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- Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:00 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Weather
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8774
Re: Weather
Late to the party again, I am. This is an interesting poem--engaging. It is good to be able to see the versions together. I am not seeing one version completely better than the other, each having their strong points. On the whole I prefer the first stanza from the modified version, with some comm...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:55 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Dearly Beloved
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2064
Re: Dearly Beloved
Wonderful title– it does so much. The Speaker opens the poem as would an officiant addressing an assemblage of family and close friends. By the time the poem concludes, the reader assured of the genuineness of the opening really. Merriam says “love-light” means a radiance of affection , which the...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 9:19 pm
- Forum: The Commons
- Topic: Sylvia Plath read by Patti Smith
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4585
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 8:31 am
- Forum: The Commons
- Topic: TTB Anniversary
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2606
Re: TTB Anniversary
Yes-- congratulations to us. And yes, I am started to develop a fondness for you assholes too.Congratulations to us--we are a wonderful group! I'm actually getting sentimental about youse guys.
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 6:06 pm
- Forum: The Commons
- Topic: TTB Anniversary
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2606
Re: TTB Anniversary
Aye, Colm, Indar--
to another six years -- Sláinte!!
Sláinte
Kanpai – Cin cin
Prost,
Here’s looking at you kid — and now Lechyd da.
Skål – we are the bridges we will not burn.
~
to another six years -- Sláinte!!
Sláinte
Kanpai – Cin cin
Prost,
Here’s looking at you kid — and now Lechyd da.
Skål – we are the bridges we will not burn.
~
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 7:39 pm
- Forum: The Commons
- Topic: TTB Anniversary
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2606
TTB Anniversary
It was six years ago this week we spent a focused, frantic four days conceiving and giving life to this poetry site. While it has not been what we originally envisioned, six years of continued life is a major accomplishment in this current digital poetry environment. And it has been an incredible e...
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 5:04 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself Here
- Topic: Hi My Name is Greg
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10580
Re: Hi My Name is Greg
Welcome Greg-- what a wonderful introduction. Glad you found the site. There are large differences between poems and song lyrics. But both require a curiosity for and deftness with words and how to build with them. A good ear is also valuable to both. Can't wait to see your work. Let me know if...
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 10:46 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Some Mornings
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14116
Re: Some Mornings
Love the construction of this-- a terse musing with bluntly effective opening and closing lines. Solid, solid bookends
"Extinct" . . . or dormant? Just asking.
"Palpable" is such a subtly powerful word. But it takes a special context for its use---like here.
Bravo.
T
"Extinct" . . . or dormant? Just asking.
"Palpable" is such a subtly powerful word. But it takes a special context for its use---like here.
Bravo.
T
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 8:54 am
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Leaving the Nest
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12428
Re: Leaving the Nest
Quite the pecking order!
Thanks Dave.
T
Thanks Dave.
T
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 5:13 pm
- Forum: Post Your Poems
- Topic: Leaving the Nest
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12428
Re: Leaving the Nest
Gyppo— glad your neighbor is establishing a beneficial detente with her local squirrels. My son and his family in St. Paul are being met with a squirrel population which has apparently achieved critical mass. They spent 4 days stripping foliage from the oaks in order to harvest the nuts.. they hav...