| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Philippa Jane on 12/01/03 at 09:24 AM An intriguing thought.. but not overdone and beaten to death. Very interesting - I really like this piece. |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 12/01/03 at 12:37 PM So the cynic states! Thought provoking as usual. :) But there is a Reality which does away with punctuation. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life! Birth, life, death become a seamless robe in His hands. |
| Posted by Kate Demeree on 12/01/03 at 03:10 PM I love this.. it is very well done. There is depth yet humor in it. This part could be a poem all on it's own "I am a constant --only the punctuation changes.
I am trapped between an exclamation point
and a question mark,
searching for an infinite ellipsis…"
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| Posted by Mara Meade on 12/01/03 at 08:12 PM Heh heh... and even better when we laugh at ourselves! Max, this is great. |
| Posted by Maryellen Lebeda-Parra on 12/01/03 at 10:59 PM poetic word problems ... yummy! |
| Posted by Jeanne Marie Hoffman on 12/02/03 at 01:43 AM And of course life is also peppered with at-signs, pound signs, dollar signs and percents as well! (@#$%!!!) Kidding-- extremely creative approach to life. Hopefully we will all make a slow progression from the ! to the ? |
| Posted by Karl Waldbauer on 12/02/03 at 05:07 AM And the Wheel of Life keeps turning, doesn't it, Max? Wonderful work! |
| Posted by Michele Schottelkorb on 12/02/03 at 07:18 AM good form, matey, good form... ::shakes head::... i sure hope you get spotlighted soon, all the world needs to read your words... excellent, as usual... blessings... |
| Posted by Ashok Sharda on 12/02/03 at 04:03 PM Well, those punctuation marks speaks a lot. Who I am ? basically is a nonsensical question. Since I am is only real when I AM. I AM with a full stop is a complete answer. |
| Posted by Rachelle Howe on 12/03/03 at 03:45 AM ROFLMAO. *chuckling all the way down.* man. okay. this owns. like, seriously, and i think that i shall pass you my goddess scepter, and like, uh, dub you Sir Laugh At The World A Lot. O.o no, wait. that doesn't quite suite. I WILL COME UP WITH SOMETHING, MARK! MY. WORDS? |
| Posted by Aaron Blair on 12/11/03 at 04:44 AM I couldn't exactly say why I'm amused, but I'll go with it. |
| Posted by Lindsay Sanders on 12/24/03 at 11:10 PM i love this! it is oh so clever. could you be anymore brilliant? |
| Posted by Amanda J Cobb on 06/16/04 at 07:46 PM Heh. Indeed. Punctuation can be used subtly or blaringly, and I think you've found a very happy medium here that is almost as telling as the words you choose. And of course, your message is brilliant. We expect nothing less at this point, you know. ;) Really, this is very well-done. Can't believe it took me this long to read this! |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 11/15/05 at 04:54 PM ...maaaaax, you tricked me!!! here i's believin' you and man the ground slapped me hard when you pulled the rug out from under me with the last couple of lines[loved it!]...like everybody in the western hemisphere who's commented...by jove you've got...peace, chaz |
| Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 12/10/05 at 06:21 AM YOU aRe (((FUEL))) [ampersand] and [dash] pause [apostrophe] e le v a t i n g uS aLL!
Love this [exclamation point] [ibid all oF tHe above] Max Bouillet! :) —Jill |
| Posted by Glenn Currier on 01/15/06 at 06:46 AM You are so...,,,!!! er... puncturated bewteen the crooked columns of life's rediculous predicament. |
| Posted by Maria Terezia Ferencz on 08/31/06 at 08:47 AM I am! (birth) U r ($)
I am. (life) U R ($)
I am? (death) U R ($)
billed for all of it 2 and yes everyone is laughing.....great poem how'd I miss it? |
