| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 08/04/08 at 11:24 PM I love the whole idea of this, and stanza 5 is absolutamente my fav! Well done. |
| Posted by Alison McKenzie on 08/05/08 at 01:07 AM I'm definitely in agreement with Kristina on stanza 5. Powerful stuff!!! |
| Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 08/07/08 at 12:05 PM this poem is so on the money, Genevieve. it is telling and so permeated with irony, in that although the doctor severs our umbilicals at birth, with notions of releasing us from our confinements, still they persist in our memory banks, the permanency of such strings attached forevermore. |
| Posted by Sandy M. Humphrey on 08/07/08 at 07:07 PM I fell into this one from the first line, so excellently written in step with the stories theme yet so relevant to relationships of oneself to ones past. bravo dear puppet, bravo. smh |
| Posted by Don Matley on 08/07/08 at 11:21 PM It seems to me by the very first stanza that in reality the speaker has been brave enough to have already cut the strings regardless of fragile lingering threads that threaten from past recollections. You describe brilliantly how hard it is to escape our minds and heal the bruises. Very powerful and flowing. Merci bien. |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 08/11/08 at 04:40 PM Compelling use of metaphor and analogy Gen' to express the state of a relationship. The night does have a way of haunting us with the past. |
| Posted by Laurie Blum on 08/11/08 at 09:57 PM A real-life fairytale. Perfectly executed. |
| Posted by George Hoerner on 08/13/08 at 03:48 PM Really great write lady. But none of us do and those that believe they have don't even begin to understand themselves. It is like the world and history. If you don't know it you'll never understand from whence you came nor begin to control where you are going. Really well done. |
| Posted by Meghan Helmich on 08/13/08 at 06:44 PM even strings biodegrade in time. |
| Posted by A. Paige White on 02/04/09 at 04:10 PM I don't know how I missed this one when you posted it. Beautifully compelling. Congratulations on POTD. |
| Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 02/05/09 at 01:42 AM How genius to write this letter poem. I marvel in the wording. The moment I saw the title, I was already in love with it. |
| Posted by Julie Adams on 02/05/09 at 03:08 AM this is a gorgeous piece, and I am so glad it was POTD, to expose me to your work...the title, the personal address is so fitting, kudos...but the poem, how it keeps the reader on a string to the very last...moving through each stanza feels like a tug on those strings, and with each one the closer we connect to the subject...so well you juxtapose the phony facade with brutal honesty, from "how to wear a/ pleasant mask" to "they bind me/ stronger than/ iron bands" and "and i cannot/ cut the strings"...this piece is as magical as the story you bind within it....a pleasure, I look forward to reading more of your work, peace, ~jewels |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 02/05/09 at 05:35 AM A well deserved POTD! |
| Posted by Jennifer Ragan on 02/05/09 at 12:22 PM Congrats! This is a really cool write:) |
