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redbrick commented on: Anthem of the Broken Hearted by uninvited_1 3 weeks 6 days* ago* Clenching fists and loud: Clenching fists and loud declarations: I will live for you! Can't wait for the instrumentation. Let the music play [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: Caspar Phraseology of Knowledge Stimulus by Pungus 3 weeks 6 days* ago* It is a pleasure to be back in: It is a pleasure to be back in your gallery of daringly novel and relatable visions. Always on the vanguard of innovative ways to express the joys, frustrations and torments of our human journey, you sculpt art out of life. Each poem I read is one of the following: an eye-opener, a thrilling surprise, a cryptic treasure map, a psychotropic dream, a multifaceted gem–Sometimes all of them in one compact creation. Here you composed a stirring and pensive statement on the ephemeral nature of academia. But, fortunately, as redbrick wisely explained: “Your thoughts are not confined to certificates or classrooms . . .“ Often your notes on a poem are as sharp as the poem itself. I was really tripping on: “Bro if Poetry Didn't Balance me... Seriously…” If I wasn’t so insanely busy, I would camp out here for hours and bear witness to a valuable work in progress. Please continue to be a poetic Prometheus, always reaching for cosmic fire. My greatest respect. [ go to comment ]
redbrick commented on: Untethered Night by patriciajj 3 weeks 6 days* ago* As are your visits much: As are your visits much appreciated and muse-spiring. Continuing to sup and share of this rarity is something that opens and paves for generations after [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: Untethered Night by patriciajj 3 weeks 6 days* ago* It’s always a privilege when: It’s always a privilege when you show up and leave such amazing footprints. Huge respect and endless gratitude, blazing wordsmith. [ go to comment ]
S74rw4rd123d commented on: + 1ST POEMS: and the THIRD POEM PRAISES THE LORD by S74rw4rd-13d 4 weeks 4 hours* ago* And thanks for using my: And thanks for using my screen-name in your reply. While it may seem like a small detail, it is an important one to me. Your use of it is a mark of our continuing friendship. [ go to comment ]
redbrick commented on: dilutings by redbrick 4 weeks 16 hours* ago* Indeed. I see all of those: Indeed. I see all of those salient points. [ go to comment ]
redbrick commented on: Sven's random park bench guest by redbrick 4 weeks 20 hours* ago* Oh I would love to see you: Oh I would love to see you write a novel a la Stanislaw Lem! Take a pick: The Astronauts (1951) – not strictly nautical, but follows an expedition to Venus, mirroring the structure of sea voyages into the unknown. The Magellanic Cloud (1955) – A story about humanity’s first interstellar journey that parallels historical maritime exploration. Solaris (1961) – set in space, the novel’s themes of isolation, living in ocean-like entity on Solaris evoking strong nautical imagery. The Invincible (1964) – a spaceship encountering an enigmatic force on a distant planet, reminiscent of naval expeditions encountering mysterious phenomena. Tales of Pirx the Pilot (1961) – A collection of stories about a space pilot, which could be seen as a futuristic take on seafaring adventures. mmm... [ go to comment ]
Pungus commented on: Sven's random park bench guest by redbrick 4 weeks 22 hours* ago* Beautiful Name for Nautical Novel: Re-fed through the tubes, to quoth Lem, as a crooning surrogate of desire... [ go to comment ]
redbrick commented on: ride with me by catherine 4 weeks 22 hours* ago* This is so deeply honest and: This is so deeply honest and poignant. You’ve captured the quiet turbulence of self-awareness, the tug-of-war between hiding and being seen, between existing and being watched. It’s a feeling many will recognize—the way perception becomes a mirror you can’t turn away from. Your words truly matter, and the act of writing itself is both a refuge and a declaration, carving a space for yourself with every line. You are seen, in the best way—not judged, but understood. [ go to comment ]
