tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879287627424877497.post1573512461585563476..comments2023-10-24T01:50:21.436-07:00Comments on Poems About Nothing in Particular: Blood TravelsNathan Landauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15192227257742194090noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879287627424877497.post-56798291528646402092011-03-05T12:34:18.268-08:002011-03-05T12:34:18.268-08:00i really am enamored of your poetry. this line ble...i really am enamored of your poetry. this line blew me away ~<br /><br />"Inside one movement, another, and another."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879287627424877497.post-8425175769725089922011-01-15T17:46:05.422-08:002011-01-15T17:46:05.422-08:00Gorgeous, Nathan. I love the migration study, feel...Gorgeous, Nathan. I love the migration study, feel the compassion for that beautiful bird reflected in each repetitive turning.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744896385434246402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879287627424877497.post-22342166228257320232011-01-15T12:55:26.308-08:002011-01-15T12:55:26.308-08:00Very fine poem, particularly the opening and penul...Very fine poem, particularly the opening and penultimate stanzas. not that the rest aren't also full of all they should be. I just enjoyed that penultimate quatrain.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879287627424877497.post-51735950470498754862011-01-14T17:24:09.259-08:002011-01-14T17:24:09.259-08:00Once talked to a hill-billy trucker in Kentucky wh...Once talked to a hill-billy trucker in Kentucky who said he had "been all around the world." I asked, what's the farthest away you've been. He said, "Texas." Starting the truck each morning is like starting the poem, only more useful.<br />Peace,<br />DWxDWxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12398265012182104454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879287627424877497.post-84786562597468028032011-01-14T15:35:05.509-08:002011-01-14T15:35:05.509-08:00I can't help feeling that whatever we are runn...I can't help feeling that whatever we are running from will be found again wherever we run to. <br /><br />Great poem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879287627424877497.post-41480697195651320932011-01-14T12:13:30.389-08:002011-01-14T12:13:30.389-08:00Absolutely exquisite - provocative and poetic.Absolutely exquisite - provocative and poetic.Tumblewords:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879287627424877497.post-34978272462593558102011-01-14T10:51:12.813-08:002011-01-14T10:51:12.813-08:00So much to enjoy and relish here. That last stanz...So much to enjoy and relish here. That last stanza sang to me...<br /><br />My little poem is called <a href="http://radio-nowhere.org/nb/?p=607>Pop-Tart</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879287627424877497.post-49593338370530285902011-01-14T08:39:48.875-08:002011-01-14T08:39:48.875-08:00A beautiful poem, full of deep meaning.
PamelaA beautiful poem, full of deep meaning.<br />Pamelaflauberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18424439866515694972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879287627424877497.post-31825320319566520952011-01-14T07:08:54.375-08:002011-01-14T07:08:54.375-08:00This is beautiful. I love the imagery used to depi...This is beautiful. I love the imagery used to depict a neverending cycle. Very lovely.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16756849716216336290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879287627424877497.post-90912201766362819742011-01-14T06:11:46.338-08:002011-01-14T06:11:46.338-08:00"When you understand what you are
running fro..."When you understand what you are<br />running from, the difference between<br />exploration and exile is negligible."<br /><br />Wish I'd written that!mareymercyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407666873261385487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879287627424877497.post-15066306289518022712011-01-14T05:34:51.553-08:002011-01-14T05:34:51.553-08:00Love the idea of long haul as re-reading.Love the idea of long haul as re-reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879287627424877497.post-17605926255558625332011-01-14T05:30:06.371-08:002011-01-14T05:30:06.371-08:00I enjoyed the last line too... reminds me of that ...I enjoyed the last line too... reminds me of that feeling I had when I first started driving and would imagine what if I just kept driving on this road...and never came back!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879287627424877497.post-14114196064590931772011-01-14T04:21:15.738-08:002011-01-14T04:21:15.738-08:00Enticing... great imagery!Enticing... great imagery!Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879287627424877497.post-80042426017448460492011-01-14T04:13:17.245-08:002011-01-14T04:13:17.245-08:00I love the last line about chasing after every dep...I love the last line about chasing after every departing train, Really gives one something to think about.RJ Clarkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03018296461199649445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879287627424877497.post-91714284934325416892011-01-14T03:38:21.839-08:002011-01-14T03:38:21.839-08:00I feel a pang of existential angst after reading t...I feel a pang of existential angst after reading this beautiful poem. Excellent imagery of the clipped bunting juxtaposed to the long-distance trucker.nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445777687088584603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879287627424877497.post-25547620444392855792011-01-14T02:30:09.481-08:002011-01-14T02:30:09.481-08:00Some very profound thoughts in this poem. I enjoy...Some very profound thoughts in this poem. I enjoyed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com