| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Rachel Bennett on 02/19/10 at 05:01 AM There's something flippantly elegant in the way you structure your poems, man. I love it. |
| Posted by Amie Golda on 02/19/10 at 05:18 AM "beautifully disingenuous"..my tongue stumbles over it but I do like it. Once again you manage to it so much irony into so few lines, giving your words the kick they always posses. |
| Posted by Trisha De Gracia on 02/19/10 at 07:55 AM :D |
| Posted by Therese Elaine on 02/19/10 at 01:36 PM I actually cursed out loud when I read this (why is it we have LOL but no COL?) Anyway -the point is -this is one of your best as far as your condensed pieces -you keep the language simple but you choose the perfect words to convey this sort of bemused horror, the form and structure are also simple but beautifully orchestrated, and the inherent attitude is made perfectly clear -there is a twinge of sadness in this but skillfully hidden behind a sort of insouciance and shaking of the head. Definitely highest marks and definitely getting added to favourites. |
| Posted by Ava Blu on 02/19/10 at 03:54 PM Sir Blake, you keep doing it! Goddamn you! You're too good for me. heh
I love this. |
| Posted by Julie Adams on 02/19/10 at 11:08 PM I second Ava's comment, again and again you come with the goods from start to finish, leaving me agape and loving it...ur a pleasure to behold, peace to u poet, jewels |
| Posted by Clara Mae Gregory on 02/20/10 at 01:23 AM When I read many of your poems, they are like, poetical snippets of a story, like a puzzle yet put together....you should write a book.
Not kidding. |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 02/20/10 at 03:33 PM I love the wry humour of this. The kind of poetry I like to write from time to time myself, and am certanly happy to read. Well done Vince! |
| Posted by Ken Harnisch on 02/20/10 at 05:56 PM Makes me remember some nights in the Holiday Inns of my tempestuous youth, Vince..I'll never look at those miniature bars of house branded soap the same again! And I'll check the dresser drawer to see if anyone stole the Bible.:0 |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 02/21/10 at 03:25 AM Those little bars of soap - neatly wrapped, waiting, waiting.... Loved this, Vince - the war paint line evokes many images and intentions. Thanks for this. |
| Posted by Nanette Bellman on 02/26/10 at 11:00 PM This maybe your most vicious piece ever...and I love it. |
| Posted by Frankie Sanchez on 09/25/10 at 05:13 AM i get this. it's simple and yet incredibly dimensional. i love the intimacy of the idea and the hint of adoration with which it's delivered. |
| Posted by Steve Michaels on 10/10/10 at 03:25 AM Oh yeah! |
| Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 10/19/10 at 12:03 PM I always thought that I paid for that hotel soap. I thought it was part of the outrageous deal and bill to be charging for a one night stand donning warpaint and not to include the soap to wash it off is truly disingenuous as opposed to this ode which hits the mark sure and pure and true. |
| Posted by Laura Doom on 10/22/10 at 04:04 PM Speaking from the bottom of the list, I feel slightly redundant -- anyway, without getting too evangelical, I like the various interplays at work in this; war, religion, sex, morality, fur products (! How did that get in here?)
:>) |
| Posted by Johnny Crimson on 10/27/10 at 04:54 PM but it never does wash-off completely hmm? this is wonderful Vince. |
| Posted by E. A. Pugh on 10/28/10 at 01:50 AM I remember that day. |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 10/31/10 at 07:26 PM You know you've captured one of those oh-so-relatable common threads of thought on the matter. The title could aptly be an opening line or a great last line....great write. Delighted. Thanks. |
| Posted by Elizabeth Shaw on 11/02/10 at 12:25 PM more please |
| Posted by Jolie Jordan on 01/13/16 at 06:24 AM Yessss |