redbrick commented on: Caspar Phraseology of Knowledge Stimulus by Pungus 4 weeks 22 hours* ago* I'm so not yer cuppa: I'm so not yer cuppa tea! Am I not your cup of tea?I may not beyour cup of teabut I am yourbottle of rum --most definitely...so ease up that grip:Stop strangling my neck.Let My liquid conflagrationscorch your lying condescensionagain and again and again.... without fail.If you but remember to be trueto what lurks deep within youI will assail your doubtsAnd numb their fight,Send insanity to flight.No, I am not your cup of tea!- - - - - - - - - -And more's the better for me!to be taken with a grain of salt,although it isn't tequila...,no slice of lemon required... [ go to comment ]
redbrick commented on: Sven's random park bench guest by redbrick 4 weeks 22 hours* ago* The Quintessential Mermaid’s: The Quintessential Mermaid’s Emergence Spat from the womb—salt-laden, swelling, slick with the memory of before. The ocean convulses, king tide ascending, moon swollen with the gravitational ache of arrival. Foam-limbs thrash, unclaimed by land, skin webbed in the viscera of birthwater, gills gasping against air’s unholy insistence, lungs unwilling, unready, unsure. Fingertips trace the rim of existence, a baptism of kelp and brine, the belly of the deep churning, a guttural hymn unsung. The quintessential mermaid, neither here nor gone, between the tugging hands of earth and abyss, caught in the lunar pull of something larger, something unfathomable—something not yet named. She drags herself from the belly of tide, still slick, still swelling, the ocean never releases its own. [ go to comment ]
Pungus commented on: Caspar Phraseology of Knowledge Stimulus by Pungus 4 weeks 22 hours* ago* That I am Frodo Funny!!: That I am Frodo, Funny!! Thanks for the Rum In The Tummy!! [ go to comment ]
Pungus commented on: Sven's random park bench guest by redbrick 4 weeks 22 hours* ago* THE Quintessential Mermaid: THE Quintessential Mermaid Materny of Pure & Plain Mermaid Grief!!! [ go to comment ]
redbrick commented on: Caspar Phraseology of Knowledge Stimulus by Pungus 4 weeks 22 hours* ago* Oh for enduring relevance!: Oh for enduring relevance! And even if academia forgets, words carry their own weight beyond institutional walls. Your thoughts are not confined to certificates or classrooms; they weave into the minds of those who read them, carrying influence far beyond what paperwork can validate. Hopefully intellectual transience—the unsettling realization that knowledge, once revered, will not dissolve into forgotten archives. Reminds me somewhat glancingly on some aspects of the Tolkien biopic. [ go to comment ]
redbrick commented on: Pinocchio by Pungus 4 weeks 23 hours* ago* The chancellor kneels, not: The chancellor kneels, not for himself, not for Germany, but for ghosts in Warsaw’s streets— silent, unimpressed. The cameras hum, history clicks its tongue. They say humility cannot be staged, yet here we are. Willy Brandt on his knees in Warsaw 1970. A voice in Berlin cuts through the Cold War frost, "Ich bin ein Berliner," and the crowd erupts, so delighted that they ignore the pastry joke until decades later, when revisionists gleefully inform them they were cheering for cake. JFK in West Germany, 1963. Two men clasp hands at Verdun, gripping the century’s blood between them. Some call it reconciliation, others call it a handshake over bones. And the press, always hungry for symbols, devour it whole. Helmut Kohl and François Mitterand, 1984. Adenauer, unyielding, steps onto the carpet meant for victors, pretending it was his all along. A gesture so bold that even protocol looks the other way, muttering about audacity. Donald enters, a maestro of pantomime, mocking and mimicking, small hands waving, exaggerations towering. Some call it leadership, others call it performance art. Either way, the audience keeps clapping. History moves, but the theatre remains, a stage of gestures and grand illusions— each one a waving handy 'kerchief touché, offered in jest, accepted as truth. [ go to comment ]