tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-671943706633921975.post1126271965346987031..comments2024-03-14T00:29:33.297-07:00Comments on Thirteen Blackbirds Poetry: Winner, Poem of the Month for August: Rae Paterenudelmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02783099447032485020noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-671943706633921975.post-59837238306342263692008-12-12T11:04:00.000-08:002008-12-12T11:04:00.000-08:00Dear Ed, Going though your blog..read a lot and st...Dear Ed, <BR/><BR/>Going though your blog..read a lot and still reading but want to mention...I love reading this blog..seems I missed it<BR/><BR/>His silence neither denies<BR/>nor accepts her there.<BR/>His eyes are blue.<BR/>I painted them green<BR/>and the reflection<BR/>is a white box full of feathers.<BR/><BR/><BR/>This is really beautiful.<BR/><BR/>RegardsBhawanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076184158406134842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-671943706633921975.post-56058007069678288072008-09-15T16:25:00.000-07:002008-09-15T16:25:00.000-07:00Hi Rae, good to see you again. Still writing, I ...Hi Rae, good to see you again. Still writing, I see, and better than ever. Ka pai!<BR/><BR/>Kathy EarsmanKathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835507710399165834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-671943706633921975.post-20377124056563092652008-09-05T06:34:00.000-07:002008-09-05T06:34:00.000-07:00This is a powerful poem of anger: "red tiger", "ar...This is a powerful poem of anger: "red tiger", "arrow and sword", "ember" and "bow" as symbols of the hostility felt and released. What a great way to mitigate the conflict! Anne B. GroteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-671943706633921975.post-16453242647137326582008-09-04T15:18:00.000-07:002008-09-04T15:18:00.000-07:00Brilliant in its simplicity. Kudos, Rae! And Ed, t...Brilliant in its simplicity. Kudos, Rae! And Ed, thanks for sharing this wonderful poet's work with us.Aaron Paul Lazarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-671943706633921975.post-69302530160760044802008-09-04T15:12:00.000-07:002008-09-04T15:12:00.000-07:00Thanks for the nice words Laura... and of course R...Thanks for the nice words Laura... and of course Rae, many thanks for the great poem.enudelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783099447032485020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-671943706633921975.post-32237542502603355492008-09-04T15:06:00.000-07:002008-09-04T15:06:00.000-07:00Ed, thanks again for your wonderful review of my p...Ed, thanks again for your wonderful review of my poem!<BR/><BR/>Laura, many thanks for your comments. Nice to see you around.burning moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16693680901375568768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-671943706633921975.post-51158733955166566492008-09-04T08:24:00.000-07:002008-09-04T08:24:00.000-07:00congratulations, rae. as usual, ed shows his wide ...congratulations, rae. as usual, ed shows his wide range as the compassionate reader of poetry.<BR/><BR/>i like very much the austerity of this poem, and as ed notes, the starkness of detail and simplicity of sound which rises into surprising complexity: now/bounds/snow/arrow/sword.<BR/><BR/>i am struck first by that basic enigma of many a violated female: something happened to me before memory but "from whom"? and when it falls to the father, it is indeed the "final wedge".<BR/><BR/>finally, rae chooses fire as the element of both feeling and process, which i note here and in many of her other poems (discovered via this competition, thank you): <BR/><BR/>fire as pain, as anger (not chosen but foisted upon her), fire as cycles of time in sun and moon, fire as color and stalking animal, fire in the flaming arrow and sword, and ultimately, redemptively, fire in the rites of purification, death and resurrection. a powerful, powerful image and empowerment for the survivor poet.<BR/><BR/>you've burned me up this day, rae. just great! ~laura tattooLaura Tattoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05503853041054419287noreply@blogger.com