Daydreams from the Ashes
Viewing comments for Chapter 14 "Silence"Poems and meditations
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Comment from AliMom
You know, you hit that one right (write) on the head. I often "feel" the end of a poem, mine, and other authors. Sometimes it echoes in my consciousness for hours or days beyond the reading. Other times the emotional connection stays with me long after the words have been forgotten. Still, other times I need to walk away from it to make it stop and then return later to truly capture the multiple meanings. What is a poem without an end? Excellent question. Excellent poem.
reply by the author on 28-Dec-2021
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You know, you hit that one right (write) on the head. I often "feel" the end of a poem, mine, and other authors. Sometimes it echoes in my consciousness for hours or days beyond the reading. Other times the emotional connection stays with me long after the words have been forgotten. Still, other times I need to walk away from it to make it stop and then return later to truly capture the multiple meanings. What is a poem without an end? Excellent question. Excellent poem.
Comment Written 21-Dec-2021
reply by the author on 28-Dec-2021
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Thank you very much for reading and reviewing. I appreciate it very much. I'm sorry for the delay in response. The holidays were a little crazy. I hope you had a wonderful holiday.
Comment from Pantygynt
I remember a college lecturer telling me if you want to find the theme of a poem, what it is really about, go to the end because that is where you should find it stated. It is true of this one as the final two lines tell us that is where the joy is.
reply by the author on 21-Dec-2021
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I remember a college lecturer telling me if you want to find the theme of a poem, what it is really about, go to the end because that is where you should find it stated. It is true of this one as the final two lines tell us that is where the joy is.
Comment Written 18-Dec-2021
reply by the author on 21-Dec-2021
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Thank you very much for reading and reviewing. (And sorry for the late reply, finals were brutal). I appreciate it and I hope you enjoy your reading and writing.
Comment from Frank Malley
I don't know if we can give the expression, "Silence is golden," an author, but - truer words have rarely been spoken. There are of course poets like Edmund Spenser and George Gordon (and many others) who have written works such as "The Faerie Queen" and "Don Juan" that take weeks or months or years to read, and these are undoubtably great works, albeit they will find few readers in the Twenty-first Century, other than graduate students of literature. So K. Olsen's theme is a worthy one, if that can be said in an age when it seems that everything is worthy. The refinements that could be attempted to Olsen's poem are subtle, and have to do with excluding commonplace, media-exploited expressions and replacing these with examples or diction that is sparked by some novelty. The author is aware of this; she is talented and should keep writing.
reply by the author on 21-Dec-2021
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I don't know if we can give the expression, "Silence is golden," an author, but - truer words have rarely been spoken. There are of course poets like Edmund Spenser and George Gordon (and many others) who have written works such as "The Faerie Queen" and "Don Juan" that take weeks or months or years to read, and these are undoubtably great works, albeit they will find few readers in the Twenty-first Century, other than graduate students of literature. So K. Olsen's theme is a worthy one, if that can be said in an age when it seems that everything is worthy. The refinements that could be attempted to Olsen's poem are subtle, and have to do with excluding commonplace, media-exploited expressions and replacing these with examples or diction that is sparked by some novelty. The author is aware of this; she is talented and should keep writing.
Comment Written 18-Dec-2021
reply by the author on 21-Dec-2021
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Thank you very much for reading and reviewing. (And sorry for the late reply, finals were brutal). I appreciate it and I hope you enjoy your reading and writing.