| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Agnes Eva on 04/11/03 at 06:53 PM this is so intensely sad, so succinctly worded. it truly resonates with the betrayal by one's very own body... such anguish expressed |
| Posted by Ann Krischus on 05/24/03 at 01:23 AM powerful, powerful piece. thank you for sharing. |
| Posted by Vimal Rony on 08/20/03 at 07:24 PM How creatively u have treated such a sensitive subject.Great write. |
| Posted by Don Coffman on 08/21/03 at 08:04 AM Brilliant beyond my meager capacity for praise. It's a really amazing show of skill to present such a sad and personal thing so eloquently. |
| Posted by Beth K Hannah on 08/24/03 at 06:42 AM wow...this is terribly honest. Outstanding. |
| Posted by Michele Schottelkorb on 08/24/03 at 09:07 AM this poem has brought a tear to my eye... very personal... very inyourface important... truly excellent write... blessings... |
| Posted by Leslie Ann Eisenberg on 09/02/03 at 06:47 PM you gave me the chills.
outstanding!
how brave of you to write this |
| Posted by Amanda J Cobb on 10/17/03 at 05:04 AM Wow.....yeah....my Uterus poem doesn't come close to this...though of course this is from a much different angle, on a slightly different topic....powerfully expressed, though. Ditto to much of the above. |
| Posted by Lori Johnson on 11/07/03 at 05:39 PM WHOA! Nothing short of amazing, but then that's your style, I've come to realize. :)
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| Posted by Kara Hayostek on 03/20/04 at 07:04 PM Thank you for sharing something so personal with us. I wish I could comment further. |
| Posted by Wendy Geal on 03/24/04 at 04:37 AM like everyone else, i'm speechless. this is brilliant |
| Posted by Richard Paez on 04/13/04 at 02:27 PM Painful. Blunt though poetic. Poems like this I am hesitant to ever say much on--I have little enough right as it is. Taking the subject matter into consideration--as a man--I feel I have almost no right at all. You have taken a very personal and painful subject and approached it with the heart of a poet, the eye of an artist, the mind of an architect. The image of the empty cul-de-sac--barely sketched out but vivid and familiar enough to allow the reader to picture it clearly--is haunting and hurtful. Directors spend lifetimes trying to capture as much in a five-second scene. Thank you for sharing this, Kristine. |M| |
| Posted by Anne Howe on 03/01/05 at 12:41 PM a desert without an oasis. a sojourn in a barren land. strikingly poignant. thank you |
| Posted by Bruce W Niedt on 05/22/05 at 03:17 PM Some criticize the poet who writes self-indulgently about his/her own body, but this poem is the answer to that. Powerful, vivid, restrained in its rage: "Once a month, your/two accomplices try to/send you a gift, but/that road goes nowhere." Wow.... d:-) |
| Posted by Rusty C Arquette on 05/22/05 at 03:56 PM I've read so much of this sort of personal emotive poetry that it has left me numb, but I must say, you have taken the theme and made it your own and poetically resonant. Very well done. - RCat |
| Posted by Christina Bruno on 05/22/05 at 04:26 PM this is outstanding, heart felt...well-deserved POTD |
| Posted by Morgan D Hafele on 05/22/05 at 10:20 PM kristine... this is so much more than amazing... |
| Posted by Melanie J Yarbrough on 05/23/05 at 05:56 AM that was strangely amazing- an inner battle with womanhood.. I can't describe what this means to me. thank you for sharing |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 05/26/05 at 02:17 AM Yeowza! Don't know how I missed this one, but glad I finally got to read it. A masterpiece IMO, worthy of publishing in none but the best. Rates it brilliant and adds to favorites. |
| Posted by David Hill on 05/28/05 at 12:31 AM Powereful. |
| Posted by Laura Doom on 05/28/07 at 06:58 PM The 'you' and 'I' here mark distressing phases of a progression through anger and frustration to resignation. Ultimately there is nowhere to lay blame, though emotions demand release, and can be so pernicious when directed at oneself. Depressing material, potent poetry. |
| Posted by Jim Moore on 07/28/07 at 06:00 AM If a man were to write about this, he wouldn't do it justice. This was perfectly composed and expressed to the audience. Hands clapping! |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 08/02/08 at 09:35 PM I'm glad I found this - sadly powerful. Thank you for sharing a most difficult part of you. |
| Posted by Joan Serratelli on 03/15/09 at 08:39 PM This is such an intense write. Your honesty about your situation is nothing short of heartwrenching! |
| Posted by Scott Utley on 03/25/09 at 02:53 AM Pow! Right in the kisser! Intensely jutting. |
| Posted by Allison Smith on 07/15/09 at 03:27 PM Oh my gosh :( |
| Posted by Michael Smith on 01/17/10 at 01:07 AM Such pain... so sorry, Kristine. |
| Posted by E. A. Pugh on 11/17/10 at 03:38 AM You have said many wemons hidden truth |
| Posted by Tony Whitaker on 11/18/10 at 11:41 AM Wow, I am glad this came back to life on the top ten list or I would have missed this masterful missive! I am adding this to my faves!!! |
| Posted by Ken Harnisch on 11/23/10 at 08:49 PM From first line to last a gut-punch of a poem, Kristine. I too join the chorus of those who wonder how I missed this gem the first and second times around. |
| Posted by Mo Couts on 06/04/11 at 02:17 AM This is the kind of poem that looks you square in the eye and makes you think long and hard. Wow. I'm sorry that you had to go through this and I appreciate you sharing something oh so personal and sacredly painful with us. |
