tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32859064.post7144063229465560270..comments2023-10-06T07:27:55.290-04:00Comments on Salome Ellen: Word and Question 5Salome Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207028136419419757noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32859064.post-90508026666148826432010-10-31T15:46:17.170-04:002010-10-31T15:46:17.170-04:00Christina: I really love the line "Like a see...Christina: I really love the line "Like a seed carried on trade currents to bloom on a foreign shore." It's simply lovely. Beautiful imagery.<br /><br />Ellen: I'm a huge fan of the formatting and the tone. I kept hearing an elderly, eccentric British man reading this in my head, as in a desultory manner with his legs crossed and a tea cup and saucer in his hands. I... don't know why, but the way it read in my head was fantastic. I really enjoyed it.Lindsayhttp://www.verysleepypeople.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32859064.post-49731576407846572042010-10-31T03:33:26.480-04:002010-10-31T03:33:26.480-04:00+JMJ+
Christina: You had me at Eustace Scrubb in...+JMJ+ <br /><br /><b>Christina</b>: You had me at Eustace Scrubb in Texas! =DEnbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32859064.post-88907252908835500582010-10-29T02:29:17.791-04:002010-10-29T02:29:17.791-04:00OK, for real this time (multi-commenting my way ou...OK, for real this time (multi-commenting my way out of obscurity! whee!!)<br /><br /><a href="http://epistle-null.blogspot.com/2010/10/in-deep-october.html" rel="nofollow">for your scrutiny and for roasting</a>. Goodness, but it took me long enough!Belfry Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514867101036143597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32859064.post-39759520837892520402010-10-28T05:52:46.836-04:002010-10-28T05:52:46.836-04:00Christina --
Wow! I cherish your poem's clar...Christina --<br /><br />Wow! I cherish your poem's clarity, its vividness, its natural rhythm. Brava!Thomas Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217297262702709978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32859064.post-69963355938798372022010-10-27T23:22:14.115-04:002010-10-27T23:22:14.115-04:00I fled to Texas soul sore, weary and bone tired.
...I fled to Texas soul sore, weary and bone tired. <br />I fled the blasting cold, the miserable angry people and <br />I shed heavy wool overcoats like Eustace Scrubb shed dragon hide.<br /><br />I left my beloved Jesuit University, the first real academic home I knew. <br />I left those soldiers of the church in their Society of Jesus, those <br />Brilliant sharp minded Sisters of Mercy. <br />I left fall colors, pink snow, and broad leaf trees. <br />What I found was palm trees, ocean salt air, kindness, manners and<br />Wonder of wonders smiling happy people. <br /><br />In departing my land of origin I found a place to grow, to root, <br />Like a seed carried on trade currents to bloom on a foreign shore. <br /><br /><br />Word: Jesuit<br />Question: Whence came youChristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05601554301458680021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32859064.post-14264606047908854372010-10-21T20:53:38.604-04:002010-10-21T20:53:38.604-04:00I should add that I actually don't like my poe...I should add that I actually don't like my poem. I've just been stuck for so long I finally broke down, made a few lame double interpretations, and threw in some blues 'cause it's what I was listening to today.<br /><br />I suppose you could read a reference to The Quest for St. Aquin, if you'd like. I mostly just hate the flow and lack of logic. Without the joy of nonsense. Meh, I'll stop ripping on myself.Dauvit Balfourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12543093128734164639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32859064.post-43121121151436884692010-10-21T20:50:44.402-04:002010-10-21T20:50:44.402-04:00And here I come, dragging my tale (yeah yeah, I kn...And here I come, dragging my tale (yeah yeah, I know, it's a versified story anyway, let me have my pun).<br /><br /><a href="http://offhandshooting.blogspot.com/2010/10/blues-from-san-jose.html" rel="nofollow">Blues from San Jose</a><br /><br />Sorry I'm late. I'll try to check out everyone else's tomorrow.Dauvit Balfourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12543093128734164639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32859064.post-2590244942453714282010-10-21T02:42:41.451-04:002010-10-21T02:42:41.451-04:00+JMJ+
Now for your poem . . .
I like that it...+JMJ+ <br /><br />Now for your poem . . .<br /><br />I like that it's also a story, although the ending is a bit of a cliff-hanger. LOL!Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32859064.post-41587727475417560612010-10-21T02:40:52.930-04:002010-10-21T02:40:52.930-04:00+JMJ+
Here is mine!
Please don't put me on t...+JMJ+<br /><br /><a href="http://shreddedcheddar.blogspot.com/2010/10/jmj-poem-is-played-read-everyone-elses.html" rel="nofollow">Here is mine!</a><br /><br />Please don't put me on the Wall of Shame, Ellen! =PEnbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32859064.post-12898900188895957402010-10-20T20:02:02.818-04:002010-10-20T20:02:02.818-04:00Oh, I'm not *there* yet... this is just a warm...Oh, I'm not *there* yet... this is just a warm-up, a ... you know... now I can stretch and relax and get writing for real. I've done that before (with poached eggs and such, you might recall)Belfry Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514867101036143597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32859064.post-35722672307501890192010-10-20T19:51:09.284-04:002010-10-20T19:51:09.284-04:00My submission:
http://verysleepypeople.com/2010/10...My submission:<br />http://verysleepypeople.com/2010/10/20/word-question-5/<br /><br />I'm going to hold off on commenting on everyone's poems until they're all posted so that I don't have to keep track of whose I have and haven't commented on. Looking forward to reading everyone else's, though! :o)Lindsayhttp://www.verysleepypeople.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32859064.post-71019723606079439642010-10-20T10:34:29.905-04:002010-10-20T10:34:29.905-04:00Well, Bat, your timing makes you third.. And I l...Well, Bat, your timing makes you third.. And I like it a lot. Come on, the rest of you!Salome Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13207028136419419757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32859064.post-22348676018386370822010-10-20T09:56:00.355-04:002010-10-20T09:56:00.355-04:00Just to get the flow rolling... (er... don't t...Just to get the flow rolling... (er... don't think too hard about that)<br /><br /><i><br />Small, brown, defiant<br />harrying hawks from their nests,<br />neither reap nor sow.<br /></i>Belfry Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514867101036143597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32859064.post-6540552730310677072010-10-14T12:33:03.976-04:002010-10-14T12:33:03.976-04:00Nice!Nice!Rosemary https://www.blogger.com/profile/16692521812525901895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32859064.post-8688740859372071992010-10-14T01:27:15.176-04:002010-10-14T01:27:15.176-04:00I may be a while...
--(BB=SGotS)I may be a while...<br /><br />--(BB=SGotS)Belfry Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514867101036143597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32859064.post-65452025278734512342010-10-13T20:18:11.164-04:002010-10-13T20:18:11.164-04:00Oops! Maybe this way will work better: Here is t...Oops! Maybe this way will work better: <a href="http://dylanissimus.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/windows/" rel="nofollow">Here is the link</a>.Thomas Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217297262702709978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32859064.post-69319741050907601102010-10-13T20:16:13.846-04:002010-10-13T20:16:13.846-04:00I like this poem a lot (as ghastly as I find cockr...I like this poem a lot (as ghastly as I find cockroaches, and all insects)! It's sort of Don Marquis meets Lucille Clifton, more than Cummings.<br /><br />I remember someone in my high-school magazine wrote a sonnet about baking cookies on Christmas Eve and seeing one of these critters. The sonnet began, wonderfully, "There was a cockroach on the night of Christ"!<br /><br />Here is the link to my entry in this month's round of W&Q:<br /><br />http://dylanissimus.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/windows/Thomas Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217297262702709978noreply@blogger.com