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allets commented on: Magic Sol - Repost by allets 4 years 29 weeks* ago* Sunshine: I wrote this for morningglory in Oregon who said, "I need sunshine." [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: @ 27.055 MHz: Ad Astra; An Ancient, Homoerotic Poet, Receives The Muse's Commission by Starward-Led 4 years 29 weeks* ago* Thank you for your: Thank you for your understanding of my motive behind this poem. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: PRAYER REQUEST by Starward-Led 4 years 29 weeks* ago* And I arrived at home at: And I arrived at home at noon, and took a bad fall by 2pm. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: Magic Sol - Repost by allets 4 years 29 weeks* ago* I think this kind of: I think this kind of evocation is one of the most ancient and most highest purposes of Poetry. Just as it was given to Adam to name the animals in Eden, so it was given to the ancient Poets to name the stars, and to summon the beauty of the Sun. Sol Invectus was the last supreme deity of the Roman Empire prior to Constantine's conversion to Christianity. Some two hundred years earlier, Apostle Peter, in his 2nd Epistle, described Jesus as the Daystar. Your invocation of the sun rightly credits it with taking the blues away. Metaphorically, one could ascribe that to the process known as Rayleigh's Scattering, which explains why the sky, when lit by the sun, favors blue; just as on Mars, the sky, when lit by the sun, favors red/crimson, burnt ocre, and puple. But in our world, as your metaphor ascends into the metaphysical, the sun takes the blues away and spreads them across the sky, where Rayleigh's renders them from the sorrows with which we endow them to the beauty with which the sky is endowed. [ go to comment ]
lyrycsyntyme commented on: EVEN WHORES HAVE FEELINGS by georgeschaefer 4 years 29 weeks* ago* I might offer that most: I might offer that most people do what they think will help them survive. Quite often, it seems to me, the effect is null or even the opposite of the expectation. [ go to comment ]
lyrycsyntyme commented on: Names Washed Away Long Ago by lyrycsyntyme 4 years 29 weeks* ago* Interesting: Have to say that her dark side was way too dark for me. She supported her husbands decision to murder of the Czar's whole family, including children, and the infamous "red terror". She also intentionally ommitted both events in her biography on Lenin's life, after he died. Additionally, she seemed to back out of supporting Trotsky to protect herself when Stalin's faction was seeking to take firm control of the USSR (not that Trotsky was necessarily a good guy, either). [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: Sunshine (Magic Sol) by allets 4 years 29 weeks* ago* " . . . eye-puncture gloom: " . . . eye-puncture gloom and a gray horizon with life's light." That's how it's done! A shooting star of hope and brilliance. Love! [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: @ 27.055 MHz: Ad Astra; An Ancient, Homoerotic Poet, Receives The Muse's Commission by Starward-Led 4 years 29 weeks* ago* The poem wasn't shy or: The poem wasn't shy or ashamed or cryptic while the voice was commanding and straightforward, so the title fits. In this one, I feel, and this is just my opinion: Say it loud and proud! I love the idea of the POV being the Muse, a type of higher self one doesn't argue with. Very nice. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: PRAYER REQUEST by Starward-Led 4 years 29 weeks* ago* No apology needed. Your: No apology needed. Your intention was clear, and in that respect, it was perfect. Your doctor needs to carefully monitor those meds! Thank God you're going home. God bless. [ go to comment ]
chris commented on: THE SOUND OF RAIN by pamschwetz 4 years 29 weeks* ago* Great work! I like: Great work! I like writing naturalistic poems too. [ go to comment ]
allets commented on: Neo-Tzar by allets 4 years 29 weeks* ago* I Did Not Know: Vlad had a brother. Taking over countries is bloody - ref Russia today and perpetual wars just like bloody usa Presidents. West's colonization of Africa and slave trade equals Hitlerian cruelties and over longer periods of time. I just did a search for Lenin's books - he was prolific. I read Manifesto and What Is To Be Done decades ago -- both gave me a headache! History, rhetoric, and economcs - ouch! . ~A~ . [ go to comment ]
allets commented on: gatlinburg haiku by rachel 4 years 29 weeks* ago* Love A Good Haiku: Love this one! . ~A~ [ go to comment ]
allets commented on: musings on time by rachel 4 years 29 weeks* ago* Bravo Write!: . "...and no war without crime." A creation list of neolistc adages to embrace. . ~A~ [ go to comment ]
allets commented on: Neo-Tzar by allets 4 years 29 weeks* ago* Thank You: On comment sect. I have to reply and fingers and eyes are way over stressed. ~A~ [ go to comment ]
rachel commented on: Birds and the Beasts by rachel 4 years 29 weeks* ago* You are inspiring me to: You are inspiring me to organize my poems into series, so the stories may be told. Thank you as always for your well-considered insight and genuine engagement, it makes me excited to write again. [ go to comment ]