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Postcards and Snapshots
Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in Postcards and Snapshots
The autumn rains will soon displace the summer sun, but the cool green north country, and its morning chill mists, will linger in memory. I am glad you got this postcard; worth the price of a stamp, I hope . Cinquains can be enormously and deceptively expressive, and great fun to write. Glad I brought my notebook and dispensed with my camera for this vacation. Many, many thanks for your kind and generous words! -
Thank you for leaving a comment, anyway. It is like finding a freshly opened blossom on a sunny morning. These verse pictures are far better than photos, as they stick in my mind, including far more than a camera can capture. At least, for me, that is. Thanks again!
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When AC talked about using power words in the Ballade Prompt, it wasn't clear just how powerful some could be. The hurt continues, though muted much by time. Thank you so much for your response me and for reading Occasional Poetry.
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I can't help posting this one which I ran across unexpectedly today. It echoes still in my brain. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nlApOe-3Y3k
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You must be psychic to read my mind so well. It is a good thing to write these poems out, if only to express, and so tame such memories. Yes, it is a powerfully sad ballade, but one which asks a terribly common question. The challenge/prompt didn't warn us how intensely one can feel in this form. You are kind to respond so generously and at length. Thank you so very much.
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Another gilt-edged chapter, and one in which the comfort Jason and Corey developed with each other is in full evidence. I liked the interplay between Corey and Liam, and how it contrasted with Corey and Jason's. Liam's road with Alek is going to be harder, I think.
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Another masterfully done chapter. And Clint is fearless in the teeth of certain catastrophe. What the Sheila's of this world don't get is that they are doomed by people who simply don't want to be bothered or tainted by their hate. However, Clint appears to be in for a certain amount of pain and breakage in his immediate future. What a pity.
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Thanks, Emi. It was difficult to write, and suddenly, the images came rushing to mind, demanding to be put down. Heartache demanding to be committed to paper, it seems. Thanks for your kind words, and for responding to this one.
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Not an easy poem to write, or to read, and I am a little sorry for that. Ballade is a potent form, I find, and once started, hard to rein in. Thank you for responding to this, and for reading Occasional Poetry.
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Week Eighteen Monday Dec 29, 2014: Peaches and Cream
Parker Owens commented on skinnydragon's story chapter in Week Eighteen Monday Dec 29, 2014: Peaches and Cream
Well, this is the chapter of chapters, the wonderful coming together of David and Twoey. They talk of forevers, and for both their sakes, we can hope their lives work out. But for this one day, David and Twoey are happy and together, and you have made it beautiful to see. Thank you. -
Ache is a good word here. The poet clearly feels it still. I thank you for prodding me to take the challenge. There is something very gratifying to seeing it all fall into place. Your kudos are kind/to a man of my mind, Thanks.
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Thank you Tim for reading this. It is sad, but I have been in that frame of mind recently. Your supportive words mean a lot today...
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Kristian Decades have passed since your moon with me, Kris, thirty long years from the present divide creaky old bones from a sensuous kiss, supple enchantment from limbs weak and dried, emptied of passion which ebbed with the tide, left with my dreams which no longer enthrall, asking the question your silence implied: Could you have possibly loved me at all? Never was spoken that aught was amiss, nothing in manner or word I descried, everything perfect, a moment of bliss, ignorant instant o
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You did a deft job with Ally in this chapter; she wasn't at all happy, but she's self absorbed enough to move on soon. Her observation that Jackson has made room for Luke is telling though...the buzz will be that Jackson is becoming a church kid, not that he's gay. The former tag is far worse than the latter, perhaps. Not that Jackson has time to think about that. No, all he has time for to worry about swimming. For now. Big, big kudos on this chapter!
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Week Seventeen Sunday, December 28, 2014: Fruit Fly
Parker Owens commented on skinnydragon's story chapter in Week Seventeen Sunday, December 28, 2014: Fruit Fly
Finally. Thanks to Alex, and to Ricky, and to David's friends who love him, finally. Thanks. I can sleep now. -
Echo AC's comment. I definitely hear a duet. And it is such a beautiful song, it is worth hearing over and over again. Thank you Tim, for writing something that at needed to be sung, said, and remembered.
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My heart stopped briefly reading these. But your preface and end note give me hope; your poems are the kind of cry that must be heard to change course. You say things that every marriage, every married person, needs to hear. Well and bravely spoken.
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Frighteningly beautiful, chilling and yet unquestionably well turned. You accomplished much.
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You got us to a wonderful place where we can see Jason and Corey living out something they want to create between themselves. And you showed us how people can change and forgive and love. Thank you.
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They say love (or infatuation) makes fools of us all, or so I have read. You saw the torturous tug between yearning and fear of rejection; and perhaps the later delight of having made a fool out of one's own former shy self. It is so wonderful that you read the poem kindly, and your remarks are most generous. Thank you!
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You have outdone yourself again. I am in awe. Great scenes, dialogue, and oh, the fun of shy Travis and defeated Sheila. Excellent!
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Thank you, Emi. I, too am a member of the Shy Guy Legion. And like Gary, I see something good at the end. Thanks for reading and responding to this!
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Gary, you get an A+ for seeing this just as it unfolded in my mind. You saw a fulfillment and perhaps a happy ending, as I did. I am so very glad. Thank you for your comments and support! Parker
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You, my friend, are the master of colors. If it can be blue and beautiful, then so be it. Most important is that you enjoyed it, even if it is kind of wistful and reflective. But do see Gary's comments, above, for they also re fleet my own intentions. Thanks so much for your thoughts and responses!
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Thanks for such really generous and thoughtful remarks. You are a great help to those of us getting over the hurdles of poetry; thanks for the helping hand. Perhaps this a melancholic form, or maybe I am in a pensive mood these days. But it is so satisfying to crack into these, in a way.
