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Starward commented on: Untitled 2022a by Cuplix 2 years 25 weeks* ago* The short lines give the poem: The short lines give the poem a quick pace with which to deliver the wisdom that is embedded within it. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: At Vyacheslav Molotov's Office, The Kremlin, July 31, 1921 by Seryddwr 2 years 25 weeks* ago* Thank you for commenting, and: Thank you for commenting, and thank you for posting your poem on Blok that inspired my own effort. Despite my dislike of all things Soviet, I have always been fascinated by Molotov---among the Bolsheviks, he was the only one who seemed to "dress for success," while the rest of them seemed to dress in very slovenly styles. He was a formidable negotiator, especially when serving as Stalin's foreign minister, and most loyal supporter. Even when his own wife had been imprisoned as a suspected "enemy of the people," he was so fanatcially a Bolshevik that he continued functioning just as if she was dead or deported. After Stalin died, his successors---perhaps fearing what Molotov knew and the kind of reputation he had---expelled him from the Central Committee and the Party, and appointed him to a series of low level assignments, like Ambassador to Mongolia, to humilitate him on the world stage. [ go to comment ]
allets commented on: History is Written by: by ReilaMorello 2 years 25 weeks* ago* BEST POET ON POSTPOEMS!: Writing pietry is a curse. You wll return. Threw the die. Cas, double threes - nice number: 6. Come home! . Lady A . [ go to comment ]
crypticbard commented on: My Own Insanity by allets 2 years 25 weeks* ago* insanity was an: insanity was an embexzzler whose imbecilic umbilical chord crowded against our pantry door divesting our hallway mirror merrily hammocking while woollen feet swung cosily casting shadows on our overly polished parquet floor [ go to comment ]
allets commented on: حرّية by Thanaa 2 years 25 weeks* ago* It Is A Goiden Morning: Be great today and forever. [ go to comment ]
allets commented on: My Own Insanity by allets 2 years 25 weeks* ago* Yeah: A favorite visitor! . ~Stella~ [ go to comment ]
crypticbard commented on: Fire by allets 2 years 25 weeks* ago* That is both sad and: That is both sad and potentially horrific on many angles; too many for the powers that be to not address or even look sideways at. [ go to comment ]
crypticbard commented on: At Vyacheslav Molotov's Office, The Kremlin, July 31, 1921 by Seryddwr 2 years 25 weeks* ago* That is a story behind the: That is a story behind the story. Thanks so much for sharing. [ go to comment ]
Teytonon commented on: I Got Old by allets 2 years 25 weeks* ago* Thank you : I always enjoy reading you. [ go to comment ]
allets commented on: One Possible Ending (Story) by allets 2 years 25 weeks* ago* No Comment: One view. ~A~. [ go to comment ]
allets commented on: A word from our sponsor by Teytonon 2 years 25 weeks* ago* Remains Of The Day: Like that lost idea mage. ~S~ [ go to comment ]
allets commented on: I Got Old by allets 2 years 25 weeks* ago* Good Point: Love me some peaches and pears! Thanks for the read and very nice comment. ~A~ [ go to comment ]
allets commented on: I Got Old by allets 2 years 25 weeks* ago* True: 1 of them was length. :) ~A~ [ go to comment ]
allets commented on: I Got Old by allets 2 years 25 weeks* ago* Good One: Cut off the prob. Very good asvice. Like editing :D ~A~ [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: @ 27.225 MHz: WallStones; Welters Of Claire Clairmont's Long Seething Distress by Seryddwr 2 years 25 weeks* ago* OMG, this is overwhelming: OMG, this is overwhelming kind and understanding. I had a very difficult time writing the poem---trying to keep Claire's big mouth within the iambic pentameter, and trying to imagine, from the emotional not the historical view, her enormous hatred toward Mary. And, your phrase"nymph like" almost brought tears to my eyes, because she was very small in stature, and with an ethereal beauty that attracted a lot of suitors both before and after Percy's death. Much to Claire's chagrin, Byron propositioned Mary several times (bad behavior, typical of him, but, as a titled "Lord," with access to the King, he is believed to have notified William IV of the very minimum child support that Sir Timothy provided his grandson). Literary firestorm? What a compliment you have given to Mary, within your wonderful comment that has just knocked me over. When I was an undergrad, and being pressured to drop her from my sophomore project, I was told that she had no real literary talent. Yet, when I asked why her publishers---who were in the business to make money---kept publishing her novels; and why she was being read by people as highly placed as William IV himself; those supposedly profound and well-read scholars could not give me an answer more than a shrug of the shoulders. I think I could write a whole novel about this comment and still not even scratch the surface of my appreciation. I have loved the cinematic effects of her work since 1963, and her words and the personality they convey, since 1967. (BTW, my copy of that edition I first read in 67 has arrived, whoo-hoo!). I am so grateful for your compliment on the line "the monsters that her books became to me," and I simply tried to turn my appreciation of her accomplishment to a dis-appreciation (is that even a word?), allowing Claire to express the opposite of what I feel. Claire would have fit in well with my professors at college. And I have seen their prejudice dramatically overturned. And if someone in the History department ever speaks of my defiance of the academic structure, I will be quite happy to say, "Because she's still my girl." THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for your comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [ go to comment ]