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by indar
Thu Nov 23, 2023 7:16 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Weather
Replies: 7
Views: 7154

Re: Weather

I've read a couple of times and have decided you've written two different poems here. Perhaps, as Colm, says the first is a bit overwritten, but gosh, I miss some of the imagery and atmosphere of the first in the second. Could there be a compromise perhaps?
by indar
Thu Nov 23, 2023 7:06 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: The Walls of Alhambra
Replies: 7
Views: 6505

Re: The Walls of Alhambra

Wonderful write, Greg--mystical, and I was all in. This one little section bumped me out a bit:  each strand into a transcendant place, as if the interior walls of the palace were calling your name, inviting you to partake in the ecstasy of the plunge. I think the "as if" is the first simile in an o...
by indar
Tue Nov 14, 2023 12:18 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Nathaniel's Waves
Replies: 4
Views: 3212

Re: Nathaniel's Waves

Wonderful. Falling in love with a poet with nothing to go on but the poetry--yep--done that.
by indar
Mon Nov 06, 2023 2:48 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself Here
Topic: Hi My Name is Greg
Replies: 5
Views: 9084

Re: Hi My Name is Greg

Hey Greg! Glad you made it! 
by indar
Sat Sep 30, 2023 9:15 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: The Dan Patch Express
Replies: 6
Views: 17667

Re: The Dan Patch Express

Seems like the hurricane is ancient history. We were battened down really well and came through fine. There are worse things to worry about now. Thank you Mark and Dave for your always valued comments.
by indar
Sat Sep 30, 2023 9:01 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: North on the Starliner
Replies: 5
Views: 16425

Re: North on the Starliner

Thank you Dave, as I said to Gyppo above, it is one of my favorites from the way back machine when you were "duck" and we were all on MWC, may it RIP.
by indar
Sat Sep 30, 2023 8:59 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: North on the Starliner
Replies: 5
Views: 16425

Re: North on the Starliner

Thank you Gyppo, this is a poem from long ago and still one of my favorite children. I am rummaging through my old writes with a 74 pack of pro colored pencils next to my resurrected drawing board. deciding which poems I want to illustrate. This has been an enlightening experience--the poems that le...
by indar
Sat Sep 23, 2023 2:27 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: North on the Starliner
Replies: 5
Views: 16425

North on the Starliner

I'm posting this after reading it on open mic. It was on TTB as an entry in a contest somewhere. North on the Starliner Wooden crosses from a former life lift and lower power lines from glass-studded arms. The landscape closes in and widens out. Angus graze their way across Moore-ish sculpted hills...
by indar
Tue Aug 22, 2023 6:22 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: City Planners
Replies: 7
Views: 15088

Re: City Planners

Thank you both, Mark and Dave for your comments. It's heartening to see some activity on this forum. I won't be back for the beginning of Sept Fives--will check in when I can.
by indar
Sat Aug 19, 2023 9:19 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: The Dan Patch Express
Replies: 6
Views: 17667

Re: The Dan Patch Express

Thank you Mark for the read on both poems and additional information. I'm jotting off a quick response as we are battening down the hatches for an unheard-of weather event here in San Diego. A hurricane with all kinds of dire warnings including massive power failures. I am scheduled to fly out Wed. ...