My Twentieth Year - 6. a critic

14. purple

15. blue

16. yellow

A colorful set of poetry AC!
Lovely.

I've got no more likes so I'll be back..

It doesn't matter what emotions your poems speak of or evoke, I mean it does, but I'm always caught up in the beauty of the words, and the way you use them to express it..
Wonderful AC!

The first, (14) oh it's angry, full of self pity but I think you know it as you write it. Loved this:
Did God make an illiterate writer
a painter with no hands
# 15 - Cleansing, opening yourself, mind and body, you want to be fresh and new. Some new found confidence ...
#16 - The last - my first thought was Beatles Yellow Submarine.. strange flying things and a place where there can be an elevator in the sky.
Enjoyed them all. Your feelings about yourself are sometimes too evident and I just want to hug you.
tim

14.
I read this poem this morning and mused about it all day. Does a person do this to himself, is it part of a personality, is it enhanced or subdued by external factors ? I don't have the answers. Maybe these feelings surface in all of us from time to time, sometimes stonger, sometimes less so, or maybe there are even people who don't have these doubts at all. Aren't they lucky.
15.
I hope a long solitary walk in this weather cleared away the cobwebs in the writer's head.
16.
To even out the mood of the previous ones. When reading I saw the elevator at FB you described.
I'm with Defiance in appreciating the beauty of the words. Thanks, AC.

On 02/07/2016 12:47 PM, skinnydragon said:

14. purple

 

15. blue

 

16. yellow

 

A colorful set of poetry AC!

Lovely.

Thank you, skinnyD! This is a beautiful review, and it's a true compliment to hear my words conjured these emotional colors for you.

Thanks for your support; I appreciate it!

On 02/07/2016 01:06 PM, Defiance19 said:

I've got no more likes so I'll be back..

 

It doesn't matter what emotions your poems speak of or evoke, I mean it does, but I'm always caught up in the beauty of the words, and the way you use them to express it..

Wonderful AC!

Thank you, Defiance19. It's your review that's beautiful, and so is your compliment. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

On 02/07/2016 05:03 PM, Mikiesboy said:

The first, (14) oh it's angry, full of self pity but I think you know it as you write it. Loved this:

Did God make an illiterate writer

a painter with no hands

# 15 - Cleansing, opening yourself, mind and body, you want to be fresh and new. Some new found confidence ...

#16 - The last - my first thought was Beatles Yellow Submarine.. strange flying things and a place where there can be an elevator in the sky.

Enjoyed them all. Your feelings about yourself are sometimes too evident and I just want to hug you.

tim

Thanks, Tim! I love your yellow submarine comment; it's wild to hear that came to your mind.

On No. 14, I like your take on it as well. On No. 15, I did often walk in the rain alone at that time. Still feel like doing it nowadays, sometimes.

Thank you for support (and hug )

On 02/08/2016 03:01 AM, J.HunterDunn said:

14.

I read this poem this morning and mused about it all day. Does a person do this to himself, is it part of a personality, is it enhanced or subdued by external factors ? I don't have the answers. Maybe these feelings surface in all of us from time to time, sometimes stonger, sometimes less so, or maybe there are even people who don't have these doubts at all. Aren't they lucky.

15.

I hope a long solitary walk in this weather cleared away the cobwebs in the writer's head.

16.

To even out the mood of the previous ones. When reading I saw the elevator at FB you described.

I'm with Defiance in appreciating the beauty of the words. Thanks, AC.

Thank you, Peter. I sincerely believe my 20-year-old self would be amazed to hear someone say they mused about one of his poems all day. I think – quite honestly – that would floor him; and it still pretty well amazes me too.

As for the rain, there was/is just a feeling of immediacy to it that can, as you say, clear the cobwebs.

Your elevator comment made me consider the origins of this poem. It might be Famous-Barr's elevators… I remember my dorm's elevator was clunky and slow…so it was not that one. I had not stated working yet in the Boatman's Bank tower – which has super-fast elevators to the 20th floor where I worked – so, it can't be that one… Truth is, I don’t think I remember at this juncture.

But I sincerely appreciate you remembering the numerous references to Famous elevators in "Katie's Sketchbook"