tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post2632790829637026671..comments2024-03-29T01:19:03.714-04:00Comments on Poet Mom: Poem for Poetry ThursdayJanuaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036651950996873368noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-85373549891326135612006-11-17T18:15:00.000-05:002006-11-17T18:15:00.000-05:00What a great poem, as always...such a unique topic...What a great poem, as always...such a unique topic. I especially liked the tobacco fields turned to low-income housingEmilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058447022953846355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-15930573046401221892006-11-17T11:15:00.000-05:002006-11-17T11:15:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comments, everyone.
Jim, I dunno. ...Thanks for the comments, everyone.<br /><br />Jim, I dunno. I just wanted to phrase the line differently. I wanted to start outward and move inward. Does that make sense? I also wanted his perspective to be slightly different than everyone else’s. Does that make sense? <br /><br />What I didn't do is read it out loud for the rhythm. I'll try that this weekend to see if it makes a difference.Januaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036651950996873368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-63111582260419741922006-11-17T11:01:00.000-05:002006-11-17T11:01:00.000-05:00Very creative!Very creative!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-62476900105915062272006-11-17T10:16:00.000-05:002006-11-17T10:16:00.000-05:00Excellent poem January...enjoyed.
Was wondering w...Excellent poem January...enjoyed.<br /><br />Was wondering why the inversion on this line...<br /><br />until a man in a town on the outskirts<br /><br />instead of<br />until a man on the outskirts of a townjzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04900728285377878851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-70508868369983260762006-11-16T23:07:00.000-05:002006-11-16T23:07:00.000-05:00What a fun read! I really enjoyed it. All the poem...What a fun read! I really enjoyed it. All the poems this week are very interesting, and so different! Very cool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-5705617584310043582006-11-16T22:20:00.000-05:002006-11-16T22:20:00.000-05:00heheh.
This is sillily* wonderful, if I may say s...heheh.<br /><br />This is sillily* wonderful, if I may say so.<br /><br />*Yes, that's what I meant to say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-40552656407875146082006-11-16T20:04:00.000-05:002006-11-16T20:04:00.000-05:00oh i love where this prompt is taking people this ...oh i love where this prompt is taking people this week. this is fantastic fun january. love it!liz elayne lamoreuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16014874211913051234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-86768649908728256742006-11-16T17:26:00.000-05:002006-11-16T17:26:00.000-05:00Really neat, great story. I love how everyone is t...Really neat, great story. I love how everyone is taking this in totally different directions. <br /><i>Tobacco fields<br />were turned into low-income housing</i><br />...wouldn't it be amazing if that came true.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08959871797105679724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-65533043850626293332006-11-16T17:17:00.000-05:002006-11-16T17:17:00.000-05:00It's a fabulous take on the prompt - I love where ...It's a fabulous take on the prompt - I love where your imagination took you - and us! Well done, you!paris parfaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457437124988976587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-66787147048417395762006-11-16T14:01:00.000-05:002006-11-16T14:01:00.000-05:00This is a great story poem...poem with a story...p...This is a great story poem...poem with a story...poem...I love it. A writing teacher once said, make your lies ring true with details. This you did!jillypoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951224240914478371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-12605206106208165042006-11-16T13:06:00.000-05:002006-11-16T13:06:00.000-05:00Wonderful twist on the prompt ... loved the narrat...Wonderful twist on the prompt ... loved the narrative feel of your poem. <i>much peace, JP</i>JP (mom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03120439923927414464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-22206468847795957072006-11-16T12:35:00.000-05:002006-11-16T12:35:00.000-05:00I haven't written my lie yet...sigh. Yours was wo...I haven't written my lie yet...sigh. Yours was wonderful--almost like a short-story. I love when poetry surprises us!<br />--D.--Left-handed Trees...https://www.blogger.com/profile/06057727021295729384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-17400082473541524172006-11-16T12:30:00.000-05:002006-11-16T12:30:00.000-05:00I was walking past a tobacconist this morning with...I was walking past a tobacconist this morning with my dumb latte and they've got a humidor inside and I started thinking about that sweet, sick-sweet smell inside, how sort of tropical and awesome it is - and here's your poem! You are always one of my favorites to read and this image-thick narrative is again, a great piece.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04561786891662799199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-35212820947969460612006-11-16T12:12:00.000-05:002006-11-16T12:12:00.000-05:00Exquisitely goofy, January--I love this legend.
O...Exquisitely goofy, January--I love this legend.<br /><br />Oh, btw, it's up in the air, a little, about the AWP in Atlanta for me. Will likely be definite after the holidays. Are you going?Jim Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408507847342833145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-32689768169495324522006-11-16T12:11:00.000-05:002006-11-16T12:11:00.000-05:00You rocked this poem post.You rocked this poem post.Chellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01340998221515209248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-22340745071577220622006-11-16T12:09:00.000-05:002006-11-16T12:09:00.000-05:00Everybody, all of us, do keep cigars of one kind o...Everybody, all of us, do keep cigars of one kind or another in the landfills of our minds, keep remembering how they smelled, and tasted...and want them enshrined in some Smithsonian where they will be admired and revered...forever. An interesting thing to consider.Joyce Ellen Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494251587598676788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-79712498181481791152006-11-16T12:05:00.000-05:002006-11-16T12:05:00.000-05:00Ever since writing my lies yesterday, I've been dy...Ever since writing my lies yesterday, I've been dying to write a longer mythology, a full story of a lie. This makes me want to do that even more - what a fantastic tale!<br /><br />I could almost smell the smoke, just reading it.twilightspiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338205807151511143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-54928904922081143892006-11-16T08:08:00.000-05:002006-11-16T08:08:00.000-05:00Deb: I'm a virginia native, so maybe that's tied i...Deb: I'm a virginia native, so maybe that's tied into it this week. Maybe I was thinking about home. What would Freud say right now?<br /><br />Catherine: Yes, I think we all stretched ourselves this week.<br /><br />ren.kat: Thanks for your kind words.<br /><br />sheela: Thanks for stopping by!Januaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036651950996873368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-88593311298653656892006-11-16T07:18:00.000-05:002006-11-16T07:18:00.000-05:00I've so enjoyed reading your poem. Fantastic stuff...I've so enjoyed reading your poem. Fantastic stuff! :)Sheelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01346157108741723748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-79023924078777100812006-11-16T05:29:00.000-05:002006-11-16T05:29:00.000-05:00This is great. Thank you for a good read!This is great. Thank you for a good read!ren powell https://www.blogger.com/profile/15593358547415514500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-89130992723491714362006-11-16T02:55:00.000-05:002006-11-16T02:55:00.000-05:00I think quite a few people ended up in surprising ...I think quite a few people ended up in surprising places with this week's prompt. I love this, you have started with the prompt but taken it much furtherCatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236329216260906624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14397387.post-26040706776426766032006-11-16T01:49:00.000-05:002006-11-16T01:49:00.000-05:00Living as I do in the midst of one of the top two ...Living as I do in the midst of one of the top two tobacco-producing states in the US, this tickled my fancy. :-) What a wonderful story poem!Deb Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03322863748665701618noreply@blogger.com