rd-13d 2 years 33 weeks* ago* Satirical gold! Your wry: Satirical gold! Your wry wit crackled fiercely throughout your parody, cleverly enlivened with a realistic tone very recognizable as something spoken by an armchair historian. One can almost hear pompous, quasi-intellectual inflections and highbrow drawls in the diatribe. Beautiful! And of course it's funny (And refreshing!) because that sort of biased and convoluted persuasion is identifiable and, for many people, it hits very close to home. Using this oration as a caricature of some Biblical "experts" was a flash of brilliance. Point made! I devoured this with laughs and pleasure. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: Nothing Grand by rachel 2 years 33 weeks* ago* The final two lines present: The final two lines present some profound wisdom. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: Carnegie Hall by rachel 2 years 33 weeks* ago* I applaud this very poignant: I applaud this very poignant poem, and its simile, but I dearly hope that you need not run back into the darkness, but into the glorious light of the next, and everlasting, life. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: Writing Havok by Anonymous 2 years 33 weeks* ago* Been years since I have seen: Been years since I have seen your posts on this site, but this poem contains quite a bit of wisdom. Although my eye stumbled at the expletive in the fifteenth line, the final two lines just really knocked me over with their succinct statement of such profound, wide, and experienced advice. This kind of advice is always timely for all Poets, those who are long term members of this community, and those who are new. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: THE GOLDEN RULE AMENDED by joy 2 years 33 weeks* ago* It is not the Golden Rule,: It is not the Golden Rule, expressed by Christ Himself, that requires any amendment: it is human nature that requires amendment in order to observe the precept acceptably. And I speak as a very flawed and fallible (and multiple) failure to observe acceptably. [ go to comment ]
Teytonon commented on: Suction Cup Man by Anonymous 2 years 33 weeks* ago* What kind of man?: What kind of man? He A man.. He..B man! He C man. He D man! Too bad.. I stopped wearing a bra years ago! [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: Visit To One Of The Seventy by S74rw4rd-13d 2 years 33 weeks* ago* Thank you for the kind: Thank you for the kind affirmation. My failure embarrassed me twofold: I had neglected to reply a fellow member of PostPoems, which was compounded by being neglect of one of the most spiritual Poets on all of this site. Gosh, when I screw up, I do it royal, right? So, again, please accept my sincere gratitude for your reply. [ go to comment ]
Pungus commented on: What not to flush Part 1/2 by Teytonon 2 years 34 weeks* ago* You handled this prompt: You handled this prompt finally.. Thumbs up the butt bravo bravo [ go to comment ]
crypticbard commented on: Visit To One Of The Seventy by S74rw4rd-13d 2 years 34 weeks* ago* Thank you kindly for getting: Thank you kindly for getting back to me. This is much appreciated, more than can be put to words. . [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: Theft Of A Continent by saiom 2 years 34 weeks* ago* Saiom, you have not merely: Saiom, you have not merely passed away (as people who have no hope are wont to say): rather (to use words Peter Cushing spoke of his dear wife), you are not lost to us; you are just, at the moment, not here. Starward [ go to comment ]
Teytonon commented on: Theft Of A Continent by saiom 2 years 34 weeks* ago* I didn’t know..: I didn't know saiom had passed away. I'm sorry to hear that. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: Visit To One Of The Seventy by S74rw4rd-13d 2 years 34 weeks* ago* Please forgive me for failing: Please forgive me for failing to reply to this comment in a timely manner. I always love your theological insights, and this one, in the comment above, is one of your finest. I regret my negligence and delay to acknowledge it, and I ask your forgiveness. [ go to comment ]
Teytonon commented on: Theft Of A Continent by saiom 2 years 34 weeks* ago* Though it’s true those who stole..: Though it's true those who stole a continent from Native Americans Were Europeans who were white In no way am I saying what was done is right But if you suffer from incontinence European half the night It's also true your bedsheets may no longer stay so white! [ go to comment ]
j-ninetyfour commented on: *Yet [/+/^] : 27.225 MHz, Some Leadings Toward Stars; Five Ordered Shot, Four Of Them Queers** by S74rw4rd-13d 2 years 34 weeks* ago* Thank you very much for that: Thank you very much for that comment. As always, you understand my intention; but, in my own self-doubt, I was still uncomfortable with the use of the slur words, and the easy callousness of the speaker toward the five victims that were executed. I think the ease with which these evil feelings can be imitated, even by one who most adamantly despises them, is an indicator of the spiritual flaws in all of us that someone like Lenin, Hitler, or the local agitator down the street or (as we shall all be facing in 2024) the Innkeeper himself can exploit. To simply say that those who are deemed to be different, or look different, or sound different, "will get what they deserve" is a most heinous attitude (and it is one that, I must confess, my ultra-reactionary parents attempted to instill into me before my adolescence; but my innate resentment toward their dismissal of all that was dear to me had the positive effect of preventing me from "buying into" their narrow world-view). Your validation of this poem has removed all of my doubts about it. [ go to comment ]