tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post4416787280047030699..comments2023-03-27T04:21:27.436-04:00Comments on Crosses and Cradles: Word and Question 4Dauvit Balfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543093128734164639noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-18251178396594130612010-10-05T11:54:18.529-04:002010-10-05T11:54:18.529-04:00oh dear! Does it seem the Octobren theme is perva...oh dear! Does it seem the Octobren theme is pervading some poetry as well? I think I can discern a reaction to the question I sent out... but so macabre that it surprises!Belfry Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514867101036143597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-90782239520528246052010-10-01T01:50:27.597-04:002010-10-01T01:50:27.597-04:00They were not feathers, I knew
Though so lightly d...They were not feathers, I knew<br />Though so lightly did they fall upon my face;<br />They drifted over me, growing in thickness<br />And quickly gathering pace.<br />They were not fair, nor pure, nor soft--<br /><br />They were not petals, of blossoms so fresh<br />Though in such profusion did they rush to descend;<br />They poured over me; so, covering my frame<br />And filled the air with their smell.<br />The weight of their substance pervaded my senses--<br /><br />I heard the words so hushed, though they were uttered <br />In such low, quiet tones, far above my head;<br />The murmurs spoken were indistinct and muffled <br />But still, I discerned their import.<br />And through my half-closed lids I stared--<br /><br />The graceful pencil that shaped her features<br />Traced the lines that I once called mine;<br />And I trembled, gazing at those attributes<br />Marking that countenance hanging over me. <br />I knew, I knew those well--<br /><br />For she that stood looking down upon my form<br />She and I were bound by ties fierce and strong;<br />Ours was, is, a relation immutable as friendship.<br />Had we been sisters, both our fates <br />Could have not been more intertwined.<br /><br />For my life she took from me--I,<br />Tricked, led astray, and allowed to fall;<br />She caused my head to split wide and open <br />As I dashed against the rocks;<br />And now she wears my face.<br /><br />While I, in this dirt: broken, consigned<br />Bereft, forsaken, transfixed, all this time <i>remaining</i>;<br />Earnestly have I sworn sweet vengeance <br />In every moment I have here lain! <br />But how--antiaphroditehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14171652328741837059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-29223363799772701512010-09-30T03:17:33.794-04:002010-09-30T03:17:33.794-04:00+JMJ+
The slug is finally clocking in!
http://sh...+JMJ+<br /><br />The slug is finally clocking in!<br /><br />http://shreddedcheddar.blogspot.com/2010/09/jmj-word-question-poem-and-deadline.html<br /><br />Oh, Dauvit, I love your poem! It's so gentle and haunting. The apathetic soul is a real character.Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-47448271583572086642010-09-25T20:20:42.790-04:002010-09-25T20:20:42.790-04:00I especially liked these lines:
"Nothing but...I especially liked these lines:<br /><br />"Nothing but the patter of the rain upon the rock<br />Soaked and broken, no heroes,"<br /><br />Mine is up: http://spikeisbest.blogspot.com/2010/09/word-question.htmlPaul Stilwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04446241126728692642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-61112596731874185762010-09-21T14:39:53.006-04:002010-09-21T14:39:53.006-04:00Goodness me! but I feel terribly slow, seeing that...Goodness me! but I feel terribly slow, seeing that yours has been up a week already --- but I can see *my* word again, quite plainly. Salome, that's a delightfully fun and incisive verse! As I haven't seen my question, yet... oh yes, Enbrethiliel hasn't sung out, yet. Well, perhaps I'm not such a slug, after all.Belfry Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514867101036143597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-33985305742187331652010-09-21T14:30:47.399-04:002010-09-21T14:30:47.399-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Belfry Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514867101036143597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-10839741579684672512010-09-21T14:18:29.494-04:002010-09-21T14:18:29.494-04:00Here we go! Link. Terribly light-hearted this tim...Here we go! <a href="http://epistle-null.blogspot.com/2010/09/someone-asked-and-i-say.html" rel="nofollow">Link</a>. Terribly light-hearted this time.Belfry Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514867101036143597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-25558666729755095082010-09-17T23:22:41.325-04:002010-09-17T23:22:41.325-04:00OK, mine's up.
http://salomeellen.blogspot.c...OK, mine's up. <br /><br />http://salomeellen.blogspot.com/2010/09/word-and-question-4-aka-poetry-game.html<br /><br />As usual I'm intimidated by this one. It makes me feel like what I should really write is nursery rhymes. Hey, maybe I'll try that next month...Salome Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13207028136419419757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6294201938446352243.post-793055708042076152010-09-15T07:22:06.200-04:002010-09-15T07:22:06.200-04:00dear Mr Balfour (and everyone else!) --
Here'...dear Mr Balfour (and everyone else!) --<br /><br />Here's mine:<br /><br />http://dylanissimus.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/to-be-alive/Thomas Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217297262702709978noreply@blogger.com