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S74rw4rd commented on: Taylor Swift Is Not God! by ramonathompsont 30 weeks 1 day* ago* I agree with your dislike of: I agree with your dislike of the hero-worship that has gotten out of hand. [ go to comment ]
S74rw4rd commented on: île d'Oléron by Spinoza 30 weeks 1 day* ago* When I read this, my first: When I read this, my first response was that I had dated someone just like your description in college; and then my second response, considering the poem as a poem, is that you have described a powerfully cataclysmic experience in such a few brief lines---which attests to your tremendous verbal skill and artistry. I think of a certain novelist who churns out endless pages of horror stories, without knowing when to stop or what to edit; and then I compared this poem, which achieves a supreme effect of horror with a handful of words in a few slender, but very agile, lines. [ go to comment ]
S74rw4rd commented on: To The So-Called Artist, Parrhasius by S74RW4RD 30 weeks 2 days* ago* Thanks for looking at the: Thanks for looking at the poem and commenting. I just learned of this historical incident yesterday, I realize life was considered cheap, in those days, but even so . . . torturing a young man just to learn from his sufferings in order to depict a mythological figure's torments with accuracy? Horrific. [ go to comment ]
arqios commented on: To The So-Called Artist, Parrhasius by S74RW4RD 30 weeks 2 days* ago* Que horrible!: Que horrible! [ go to comment ]
arqios commented on: smoke and mirrors by arqios 30 weeks 2 days* ago* To have survived the: To have survived the labyrinth is often a mixed relief, there is scarring there that occasionally reminds one of the horrors. Thanks kindly for your kind response. [ go to comment ]
arqios commented on: Autumn Coffee Run by arqios 30 weeks 2 days* ago* Thanks pjj. : Thanks pjj. [ go to comment ]
S74rw4rd commented on: To The Poet, The Eminent Constantine Cavafy [XLIX] by S74RW4RD 30 weeks 3 days* ago* Thank you so very much for: Thank you so very much for that comment. Looking at the several failed relationships and missed opportunities in his past, Cavafy found a way to redeem them by bringing what was beautiful (or instructive) in them into a lasting poetry in which others could, in a way, commune in his fellowship even after his soar had gone on to the stars. In the last few days, I have been feeling my own massive list of failures and miss-outs very sharply. I should like to think that the poems that emerge from that chaos can, provides, as Cavafy said, "a perception of the beautiful" to those who read them. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: smoke and mirrors by arqios 30 weeks 3 days* ago* Brilliant! The structure: Brilliant! The structure sharply illustrates the nerve-jangling, dead-end process suffered by anyone who has ever had the experience of interacting with an irrational, slippery control freak. You even listed, in ascending order of aggravation, some of the verbal abuser's favorite infuriating, mind-numbing tactics used to keep one ensnared in their juvenile labyrinth. Then realizing they just aren't worth our time and effort, you mock the lunacy with hilarious word play and bring the poem to an outrageously delightful, visual conclusion. Spot on and thoroughly enjoyable. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: Autumn Coffee Run by arqios 30 weeks 3 days* ago* You deliver one of life's: You deliver one of life's best kept secrets in a compact and cleverly simple package: "Where else is boxed contentment? But where it's found in a moment." Everyday Zen. Love it! [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: To The Poet, The Eminent Constantine Cavafy [XLIX] by S74RW4RD 30 weeks 3 days* ago* As I read the pain-torn poem: As I read the pain-torn poem by Cavafy you referenced, I sensed shades of your own travail as expressed in many of your excellent poems. A worthy tribute to a legendary talent. [ go to comment ]
S74rw4rd commented on: THE EVOLUTION OF MY PRAYING by joy 30 weeks 5 days* ago* This is an excellent: This is an excellent testimony and speaks volumes about your Faith. [ go to comment ]
Teytonon commented on: Shakespeare quotes by Teytonon 30 weeks 6 days* ago* Thanks for your comment..: Thanks for your comment. I'm sure it signifies something, but I can't figure out what it is. One thing for sure, you're certainly not an idiot. I'll have to read it. Thanks for the suggestion! [ go to comment ]
Pungus commented on: Shakespeare quotes by Teytonon 30 weeks 6 days* ago* you should check it out: your first quote, though incomplete lacking it's finishing 'full of sound and fury' was what Faulkner used as a title to his book, which is really good. [ go to comment ]
Pungus commented on: Valuable thought #1 by Pingus 31 weeks 57 min* ago* thank you: thank you quite. this one felt good to write; it's nice when Poetry comes full circle, like this did, effortlessly. [ go to comment ]
beaconzbard commented on: I SHALL REJOICE IN MY INFIRMITIES by beaconzbard 31 weeks 7 hours* ago* It's now on YouTube: You can watch/hear me read it at: https://youtube.com/shorts/C2d2h2BiHeg [ go to comment ]