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Dovina on JUST A FEW by rbooey 8 Jul 2005, 9:05 PM
I thought I knew who MUM was until the end. Weird.
david replying on upon driving through rural Washington by david 8 Jul 2005, 8:54 PM
Zing!
david replying on "The Buick", or, "to my grandfather" by david 8 Jul 2005, 8:48 PM
Tremendously flattering comments. Thank you.
Dovina replying on Pandemic’s Here Again by Lenore 8 Jul 2005, 1:49 PM
Interesting.
darby pyn replying on Almost Persuaded by Dovina 8 Jul 2005, 11:18 AM
I can totally see that.
Dovina replying on Almost Persuaded by Dovina 8 Jul 2005, 11:10 AM
It's not political, except as belief in a higher power is. The vagueness is intentional, because the narator is questioning his beliefs, wondering if something more is in charge.
darby pyn replying on Almost Persuaded by Dovina 8 Jul 2005, 11:05 AM
it feels political. it’s vague. I like vague shit I’m the king of vagueness. the last word reprehensible. it feel like. what we don’t know wont hurt us but it’s bad. like the means justify the ends.
Dovina replying on Pandemic’s Here Again by Lenore 8 Jul 2005, 10:59 AM
Then pandemic is not here yet, and the first line needs help.
Lenore replying on Pandemic’s Here Again by Lenore 8 Jul 2005, 10:54 AM
Avian Flu. H5N1
It’s strange but I feel guilty. The kind of guilt one might feel after reading someone’s diary. This work is so personal, so strong. It should be rolled up and tied up with the small red string that she left for you in that box. There’s more to say but I can’t. Thank You.
Dovina on A World At War by Damien 8 Jul 2005, 10:30 AM
Too many words, and not carefully chosen. "safely wallowing in safety" for example.
Dovina replying on Almost Persuaded by Dovina 8 Jul 2005, 10:27 AM
Then what do you think it's about, if not sex?
Dovina on Lover by Dental Panic 8 Jul 2005, 10:26 AM
Why continue in verse 3 with the bus? It seems to cloud a good start. And the break between verses 1 and 2 seems wrong.
Dovina on sprung by <~> 8 Jul 2005, 10:22 AM
"the sorrow of an uncaged regret" good line. But to spring aloft on the wings of others with uncaged regrets seems counter to your theme, though quite poetic.
darby pyn replying on Almost Persuaded by Dovina 8 Jul 2005, 10:21 AM
I knew as soon as I clicked. that sentence was wrong. I know you’re deeper then that. and I’m not consumed with sex.. I like it. but not consumed.
Dovina on Pandemic’s Here Again by Lenore 8 Jul 2005, 10:17 AM
If you refer to the London attacks, there's no need to tell the world; they know. If you mean that the world reacts too slowly, then I say we react fast enough, just with impotence.
Dovina replying on Almost Persuaded by Dovina 8 Jul 2005, 10:12 AM
Do you infer sexual desire even in this? Is everything you read a symbol of physical placement within some canal – birth or excretion? I’m not angry. It’s just pathetically humorous.
Lenore on Butterfly Plague by zodiac 8 Jul 2005, 8:49 AM
"Here's a naked-necked girl laughing in a square, thumbnail sawing an orange-skin. How grey and soft-bodied, these! " Vivid image. I can smell the tang.
Lenore replying on Our Soldiers by Lenore 8 Jul 2005, 8:17 AM
Yes.