| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 01/30/06 at 07:16 AM Instead of a poem about the sea, it's like the sea is about a poem....really fascinating, Jill. I love it. |
| Posted by Mara Meade on 02/02/06 at 01:54 PM Knowing the both of you makes this even more poignant... Beautiful, Jill. |
| Posted by Christel Crews on 04/03/06 at 04:09 PM Congrats on POTD! This piece is amazing and I had to read it over a couple times just to let it all sink in... you are very talented! |
| Posted by Charles E Minshall on 04/03/06 at 07:41 PM Congratulations on poem of the day Jill. well
deserved...Charlie |
| Posted by Kathleen Wilson on 04/03/06 at 08:10 PM I can't believe I have not commented on this poem before!!! I feel like it singa in my mind from many readings! It is so musical and true. I think I got lost trying to find Odette...and that is why I never wrote the comment...the Swan Lake story has an odette that is trapped in the body of a swan until recognized by her true love...also I take it as a little ode! Probably not the right interpretation...but I just love this poem, and in fact...swimming in our pool teo days ago, I wrote a little poem that is this poems
little sister...without realizing...quite different, but related, surely...I will post it
later. It is called "My Watery Muse, the Moon".
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| Posted by Michelle Angelini on 04/03/06 at 08:24 PM Jill, this is so beautiful. Isn't it amazing how each of us sees the moon - such an infinite variety of interpretations and meanings. Congratulation on POTD!
~Chelle~ |
| Posted by Jim Benz on 04/03/06 at 09:20 PM this is really a lovely poem and a fine, fine choice for POTD. |
| Posted by Delilah Coyne on 04/03/06 at 09:39 PM Flows absolutely beautifully. Beautiful language as well. |
| Posted by Mara Meade on 04/09/06 at 12:41 AM Just had to comment again - I have visited this poem many times and I find such peace on your ocean... |
| Posted by Laura Doom on 10/06/06 at 11:10 AM Mmm - poetry. Odile struggles to rise :> |
| Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 11/06/06 at 01:32 PM Odette was a wonderful singer and this poem is a wonderful song and it brims with fascinating rhythm and sweeping sounds which alleviate all the noises in the mind and portion off all dust therein collected to its rightful bin. |
| Posted by Tony Whitaker on 12/30/06 at 09:34 AM So efficiently written adn imagery abounds. In my favorites now! |
| Posted by Maria Terezia Ferencz on 05/20/07 at 07:25 PM I can't fathom how I have missed this gem! I absolutely love the imagery and the word use. FAVORITE bound. |
| Posted by Mike Loftis on 06/21/07 at 06:41 PM This is just magical. Great poem to add to my favorites. |
| Posted by Ashley Lane on 06/24/07 at 04:48 PM I missed this poem the first time around, but that POTD honor was well deserved. This is lovely. |
| Posted by Mara Meade on 07/10/07 at 12:39 AM This grows more precious over time... as would the Muse who brought it... |
| Posted by Stephan Anstey on 02/19/09 at 04:02 PM You know, generations of poets will grow jealous of your skill. |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 02/19/09 at 05:48 PM This has a wonderfully archaic almost Edgar Allen Poe feel to it. Haunting, but beautiful in its rhyme and reasonable choice of words. |
| Posted by Glenn Currier on 08/07/09 at 06:31 PM Each time I visit your lines they write something new into my imagination. The ease and beauty of the rhymes sing. Blessed muse, blessed Elizabeth may you ode over and over. I look forward to the moontides yet to come from your sweet poetic soul. |
| Posted by A. Paige White on 05/03/10 at 10:02 PM So glad Daniel put this up on the forum in response to Shossana's query! It's gorgeous, Jill! Hate I missed it so long. |
| Posted by Wendy Sparling on 05/04/10 at 05:35 AM I have never read anything so lovely as this poem. |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 05/07/10 at 08:25 PM What a delight to see this up again...always loved it! |
| Posted by Stephan Anstey on 05/10/10 at 12:47 AM Dudette, Dudette, Dudette... |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 05/10/10 at 01:00 AM Precious collaboration , in your boat for two forever! |
| Posted by Tony Whitaker on 05/12/10 at 07:11 PM So good to see this classic that you posted about the time I came to pathetic.org. What a delight to see it at number 1 again! |
| Posted by Laurie Blum on 05/13/10 at 05:11 PM Wow! This affected me strongly. Very touching. |
| Posted by Laura Doom on 05/14/10 at 10:23 PM I'd forgotten how light the dark side could be :> |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 05/16/10 at 02:02 AM ...elizabethJill, where wuz i in 06 to miss this gem; i wanted to dance a jig, it made me happy. |
| Posted by Elizabeth Shaw on 05/17/10 at 12:30 PM a lovely ode - i tapped my foot to. thank you Elizabeth! |
| Posted by Colleen Sperry on 05/19/10 at 02:18 AM excellent write |
| Posted by Ken Harnisch on 05/19/10 at 04:59 PM i felt the rock and roll of the ocean as i read this one out loud! Great sea ditty, Jill! |
| Posted by Jody Pratt on 01/05/11 at 08:25 AM I didn't realize this was poem of the day already. If it wasn't, I was going to suggest it. |
| Posted by Vivek Shrinivasan on 02/17/11 at 04:29 AM Marvelous. |
| Posted by JD Clay on 10/24/11 at 01:29 AM You are delicious! Like fine wine from another time. |
| Posted by Meghan Helmich on 12/21/12 at 05:11 PM So precise and yet so casual! That's hard to do, Jill. Awesome work. |
| Posted by Tony Whitaker on 12/25/12 at 08:56 AM This remains one of my all time favorites of all I have read on this site! Glad to see it pop up on the Top 10 on Christmas Day~! |
