tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487059350883726456.post4740913224439577995..comments2023-07-20T13:36:04.197-06:00Comments on La Parola Vivace: New Poem...Jenne' R. Andrews http://www.blogger.com/profile/15744946229300234443noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487059350883726456.post-46906684331715461192011-01-09T13:47:10.180-07:002011-01-09T13:47:10.180-07:00Thanks FB, Mo, and Steve-- haven't we all been...Thanks FB, Mo, and Steve-- haven't we all been there though...xxxxjJenne' R. Andrews https://www.blogger.com/profile/15744946229300234443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487059350883726456.post-51857042876689608862011-01-08T19:11:44.239-07:002011-01-08T19:11:44.239-07:00Jazz-centric, amazing work. (I rarely use the wor...Jazz-centric, amazing work. (I rarely use the word "amazing" - but this is.) . . . Must listen to Coltrane, "A Love Supreme" now. . .:)Steve Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07162341357622058518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487059350883726456.post-45969425305306699302011-01-08T10:15:02.001-07:002011-01-08T10:15:02.001-07:00Smoky jazz has to accompany a reading of this poem...Smoky jazz has to accompany a reading of this poem.<br /><br />Some phrases I particularly like: "pastures/ wicks starlight", "winter night staining the window", "zircon beads of truth / on baling twine".<br /><br />I re-read this and then imagined it ending at the second line of your last stanza. It seems especially powerful that way.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487059350883726456.post-12457709244515437232011-01-08T07:17:57.867-07:002011-01-08T07:17:57.867-07:00As a lover of old standards, this appeals to me, t...As a lover of old standards, this appeals to me, though it is dark at its heart, though it is grim agt its ending.<br /><br />A noir ballad? Is there such a thing?Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.com