tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post1666985786082603393..comments2023-11-07T07:53:32.305+11:00Comments on The Passionate Crone (poetry): Uneasy TankaRosemary Nissen-Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-82089484850095565152015-05-17T09:29:03.142+10:002015-05-17T09:29:03.142+10:00Excellent thoughts. I love a three!Excellent thoughts. I love a three!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639776567952972591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-6609916490431053162015-05-10T06:02:45.137+10:002015-05-10T06:02:45.137+10:00Wow, what brilliant use of the word list. They are...Wow, what brilliant use of the word list. They are all fantastic, but the second one speaks to me. I have had to apply a knife to do some of the shaping my life has been going through lately. Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-31486070081067488292015-05-09T22:46:40.325+10:002015-05-09T22:46:40.325+10:00Each of these three are artful and full of thought...Each of these three are artful and full of thought and image that goes deeper than the few words used might suggest. My favorite is the second.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-63641960320983474942015-05-09T22:07:28.301+10:002015-05-09T22:07:28.301+10:00Love the images through all tanka from giddy leave...Love the images through all tanka from giddy leave to truth of life with knife in it....humbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106270909713851811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-61521689868279626102015-05-09T17:46:55.999+10:002015-05-09T17:46:55.999+10:00I read them once, and didn't write my verses u...I read them once, and didn't write my verses until 24 hours later. I guess things percolated overnight!Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-52181328188091608912015-05-09T17:29:54.671+10:002015-05-09T17:29:54.671+10:00they do darken, but if you read the original pens ...they do darken, but if you read the original pens from which the words are culled, you'll see they somehow were dipped in the same ink, as it were. thanks for adding your voice, Rosemary ~grapelinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929030339206629628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-80896516911567893522015-05-09T16:32:16.897+10:002015-05-09T16:32:16.897+10:00Actually I like how each of them ends. It's li...Actually I like how each of them ends. It's like a surprise in each of them the truth a knife especially strong,brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-55969304662140099122015-05-09T14:40:22.428+10:002015-05-09T14:40:22.428+10:00The middle stanza brings such vivid and painful im...The middle stanza brings such vivid and painful images. I almost see her, wetting the clay with her tears, looking for ways to turn the world so that she won't have to use use a knife to carve the truth into someone she loves... or into herself.Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-42037203419372640802015-05-09T14:14:51.499+10:002015-05-09T14:14:51.499+10:00Excellent.
"Some truths must be shaped by kn...Excellent.<br /><br />"Some truths must be shaped by knife." Unfortunately, this is so true.<br /><br />This is my favorite part:<br /><br />"pent up, threatening to spill<br />like wastes unflushed, or dark blood."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-58695283176284023422015-05-09T13:40:20.102+10:002015-05-09T13:40:20.102+10:00Using all the words and in a form! I am impressed...Using all the words and in a form! I am impressed. This is lovely, and I particularly like the second stanza.Sara McNultyhttp://purplepeninportland.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-75823452723188106702015-05-09T13:10:06.232+10:002015-05-09T13:10:06.232+10:00Each is very cool, Rosemary--I found the second an...Each is very cool, Rosemary--I found the second and third most compelling--They all are very cool--evocative of a mood and insistent on something beyond the easy. Thanks. k. Outlawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698845661756444061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-7339599489585986792015-05-09T12:42:33.555+10:002015-05-09T12:42:33.555+10:00Exquisite! #2 is especially startling with its kni...Exquisite! #2 is especially startling with its knife--and #3 with threatening bloody stories!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-87898354309785110782015-05-09T11:01:38.918+10:002015-05-09T11:01:38.918+10:00I like the first one the best, Rosemary.I like the first one the best, Rosemary.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-58722584156939809822015-05-09T10:39:05.991+10:002015-05-09T10:39:05.991+10:00The second is just stunning!The second is just stunning!Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3313195297275159246.post-3148936325457362912015-05-09T10:27:40.725+10:002015-05-09T10:27:40.725+10:00This is so beautiful... and you managed to use all...This is so beautiful... and you managed to use all of Neruda's words! :D<br />I m truly inspired! Great work :D<br /><br />Lots of love<br />xoxoSanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.com