tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487059350883726456.post8084297585120954152..comments2023-07-20T13:36:04.197-06:00Comments on La Parola Vivace: 2nd New Monday Poem for Magpie Tales and Beyond....Jenne' R. Andrews http://www.blogger.com/profile/15744946229300234443noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487059350883726456.post-5688738760130724722011-08-03T20:39:35.500-06:002011-08-03T20:39:35.500-06:00A wonderful heart-stirring word picture. Well said...A wonderful heart-stirring word picture. Well said.<br />— K<br /><br />Kay, Alberta, Canada<br />An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous TravelKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487059350883726456.post-65832099173639499132011-08-02T18:27:59.586-06:002011-08-02T18:27:59.586-06:00Your last stanza, le magnifique. I read your poem ...Your last stanza, le magnifique. I read your poem once, then the fourth stanza five times. The visual of "Mother Wind" teasing the windmill, so as to move it, and make it believe it will be moved for eternity, then rendering it fall still, leaving it silent, and alone.<br /><br />-PoundsBKPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12187075525353666744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487059350883726456.post-44123134683512053792011-08-02T18:20:08.675-06:002011-08-02T18:20:08.675-06:00This is great makes me feel like I am right there ...This is great makes me feel like I am right there smelling the grain! I took this link from d'Verse but I don't see a link or anything saying this is for it hope I did not err, but liked this all the sameAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487059350883726456.post-28039104587621399802011-08-02T12:47:16.207-06:002011-08-02T12:47:16.207-06:00Excellent. I particularly liked the image "g...Excellent. I particularly liked the image "golden jackpot grain."Doctor FTSEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052101566471519778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487059350883726456.post-24155016603347652502011-08-02T11:38:35.860-06:002011-08-02T11:38:35.860-06:00I liked the title very much..superb use of the pro...I liked the title very much..superb use of the prompt...Erratic Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14852558150033296079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487059350883726456.post-16054327405016316032011-08-02T05:04:31.056-06:002011-08-02T05:04:31.056-06:00nice you set this up with some great imagery...the...nice you set this up with some great imagery...the last stanza is the one it turns on for me though...the blades of our distrust...i likeBrian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487059350883726456.post-10071802982996868582011-08-01T21:43:18.735-06:002011-08-01T21:43:18.735-06:00Love the bitter reminders of a land giving and unf...Love the bitter reminders of a land giving and unforgiving... blanketed warmth from arid winds. Depths of all time, engulfed in life.Reflectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09655163868990155242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487059350883726456.post-43923953762993443422011-08-01T20:39:51.635-06:002011-08-01T20:39:51.635-06:00Powerful imagery in your personification: blades o...Powerful imagery in your personification: blades of distrust, seraphic kiss and playing the windmill heart for a fool. A small mystery in the poem's tone of betrayal.Ann Grenierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13501522748426995035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487059350883726456.post-1916375991569520612011-08-01T20:21:47.418-06:002011-08-01T20:21:47.418-06:00This is so descriptive! Love it!This is so descriptive! Love it!Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487059350883726456.post-34271651160731783852011-08-01T19:02:56.261-06:002011-08-01T19:02:56.261-06:00You've created some wonderful sustained visual...You've created some wonderful sustained visual imagery from that prompt, from the "Great slot machine pouring forth" to "the wind itself, teasing / the lagging turbine" to the "great fans stilled / War bonnet crests gripped" to "The blades of our distrust" culminating in "the windmill heart [played] For a fool". Also the sounds: grain falling, wind "teasing", calves lowing, breath "ripening". <br /><br />Perfectly titled, too.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.com