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patriciajj commented on: *Yet [/+/^] : 27.225 MHz, Some Final Measures; A Contemplation On Romans 8:28** by S74RW4RD 38 weeks 1 day* ago* You have no idea how: You have no idea how comforting (How illuminating!) your words are. I felt a weight lifted from my being. God bless you! [ go to comment ]
Teytonon commented on: Unnamed by hopelessly-candid 38 weeks 2 days* ago* Hello. If I may..: Hello. If I may, I'd like to comment on your favorite writers you list on your profile: Leo Tolstoy - missing an r. Should be Leo Tol story. Ernest Hemingway - how much did Ernest Heming way? Stop Heming Ernest, start Hawing. James Agee - James A? Gee! Boris Pasternak -he came from Russia, with love. Ask a doctor, no? Nathaniel Hawthorne - was a fan of good ol' country humor. Nathaniel ❤️ He Haw thorne. That's enough for now. Is that all writ er s, with you? By the way, HOPELESSLY CANDID = DC A-HOL DYS IN SLEEP Who are they? They remain unnamed. Unnamed? I like it! [ go to comment ]
beaconzbard commented on: RUNNING IN MY OWN DIRECTION by beaconzbard 38 weeks 2 days* ago* It's now on YouTube: YOu can watch/hear me read this one at: https://youtube.com/shorts/f9Dr8wsiYTI [ go to comment ]
S74rw4rd commented on: *Yet [/+/^] : 27.225 MHz, Some Final Measures; A Contemplation On Romans 8:28** by S74RW4RD 38 weeks 3 days* ago* Thank you very much for the: Thank you very much for the kind comment. And I, too, feel very buffeted by my circumstances. But I once heard a sermon which suggested that those of us through whom God works, or whom God has called to a particular vocation, are very often the most attacked by their own circumstances (due to the opposition of the Evil Force). You are certainly called to the vocation of Poet; therefore, your terrain, in this world, shall have a few rough patches. Two of the greatetst Cosmic Poets, Dante and T. S. Eliot, had some real rough patches, yet their Faith never waivered. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: Moonset at Winter's End by patriciajj 38 weeks 3 days* ago* I had to smile when I read:: I had to smile when I read: "I spent far too many pleasant hours reading literary criticism and analysis". Only a true connoisseur of the written word would spend so much time doing that just for fun, not because of an assignment. Well, that explains your talent and your instinctive literary acumen. I'm unspeakably honored to have the support of a true scholar and fine Poet. Endless thanks. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: Unnamed by hopelessly-candid 38 weeks 3 days* ago* Well, here's a find! Truly: Well, here's a find! Truly enjoyed this. There's an exciting, rumbling, somewhat haunting energy in this innovative experiment with alliteration and surprise. This line is particularly effective for its pounding suspense, emotive consonant sounds and lunging movement: "Hours hasten and the hunt is heightened in hunger" A sensational, thrilling experience. Loved every moment! [ go to comment ]
beaconzbard commented on: TO IGNORE YOU, I'D BE A FOOL by beaconzbard 38 weeks 4 days* ago* I read it on YouTube: You may now watch/hear me read this one at: https://youtube.com/shorts/Cn3Q5iymOCo [ go to comment ]
S74rw4rd commented on: He Is Coming Soon by Seraphim 38 weeks 4 days* ago* This is an excellent, and: This is an excellent, and very timely, testimony. [ go to comment ]
S74rw4rd commented on: Moonset at Winter's End by patriciajj 38 weeks 4 days* ago* In my late teens and early: In my late teens and early twenties, I developed a fascination with how a Poet's work developed over time, and how each poem altered the poetic landscape, and was then altered itself by the presence of the next poem. During college, I spent far too many pleasant hours reading literary criticism and analysis, instead of the stuff I was assigned to do. But I always felt like I was a day late and a dollar short because the Poets whose work I studied were all deceased. I was unable to see the living process. I had no idea, in those days, that the Lord had a great joy prepared in store for me for the right time---at this final stage of my earthly existence---that I can now see it operating in real time, in living color, and in the common environment of this site, as I observe your work, proceeding poem by poem unto the grandeur of the majestic perspective that it now demonstrates and will ultimately expand to its final, glorious, and enduring form. Your poems have given me that privilege, and have validated all those hours I spent at the college library, so that I now know those hours were not spent in vain. