I am sorry to hear of your Mom and Dad's passing. It has been a sad year for you. Just wanted you to know that I was touched by this poem. You have a special way of sharing feelings that we all have all experienced. Hope this new year brings you smiles. Wanda
@luvmypeke Thanks, Wanda. Yeah, 2011 was tough. The upside, if there is one, has to do with feeling like you did what you could for them. I'm wishing you a great 2012, too. Roy
@DavidRandallCurtis Thanks, David. I appreciate that. Couldn't come at a better time: Just had an hour wait for AAA, after a tire problem. (In the Iowa chill!) Nice to be called something good, a fine thing in fact, though it's definitely something I will want to shrug off rather quickly... or I shan't be able to walk about in the bland, bad-tire of a world!
...cont. Seeing Dickey's lines in this poem seem to point to that hand--a community, our universal connection. And just as you found truth in his lines for your poem, I find so many moments in your writing that speak to me. A beautiful poem Roy...I don't know how you managed it.
@tinySpectacle Thank you, Lo. I appreciate your support as a reader; I thrive, as much as I do, on reaching readers who feel as well as think. Your comment says it was (is) the same for each writer: We stand on tall shoulders as we wrestle the Big Questions, questions freighted with emotion. I managed this by letting grieving happen to me.
And I cried all the way! (Literally.) Big goofy guy that I am... Dickey is wonderful, isn't he? Still, I wish I was doing my "wrestling" in Florida!
In this poem I love how you use the lines from James Dickey. It reminds me of something the teacher Hector from the play History Boys says: "The best moments in reading are when you come across something--a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things--that you'd thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you've never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it's as if a hand has come out, and taken yours."...
Dear roy-it has been awhile but a pleasure to hear you again. A riveting work that moved me too often to stop to pick highlights. kept reminding me of the sad task when you get a certain age of finding a phone book a few years old and looking at friends no longer around and being
unable to cross out their names or change unpleasant moments and all the useless rest of it.
@rpVerlaine Yeah--I like that phrase: "the useless rest of it"... But, like you, I know too well what goes with understanding why it works. Hope you're well, and thriving!
@Idlinfarm I want to change my comment to reflect a more thoughtful look into what you're saying. And then to simply thank you--for the kindness of your spending time with this...
@twohawksfucking Actually, I liked what you said----sounds true to me the first time. I look forward to your uploads as they are honest to me and interesting.
@Idlinfarm I'm second-guessing myself a great deal these days. But I really was trying to say something about surface and depth being one and the same. Then I doubted myself.
In the words of the Old Zen Master, Wow... (And not to make light of you but of myself!)
I'm grateful for the sense my poems make of the world for me. Truly. And your thoughtful comment about depth and humanness opened some other level for me.. (Ah, hell.)
@twohawksfucking I, too, am grateful for the sense poems make of the world. And I like my poems for that. I wish I could write more-----maybe the world would seem more sensible. But then what?
I am sorry to hear of your Mom and Dad's passing. It has been a sad year for you. Just wanted you to know that I was touched by this poem. You have a special way of sharing feelings that we all have all experienced. Hope this new year brings you smiles. Wanda
luvmypeke 1 month ago
@luvmypeke Thanks, Wanda. Yeah, 2011 was tough. The upside, if there is one, has to do with feeling like you did what you could for them. I'm wishing you a great 2012, too. Roy
twohawksfucking 1 month ago
I really loved this one. Thank you so much for uploading it!
EllyMcCormack 2 months ago
@EllyMcCormack You're welcome. And thank you! (For lightening my mood...)
Best,
Roy
twohawksfucking 2 months ago
Genius. Faved & shared on facebook!
DavidRandallCurtis 2 months ago
@DavidRandallCurtis Thanks, David. I appreciate that. Couldn't come at a better time: Just had an hour wait for AAA, after a tire problem. (In the Iowa chill!) Nice to be called something good, a fine thing in fact, though it's definitely something I will want to shrug off rather quickly... or I shan't be able to walk about in the bland, bad-tire of a world!
twohawksfucking 2 months ago
...cont. Seeing Dickey's lines in this poem seem to point to that hand--a community, our universal connection. And just as you found truth in his lines for your poem, I find so many moments in your writing that speak to me. A beautiful poem Roy...I don't know how you managed it.
tinySpectacle 2 months ago
@tinySpectacle Thank you, Lo. I appreciate your support as a reader; I thrive, as much as I do, on reaching readers who feel as well as think. Your comment says it was (is) the same for each writer: We stand on tall shoulders as we wrestle the Big Questions, questions freighted with emotion. I managed this by letting grieving happen to me.
And I cried all the way! (Literally.) Big goofy guy that I am... Dickey is wonderful, isn't he? Still, I wish I was doing my "wrestling" in Florida!
Roy
twohawksfucking 2 months ago
In this poem I love how you use the lines from James Dickey. It reminds me of something the teacher Hector from the play History Boys says: "The best moments in reading are when you come across something--a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things--that you'd thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you've never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it's as if a hand has come out, and taken yours."...
tinySpectacle 2 months ago
Dear roy-it has been awhile but a pleasure to hear you again. A riveting work that moved me too often to stop to pick highlights. kept reminding me of the sad task when you get a certain age of finding a phone book a few years old and looking at friends no longer around and being
unable to cross out their names or change unpleasant moments and all the useless rest of it.
rpVerlaine 2 months ago
@rpVerlaine Yeah--I like that phrase: "the useless rest of it"... But, like you, I know too well what goes with understanding why it works. Hope you're well, and thriving!
Roy
twohawksfucking 2 months ago
"and shown at least one other what it is to live, to die---" I like the depth in this poem and the humanness.
Idlinfarm 2 months ago
@Idlinfarm I want to change my comment to reflect a more thoughtful look into what you're saying. And then to simply thank you--for the kindness of your spending time with this...
Best,
Roy
twohawksfucking 2 months ago
@twohawksfucking Actually, I liked what you said----sounds true to me the first time. I look forward to your uploads as they are honest to me and interesting.
Idlinfarm 2 months ago
@Idlinfarm I'm second-guessing myself a great deal these days. But I really was trying to say something about surface and depth being one and the same. Then I doubted myself.
In the words of the Old Zen Master, Wow... (And not to make light of you but of myself!)
I'm grateful for the sense my poems make of the world for me. Truly. And your thoughtful comment about depth and humanness opened some other level for me.. (Ah, hell.)
twohawksfucking 2 months ago
@twohawksfucking I, too, am grateful for the sense poems make of the world. And I like my poems for that. I wish I could write more-----maybe the world would seem more sensible. But then what?
Idlinfarm 2 months ago