| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 07/23/09 at 05:46 AM ...hey, I figure we are all just one step removed from a crash-landing. Who is immune? None, I'd guess. Terrific poetics here. Thank you. |
| Posted by Clara Mae Gregory on 07/23/09 at 05:25 PM This one is going in my favorites. I love how you have expressed this with such wonderful metaphorical imagery. Excellent! |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 07/23/09 at 06:27 PM Love this! My husband and I have been breaking glasses and chipping dishes this week - odd gathering of shattering. One glass managed to bounce on the floor this morning without breaking. Perhaps we are on the upside of this phenomena. :)
I like how you bring in "someone else's breath". This almost feels like a gentle breeze blowing through glass windchimes, waiting for the big wind. THank you. |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 07/25/09 at 08:57 PM This poem has left me almost speechless. It's beautiful, the analogy of glass making applied to you the human. Marvelous stuff. |
| Posted by Keith McFarlane on 07/27/09 at 10:34 PM Christel - I enjoyed this a lot. "hollow interior filled by/someone else's breath" is so rich in itself, and the surrounding lines provide this idea a nice scaffold. I imagine you have an identity for the "someone else" in mind, but I'm glad you trusted the reader to interpret this as well. Very well done indeed. |
| Posted by Genevieve Sturrock on 10/27/09 at 04:39 AM oh! congrats on POTD!! love you!! |
| Posted by Alicia Vann on 10/27/09 at 06:43 PM Beautiful and true. We are doing our best to break it. |
| Posted by Maria Massarella on 10/27/09 at 10:35 PM This precious gem is of a beauty that silences. Congratulations on POTD... |
| Posted by George Hoerner on 01/11/10 at 03:15 PM Life and blown glass have much in common. There is or can be far more strength than expected and yet the fragility of both can be a very real concern for all. Nice write lady. |