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: Moonset at Winter's End by patriciajj 38 weeks 5 days* ago* Thank you for, again,: Thank you for, again, exceeding my wildest expectations with such a moving and magnificent vote of confidence. As I expressed, many of my poems would never have been inspired or even finished without your support. I believe it was your view of a poet’s mission (to explain the cosmos to itself) that motivated me to take at least little time every now and then to try and do just that. That’s no small calling, of course, and I can say with certainty that you a member of the cosmic club yourself. My humble and bottomless gratitude for your radiant comment: another cherished gift. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: *Yet [/+/^] : 27.225 MHz, Some Final Measures; A Contemplation On Romans 8:28** by S74RW4RD 38 weeks 5 days* ago* Like the Apostle Paul, your: Like the Apostle Paul, your unbreakable faith invites us to never give up, to transcend, to conquer. This timeless and resolute prayer is an incredibly liberating and rejuvenating illustration of Romans 8:28. It can make all the difference to someone who, like me, feels buffeted by trials and just needs a reminder. Thank you for using your poetic gift to be a beacon in the tempest. Angelically beautiful refreshment. [ go to comment ]
hopelessly-candid commented on: Unnamed by hopelessly-candid 38 weeks 5 days* ago* Thank you so much, Starward!: Thank you so much, Starward! I'm glad the last line read as eerie - I actually wasn't sure about it. It feels good to be be back and write again. [ go to comment ]
beaconzbard commented on: LIFE IS MORE by beaconzbard 38 weeks 5 days* ago* It's now on YouTube: I read this one at: https://youtube.com/shorts/yHj57k8bUho [ go to comment ]
S74rw4rd commented on: Unnamed by hopelessly-candid 38 weeks 5 days* ago* I am very glad to applaud: I am very glad to applaud your return, and this is a mighty fine poem on which to return. The alliteration is very skillfully deployed. I especially like the final line---it brings a very eerie feeling to the poem's conclusion. I look forward to seeing more from you. [ go to comment ]
S74rw4rd commented on: Moonset at Winter's End by patriciajj 38 weeks 5 days* ago* First, please accept my: First, please accept my sincere gratitude for the mention in the notes. You know how much I admire your Poetry, and the importance it has for this site and those who part of the community. In the four years that I have been following your Poetry, you have given me the great experience of seeing a real, vital, and formidable Poet expanding a work in progress into a complete collection. I studied this at college---but only among the dead Poets. I never dared hope to see it happen, in real time and living color, from a contemporary Poet, but you have privileged me to be able to watch happen right in my line of sight. The short lines with which you have formatted this poem give an impression of verbal agility, a choreography of concepts and images that only a Poet of your quality can compose and present. The poem's center of gravity is in the stanza "Something ending, / Something just beginning" to which, in the final two lines, you attach the simile of sunrise. The beauty of the Cosmos is that is is always in process, something ending (when certain stars extinguish the last of their fusable atoms) and something beginning (star arising from the coalescence of atoms in great quantities until gravity is achieved, then leading to ignition). You are a Cosmic Poet, and you bring to your readers not only a knowledge of these processes, but a reminder that our skies are not static, but are filled with all sorts of processes. You orchestrate the movement of the cosmic processes by describing them in present tense verbs, or verbs that are suffixed "-ing." This strategy, coupled with the very short lines, bring a limber and athletic agility to the poem, and to the content it presents. Whenever you post a poem here, the posting is an event to be celebrated. In a paradoxical way, each poem that you post is an expansion of your work, but also serves as a further introduction to your complete collection. In my reading experience, I have only encountered two other Poets who present that same paradox: Wallace Stevens and Vergil. This poem proves that you have walked where they walked; not as a visitor, but as a fellow inhabitant of those rarefied and glorious dimensions. The observations you bring back from there to present in your poems make all of our lives better. [ go to comment ]