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- Fri Feb 28, 2020 11:18 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: DayDreams (in Searching for Kadesh collection)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7030
Re: DayDreams (in Searching for Kadesh collection)
Some of the expressions wander toward the more routine, not to say cliche, but could be fresher -- surely these folks have some sharp and/or startling dreams. For example: ". . . the sea’s crashing waves. . . a feast, a banquet fit for royalty. . . she’d talk our ears off. . . travel to far far f...
- Fri Feb 28, 2020 10:36 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: New Family (in Searching for Kadesh collection)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 18181
Re: New Family (in Searching for Kadesh collection)
WOW AJ, you just introduced me to a resource I didn't know about, thank you. A researcher in our midst hooray. poet-e please excuse the hijack. NP! Love a good hijack. I never heard of the ‘Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings’ AJ. I can't find it online. Is it just in a book ...
- Fri Feb 28, 2020 10:31 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: stillness after massacre
- Replies: 11
- Views: 17102
Re: stillness after massacre
Love the imagery it ends with.
Curious which Massacre...
Curious which Massacre...
- Fri Feb 28, 2020 10:28 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: 2/25/20
- Replies: 16
- Views: 21733
Re: 2/25/20
Clever. Italics helped A LOT. I was confused without them.
- Fri Feb 28, 2020 10:23 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Tools
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8970
Re: Tools
Very nice read. Love old vs new tension.
Had to look up bara brith. Maybe "bara brith bread"? Us, daft Americans!
Confused who "me" is. Father is he/his, so IDK who N is... an outsider/friend?
4 characters?: Father, son, "me," and my wife.
Had to look up bara brith. Maybe "bara brith bread"? Us, daft Americans!
Confused who "me" is. Father is he/his, so IDK who N is... an outsider/friend?
4 characters?: Father, son, "me," and my wife.
- Fri Feb 28, 2020 10:13 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Advanced
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9380
Re: Advanced
Hi Poet-e, you have gotten to the heart of the poem--mixed emotions. I remember youthful moments, as when I heard the song America the Beautiful being sung, I was struck by how fortunate I was to be among those born here. But growing awareness of such policies and actions as manifest destiny, Jim C...
- Thu Feb 27, 2020 8:09 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Advanced
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9380
Re: Advanced
Unsure if poem's saying America is the center or criticizing it?
- Mon Feb 24, 2020 4:46 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: New Family (in Searching for Kadesh collection)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 18181
- Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:25 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: DayDreams (in Searching for Kadesh collection)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7030
DayDreams (in Searching for Kadesh collection)
DayDreams What would you do if you’re healed? I want to feel the dirt as I run barefoot home. I want to see the sea’s crashing waves. I want to cleanse myself of the stench of this blood browned dress, and go dance and sing inside the temple. I want to eat a ...
- Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:20 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: New Family (in Searching for Kadesh collection)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 18181
Re: New Family (in Searching for Kadesh collection)
He thinks they all have places to live, but panhandle or chose to live on the street...