tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post2543337568723489577..comments2023-07-30T07:30:50.256-07:00Comments on Tumblewords: Roundabout for Big TentTumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-54203700162159376752010-06-12T13:30:53.945-07:002010-06-12T13:30:53.945-07:00dreams have a way of bringing us round and round a...dreams have a way of bringing us round and round again- through all of life's good/ bad, life and death moments. hope all is well.Naquillityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04784964201596357136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-33544344979159620652010-06-12T09:43:48.987-07:002010-06-12T09:43:48.987-07:00Good one!Good one!Joyce Ellen Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494251587598676788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-86735423218120216032010-06-10T20:33:57.211-07:002010-06-10T20:33:57.211-07:00Very powerful. Thanks.Very powerful. Thanks.Mad Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09062896853710827250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-67922718955577356392010-06-07T04:40:43.191-07:002010-06-07T04:40:43.191-07:00"stung by commonplace" is such a sharp, ..."stung by commonplace" is such a sharp, dramatic image! Love the flicking through sensations in this poem!Gemma Wisemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-36708972993737176882010-06-06T21:58:44.795-07:002010-06-06T21:58:44.795-07:00I love that image in the first stanza. This had a ...I love that image in the first stanza. This had a very existentialist feel for me.Francis Scudellarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008685302028451297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-75312437093461430202010-06-06T09:27:32.620-07:002010-06-06T09:27:32.620-07:00Terrific language all the way through, beginning f...Terrific language all the way through, beginning from Roundabout. Love the rhyme of "the reaper knocks/ then stalks her cells."Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744896385434246402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-80603194391323643842010-06-05T12:24:55.892-07:002010-06-05T12:24:55.892-07:00This made me very sad in a way, and yet it speaks ...This made me very sad in a way, and yet it speaks to the resilience of the human spirit. Very good!Cynthia Shorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386358503730817278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-78201702901112080912010-06-05T10:44:28.299-07:002010-06-05T10:44:28.299-07:00Living to a full capacity has given you a wealth o...Living to a full capacity has given you a wealth of experience which makes you such a good writer.<br />I don't see it's possible without it.rallentandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980559347805844568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-27146732009436916262010-06-05T10:40:35.777-07:002010-06-05T10:40:35.777-07:00I knew there was a reason you write so well..it...I knew there was a reason you write so well..it's because you have lived a full life!rallentandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980559347805844568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-69620817745693261222010-06-05T10:08:42.170-07:002010-06-05T10:08:42.170-07:00Sue you sure have been busy. Great read. Thank you...Sue you sure have been busy. Great read. Thank you.<br /><br />MelanieCassiopeia Riseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02625091389788114012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-21810309695618249622010-06-05T07:44:16.688-07:002010-06-05T07:44:16.688-07:00We dare to live the life we have, on the roundabou...We dare to live the life we have, on the roundabout, its thrills and terrors, its riches and its poverty, death stalking in the cells themselves, oh, it sounds like a thriller, a type of movie I rarely watch, too scary, but then, survival, a survival of the "commonplace" (I love that best), then it's a dance, "one step up /and one step back again."Brenda Clewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01400505552810078505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-46454745678771954242010-06-04T19:53:08.466-07:002010-06-04T19:53:08.466-07:00The second stanza holds it for me. I like how you ...The second stanza holds it for me. I like how you move from prayer to desire sort of back and forth.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918979903066830662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-66762758125962008092010-06-04T19:13:35.385-07:002010-06-04T19:13:35.385-07:00your poem is cute.
lovely words.your poem is cute.<br />lovely words.Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546696605935159862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-8104587873781640312010-06-04T17:54:39.884-07:002010-06-04T17:54:39.884-07:00What a super poem--I love the sense of struggle an...What a super poem--I love the sense of struggle and loss of the spectacular to the mundane.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02690418210271983597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-1582822555927149252010-06-04T17:52:17.441-07:002010-06-04T17:52:17.441-07:00Sometimes just a glimpse of the possibilities can ...Sometimes just a glimpse of the possibilities can satisfy.Stan Skihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963655096635414472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-975536378695040832010-06-04T16:43:54.438-07:002010-06-04T16:43:54.438-07:00I too enjoyed the rhythm and movement in this poem...I too enjoyed the rhythm and movement in this poem.nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445777687088584603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-68638618907616687662010-06-04T14:12:43.215-07:002010-06-04T14:12:43.215-07:00I sense that you have had a lot of those 'dari...I sense that you have had a lot of those 'daring times' in your life. I greatly enjoyed your poem.<br /><br />http://troublebeingstrong.blogspot.com/2010/06/pedaling-through-provence.htmlDiane Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15886778060199433214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-87519434079378423502010-06-04T13:15:07.371-07:002010-06-04T13:15:07.371-07:00I really enjoyed
"her wildest dreams
dangle ...I really enjoyed<br /><br />"her wildest dreams<br />dangle from<br />a thousand limbs..."<br /><br />I bet they are good dreams.<br /><br />By the way, fun to read that a decade ago writing and painting replaced gainful employment. Bravo to you.<br /><br />http://inthecornerofmyeye.blogspot.com/2010/06/tauranga-jet-boat-ride.htmlMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-72527322102795695442010-06-04T12:16:41.393-07:002010-06-04T12:16:41.393-07:00Susan this is beautiful and I imagine your life is...Susan this is beautiful and I imagine your life is very exciting!<br />Pamelaflauberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18424439866515694972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-45246047751325981762010-06-04T12:02:36.829-07:002010-06-04T12:02:36.829-07:00there is an interesting movement/motion in this wh...there is an interesting movement/motion in this which works well with your subject matter!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-91169658077543644642010-06-04T11:57:51.003-07:002010-06-04T11:57:51.003-07:00That was beautiful. I want to grab your button. ...That was beautiful. I want to grab your button. Do you have one?PERMANENT POSIEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357445734057023139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-28490808808466687502010-06-04T11:47:15.022-07:002010-06-04T11:47:15.022-07:00This has such a cool momentum to it... I really li...This has such a cool momentum to it... I really like "from nun to not and back again", so much is said just with those simple words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694715.post-43186323884882940592010-06-04T09:54:41.065-07:002010-06-04T09:54:41.065-07:00What an interesting life you have led (so far!). ...What an interesting life you have led (so far!). Your final stanza is rather sad - time to get off the roundabour?<br /><br />Where do fractals come in? (I'm no mathematician)<br />ViVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com