Comments on: Poetry http://www.in-other-words-blog.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:46:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Steph http://www.in-other-words-blog.com/poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-624 Steph Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:22:35 +0000 http://stephvandermeulen.wordpress.com/?page_id=253#comment-624 Yup, perfect sense. Thank you! I like when you rave about my stuff. :) I wish I could remember what had inspired the poem. It was before Kai and I even got married. I bet it was just a bit of expired food or something! Yup, perfect sense. Thank you! I like when you rave about my stuff. :)

I wish I could remember what had inspired the poem. It was before Kai and I even got married. I bet it was just a bit of expired food or something!

]]> By: Therese Neelands http://www.in-other-words-blog.com/poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-623 Therese Neelands Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:05:00 +0000 http://stephvandermeulen.wordpress.com/?page_id=253#comment-623 I really like Exp. 96 Nov. 2. For some reason, eventhough it's sad and fierce, there are bits I find laugh out loud funny like "I would unplug his fridge and put him in it to rot, marked forever on his sallow forehead with an expiry date from months before." I find that kind of funny/fierce/sad juxtaposition really..hmm..powerful, vivid, lively, intense, ugly/beautiful...I like very much. Does that make any sense? I really like Exp. 96 Nov. 2. For some reason, eventhough it’s sad and fierce, there are bits I find laugh out loud funny like “I would unplug his fridge and put him in it to rot, marked forever on his sallow forehead with an expiry date from months before.” I find that kind of funny/fierce/sad juxtaposition really..hmm..powerful, vivid, lively, intense, ugly/beautiful…I like very much.
Does that make any sense?

]]> By: leftywritey http://www.in-other-words-blog.com/poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-622 leftywritey Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:31:35 +0000 http://stephvandermeulen.wordpress.com/?page_id=253#comment-622 Hey Steph! Ah yes, you gotta love those poems that come out whole or close to whole! : ) Yup -- the trick is to "just write". Made me smile to see you write that above, as it seems to be my unintentional mantra, lately! I'm ducking and covering each time I tell people that. : ) Em Hey Steph!

Ah yes, you gotta love those poems that come out whole or close to whole! : )

Yup — the trick is to “just write”. Made me smile to see you write that above, as it seems to be my unintentional mantra, lately!

I’m ducking and covering each time I tell people that. : )

Em

]]> By: Steph http://www.in-other-words-blog.com/poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-621 Steph Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:54:28 +0000 http://stephvandermeulen.wordpress.com/?page_id=253#comment-621 Emily: Thank you! Wow, what a great comment. Thank you very much. I suppose they weave scenes because I'm not one for obscure poetry and I was used to telling stories when I wrote these. I like "Danse Macabre," too. I remember how that one came to me without much effort. Ah to be in that state (writing without much effort!) again! :) I know the trick, now, at least: just don't stop writing! Emily: Thank you! Wow, what a great comment. Thank you very much.

I suppose they weave scenes because I’m not one for obscure poetry and I was used to telling stories when I wrote these. I like “Danse Macabre,” too. I remember how that one came to me without much effort. Ah to be in that state (writing without much effort!) again! :) I know the trick, now, at least: just don’t stop writing!

]]> By: leftywritey http://www.in-other-words-blog.com/poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-620 leftywritey Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:53:07 +0000 http://stephvandermeulen.wordpress.com/?page_id=253#comment-620 I love that, in your poetry, I can really see and feel your images. I like how your poems weave a scene. The one I like best is "'Danse Macabre". It's really wonderful, and the images are so clear and graphic, I can feel the night on the page, like it's alive, and a part of death, like an arm or leg. Emily I love that, in your poetry, I can really see and feel your images. I like how your poems weave a scene.

The one I like best is “‘Danse Macabre”. It’s really wonderful, and the images are so clear and graphic, I can feel the night on the page, like it’s alive, and a part of death, like an arm or leg.

Emily

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