| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Scott Utley on 01/15/10 at 08:11 PM You are searingly brilliant! |
| Posted by V. Blake on 01/15/10 at 09:40 PM This is a beautiful notion, captured as only you are capable, Therese. :) |
| Posted by Julie Adams on 01/16/10 at 12:45 AM as a big chaplin fan, the title drew me in...I love what u did with this piece, it is really sewn together well, doesnt feel forced but natural, alternatively...a pleasure to share in your craft, peace n poems to u, jewels |
| Posted by Julie Adams on 01/16/10 at 12:46 AM ps, the repetition of the film stuttering is well executed, well done :) |
| Posted by Steven Kenworthy on 01/16/10 at 01:33 AM wowie zowie. my unintelligent response to this quite gorgeous piece of poetry is that it was delicious. all the photo references and reel references made it easy to visualize...made it kinda visceral i guess you could say. either way, eyes crowded with ghosts...mmm, that's a yummy line. this feels softer than your old stuff...maybe. have to think about it. ;) |
| Posted by Michael Smith on 01/16/10 at 01:52 AM I second everyone above me. "a pugilist's pride/that clashes with his defiant/ardor" -- I really liked those lines. They, like other bits of a poem, add that classical touch to this poem, which clearly adds to the black'n'white theme. Superb as usual. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 01/16/10 at 06:12 PM I love the whole idea of the black and white, silent film here - well played out. Your very different line lengths give it a sense of the jerky nature to many of those films. Your images are quite captivating and the subtitle, well, is classic. Thank you. |
| Posted by Clara Mae Gregory on 01/16/10 at 07:29 PM Nice descriptions used here and a pleasure to read. |
| Posted by Kathleen Wilson on 01/18/10 at 04:17 PM excellent progression, poem subtly mirroring the description... unrolling itself with "shudders" the stops and starts,"sighs before moving on" moves like a home movie, yet with sophistication and unfolding linguistically, and conceptually, a delicate wonder of a tribute, memento to its subject... |
| Posted by Christopher Shin on 01/18/10 at 11:34 PM Nice imagery. I wish I could agree with it, but to say I am bitter is an understatement. |
| Posted by Nicole D Gregory on 02/06/10 at 02:27 AM I bow. I am silenced. This is beautiful. ~N |
| Posted by Tom Goss on 07/27/10 at 03:48 AM Color-absence cannot dull the vibrancy of your anvil-heavy words. |
