tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post6538425412068011732..comments2024-03-01T00:32:17.498-05:00Comments on Read Write Believe: Poetry Friday: Drs. Sora and SwallowSarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-64566794202891136832016-04-08T12:55:55.160-04:002016-04-08T12:55:55.160-04:00I found this fresco too disturbing to write about,...I found this fresco too disturbing to write about, but it was the birds in both that drew me in. I love that you've responded to this temperance piece by including the sins. Well done.Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-33939866549689241822016-04-07T11:17:45.996-04:002016-04-07T11:17:45.996-04:00I love how your curiosity and research led into th...I love how your curiosity and research led into this poem. You've chosen words so carefully, that tell the story and also make music. I can hear those birds picking, imploring and complaining... But this? " The birds need the river<br />to flow wrathfully" -Good Lord deliver us! Masterful!Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-599214892585103892016-04-02T14:22:51.360-04:002016-04-02T14:22:51.360-04:00I love this part:
"The birds need the river
...I love this part:<br /><br />"The birds need the river<br />to flow wrathfully <br /><br />slicing the land before snaking,<br />sloth-like into silty deltas"<br /><br />I'm intrigued (confused, freaked out) by all the figures in this fresco. Can't wait to read the other Poetry Sisters' poems and see what THEY made of it!!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-57517807761669733452016-04-01T22:21:44.274-04:002016-04-01T22:21:44.274-04:00That grasshopper watching TV was quite surreal, an...That grasshopper watching TV was quite surreal, and the rest of it looked like fairy tale creatures coming for the Princess, like minions of the Dark Queen. But the birds were on her side, Disney would have us believe. I love what your poem did with the same picture.Brenda at FriendlyFairyTaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13368709489341876324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-31066131751651376412016-04-01T15:37:03.507-04:002016-04-01T15:37:03.507-04:00I love the violence in your poem, to be honest. An...I love the violence in your poem, to be honest. And those birds were the bits of sanity at the corners for me, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-89929495563156049702016-04-01T13:45:34.845-04:002016-04-01T13:45:34.845-04:00"expositors of sacred wit to the ignorant&quo..."expositors of sacred wit to the ignorant" - wow. There are stories upon stories in just this line. Thank you for your poem and for the thinking behind it too - I love that. Happy start to National Poetry Month too! xoAmy LVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625469276544426664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-77506599949278145832016-04-01T11:00:29.037-04:002016-04-01T11:00:29.037-04:00I loved hearing a bit about your research--and isn...I loved hearing a bit about your research--and isn't it funny how our minds have a mind of their own? We think we're going to write about one kind of thing, and then another thing unexpectedly intrudes in a wonderful way? I especially love the terrific ending and the part about eating stones--gastroliths are amazing. :>)laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-68028366704736237682016-04-01T10:12:32.590-04:002016-04-01T10:12:32.590-04:00I think the most surreal thing in these paintings ...I think the most surreal thing in these paintings were the birds... just... hanging out. Near water. Being there. Whilst all the other went on. I love that shot of realism, but birds themselves are fairly surreal - I remember when I learned that someone who "ate like a bird" in fact ate TONS and all the time! So much for temperance!tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com