tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post5407121013052258001..comments2024-01-25T13:40:59.343-05:00Comments on Ecstatic Doggerel: The Big RevealM. C. Allan (Carrie, to most)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12073563632969877406noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-7295627654728552422008-07-24T14:55:00.000-04:002008-07-24T14:55:00.000-04:00i am so glad you found me and i came here. this po...i am so glad you found me and i came here. this poem is rich and clear like a countryside bell. beautiful.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-60385718987263006802008-07-15T11:20:00.000-04:002008-07-15T11:20:00.000-04:00Thanks, RT -- those are great lines. Dickinson is ...Thanks, RT -- those are great lines. Dickinson is definitely one of those who alternately gives me visceral cringes ("how dreadful to be somebody!/How public, like a frog" -- I mean, really? A FROG? I've met several frogs over the years, and I've found most of them to be very private people) and thrills about a thing said so exactly rightly. Much more the latter, of course -- I don't know that I've ever read more lovely work about grief than her poem that ends:<BR/><BR/>This is the Hour of Lead -<BR/>Remembered, if outlived,<BR/>As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow -<BR/>First--Chill--then Stupor--then the letting go -M. C. Allan (Carrie, to most)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12073563632969877406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-88614209436496436442008-07-15T06:53:00.000-04:002008-07-15T06:53:00.000-04:00"Not all the pianos in the woodHad power to mangle..."Not all the pianos in the wood<BR/>Had power to mangle me."<BR/>-- 'i dreaded that first robin so'<BR/>-- emily dickinson<BR/><BR/>i dread that title so but i love those lines.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08882457287708734536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-55854313333848730042008-07-14T19:20:00.000-04:002008-07-14T19:20:00.000-04:00'early spring': old age is wasted on the old.thank...'early spring': <BR/>old age is wasted on the old.<BR/>thanks for elevating the blog discourse, carrie. <BR/>i'm platform-agnostic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08882457287708734536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-37190728014321897822008-07-14T11:17:00.000-04:002008-07-14T11:17:00.000-04:00thanks, Ang. look forward to chatting with you in ...thanks, Ang. look forward to chatting with you in "the real world" about this stuff. I haven't decided about whether this will get me more in the writing space or just take away from time I should be spending on poetry and the novel!M. C. Allan (Carrie, to most)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12073563632969877406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-33490162205459713202008-07-13T08:33:00.000-04:002008-07-13T08:33:00.000-04:00Welcome to the blog world! Your site is awesome. T...Welcome to the blog world! Your site is awesome. That poem is breathtaking and your piece about confessional blogging is spot on. I'm hungry for more... Bravo, chica! This rocks!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08530538139002604961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-20624128583316530512008-07-11T23:57:00.000-04:002008-07-11T23:57:00.000-04:00Thanks, G -- I have to admit, I feel a little squi...Thanks, G -- I have to admit, I feel a little squirrelly about it still! But we'll see how it goes. I'm kinda worried it will take away from "real writing" time, but what is that, after all?M. C. Allan (Carrie, to most)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12073563632969877406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-800183462183999322.post-57256337937291533912008-07-11T22:22:00.000-04:002008-07-11T22:22:00.000-04:00So, I will (confessionally) admit that part of my ...So, I will (confessionally) admit that part of my intention here is to be the FIRST COMMENT ON YOUR NEW BLOG!!!! (nahneenahneebooboo!), but I am equally intent on expressing how happy this makes me! I can not wait to read more of your beautiful work here. . . . More thoughts to come on the whole privacy/confessional writing/ boundary/ clogged drain issues, but for the moment, alllow me to simply say, "Welcome to the blogosphere chicka!" -- you've just raised the level in the discourse, beauty and talent pool significantly. xoGinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00620812321822211147noreply@blogger.com