They all work at different levels, Trish. The first one is more sentence-like in its structure and amusing - perhaps kyoka? I am no expert on what is and is...
Hi, Betty - How can you lock eyes with a painting, and then have its eyes follow you back & forth, when the painting is not alive and never has been? Hi, Linda...
... Locking eyes with the dead is not only possible, it is perhaps our responsibility as the living. Great poem, Michael. The "in the rain" adds such a...
Well said Andrew. And I agree. It is the essence of the form. Norla In a message dated 7/1/2008 2:47:36 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ... Locking eyes with the...
Thanks, Norla, for your in-depth critique. I appreciate it. at sundown frogs croak out their promise - yellow lights bob as we take our time hunting each one...
Excellent . They work. I like them both. Perhaps hunting down the silver tongued little liars is the best solution after all! :-) I like the second one...
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on the otherside of heart break a new day begins looking into the dark pool I see the sunshine again shanna [Non-text portions of this message have been...
in the tall grass bits of fur clinging to a skull-- the sockets eyeless, canines still bared I had one with a carcass that I was about to post this morning...
unlovely death finish line for best and least feral cat shares his mouse with a crow by the water norla it's where we all end up, eh. In a message dated...
jump right in to that sun sparkled pool and scatter shadows the other side of heart break if where we all should be glad you made it shanna!! norla In a...
Happy Canada Day, Trish and all other Canadians.I think our July 4 fireworks down here in California may be off because of the fires. In your tanka, I'm not...
Linda makes an excellent point, Trish. teenagers mill about, uncertain their indifference slipping as fireworks highlight Canada Day Trish Now read your poem...
You know, removing it throws the emphasis more to 'indifference/slipping'--my first thoughts were, does indifference slip? Indeed I realized that it does--if...
hi trish, i see those teenagers smoking and drinking granville island beers. ek ... fireworks down here in California may be off because of the fires. ... ...
The Navajo people are fascinating to study, Linda. rdw On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Linda Papanicolaou <paplinda@...> ... [Non-text portions of this...
