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saiom commented on: WHO AM I by joy 5 years 1 week* ago* response: thought provoking poem with a sweet light touch [ go to comment ]
saiom commented on: MONEY IN THE DUST by georgeschaefer 5 years 1 week* ago* Las Vegas has a high rate: Las Vegas has a high rate of suicide.. do the casino owners care about the self inflicted deaths, the massive $ losses, the prostitution, crime, alcoholism etc of LV [ go to comment ]
saiom commented on: TAHOMA by joy 5 years 1 week* ago* what an uplifting tale .. a: what an uplifting tale .. a kind community as a silly aside, those of us who've lived in Takoma are happy our name rhymes with the name Tahoma [ go to comment ]
saiom commented on: Greater Times Greater Hardships by THWYALG 5 years 1 week* ago* response: beautiful [ go to comment ]
saiom commented on: Catheter Change by owlcrkbrg 5 years 1 week* ago* I am so sorry. There is: I am so sorry. There is scarcely a worse pain than being catheterized.. I was advised to give up coffee because of its dioxypurines which crystallize in arteries. Cardiologists recommend vegan diet because of cholesterol blockage of arteries. You are a great poet Long may you wave. Your sensitivity to all beings ... your truthtelling... your great intelligence are always a treat to read. I'm not sure if you are theist agnostic or atheist but may your higher power heal your body and protect you.. especially since I read on Twitter that Idaho and Wyoming have traps and animal snares close to trails. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: Codependence by Jesster 5 years 1 week* ago* For such a short poem, in so: For such a short poem, in so few words, this is very profound. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: Okra Seeds by saiom 5 years 1 week* ago* I like that word, Heliocracy.: I like that word, Heliocracy. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: Crucible of Light by patriciajj 5 years 1 week* ago* Thanks for the reply. When: Thanks for the reply. When the very shrewd critic, Helen Vendler, published her essay on a reading strategy for Stevens' poetry, she taught me that reading a Poet (like Stevens, and like Patriciajj) who commands such verbal grandeur, while building a body of work that has many intricate internal connections, a reading strategy is absolutely required. Believe it or not, I did not enjoy Stevens' poetry near as much prior to 1982 as I did, and do, after. The vastness of your Poetry makes a strategy very desirable. And the metaphor of my Grandparents' place came to my mind for that strategy. What I learned, on my visits there, was that the "landmarks"---the two cottages, my grandfather's workshop building, the plank bridge and the creek, the wildflower meadow (representing nature) and the pile of discarded metal at its southeast corner (representing human arts)---were not separate items, but all components of one overall effect. A poem by you, or by Stevens, cannot be considered in isolation; there must be an awareness of the total collection even if that awareness is not explicitly stated. (And I am writing this not only for readers at postpoems, but for those scholars and grad students who will look at your work in decades hence.) Because I am not as alert as I should be, it took me a bit of time to get to this point, but I have gotten there. You, and Stevens, remind me of the Poets who named the constellations; who brought forth those patterns from the vast array in the sky that, to a rank amateur or to someone unable to appreciate it, seems like just a bunch of small twinkle-lights. You, like Stevens, and Dante, and Vergil, are a constellator---no, let me amend that, you are a Constellator. [ go to comment ]
Starward commented on: What God Has Joined Together by saiom 5 years 1 week* ago* This is: This is a most unusual interpretation of the Markan account of Jesus' remarks about divorce. I have never seen it applied in this way before. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: Crucible of Light by patriciajj 5 years 1 week* ago* Thank you for using your rare: Thank you for using your rare and innate gift of words to interpret my poem. Such an honor, dear poet! [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: Crucible of Light by patriciajj 5 years 1 week* ago* I can't thank you enough for: I can't thank you enough for digging so deep and unearthing the precise message I was hoping to present, and for holding it up in the light of your expansive and luminous perception. I'm deeply moved that you revisited your favorite memories in one of your favorite places as a result of my contemplation. Your feedback and support is valued more than you know. Prayers and gratitude. [ go to comment ]
saiom commented on: Pruning by and_hera_met_zeus 5 years 1 week* ago* Tinkerbell: We believe in Tinkerbell and clap our hands and we believe in you.. and your eternal expansion [ go to comment ]
saiom commented on: Crucible of Light by patriciajj 5 years 1 week* ago* thank you: Thank you Patricia for this beautiful poem.. each time the universe has broken your great heart it became larger [ go to comment ]
and_hera_met_zeus commented on: Longfingered Sun by saiom 5 years 1 week* ago* That’s beautiful: And true [ go to comment ]
and_hera_met_zeus commented on: Pruning by and_hera_met_zeus 5 years 1 week* ago* Thank you!!!: Hmmm.... that could go either way, since one popular fertilizer is bullshit XD [ go to comment ]