tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post1240711846285651989..comments2023-10-14T09:31:41.455-04:00Comments on Metanoetic Poetics: Household SphinxAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784125345525784337noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-41300441410096526332012-06-06T03:07:42.748-04:002012-06-06T03:07:42.748-04:00This I like very much, so enjoyed reading. Thank y...This I like very much, so enjoyed reading. Thank you.pam princehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00112697316881380181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-35717726923657301922012-05-09T08:20:12.720-04:002012-05-09T08:20:12.720-04:00you paint an interesting way to wake upyou paint an interesting way to wake upthe voice behind the penhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10004735384194412228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-40703695633350553062012-05-06T05:57:32.546-04:002012-05-06T05:57:32.546-04:00I could see the whole scene. Most in love with tha...I could see the whole scene. Most in love with that last stanza. :)Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-34280721362278605352012-05-05T18:52:59.936-04:002012-05-05T18:52:59.936-04:00A very satisfying poem for this reader; so much de...A very satisfying poem for this reader; so much detail and story in the apparent simplicity.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-65064349524862299782012-05-05T06:29:46.937-04:002012-05-05T06:29:46.937-04:00Enjoyed this very much. The rhythms and rhymes fit...Enjoyed this very much. The rhythms and rhymes fit naturally, nothing seems contrived.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-72542297314786558532012-05-05T03:52:07.801-04:002012-05-05T03:52:07.801-04:00Every household should have a sphinx cat.I like th...Every household should have a sphinx cat.I like the second stanza of your island mystery sad woman who haunts you in dreams. A touch of Mrs Danveres here:)Cressida de Novahttp://invacauoreticent.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-8369882089380198192012-05-05T01:40:57.845-04:002012-05-05T01:40:57.845-04:00Beautiful words painting a wonderful scene.Beautiful words painting a wonderful scene.vivinfrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388722600118753457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-69203433848715806122012-05-05T00:27:49.351-04:002012-05-05T00:27:49.351-04:00really interesting how you move through the imager...really interesting how you move through the imagery in this charles...the middle stanza while rather surreal, is all very real and is interesting in light of your closing as well...nicely done sir...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-20676161232006920082012-05-04T23:52:17.567-04:002012-05-04T23:52:17.567-04:00Certainly imbues the Clarian sonnet form with the ...Certainly imbues the Clarian sonnet form with the classicism that one expects, and with a domestic and naturalistic tinge that's perfectly in keeping with the origins of the form. Well done!Semaphorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16945917520773585129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-88011975777548676722012-05-04T21:38:22.589-04:002012-05-04T21:38:22.589-04:00I like the capture of the morning, the details and...I like the capture of the morning, the details and colours like sea surf and spume...and my fav is the last stanza, the last line : <br /><br />our household Sphinx exacting blood and fate.<br /><br />Awesome work ~Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330793338813508704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-61353649244734490882012-05-04T20:11:46.692-04:002012-05-04T20:11:46.692-04:00This is my fave:
"and rabbits hop to graze on...This is my fave:<br />"and rabbits hop to graze on daisies, drawn<br />by invisible threads to the hunkered cat,"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-43916423857693699462012-05-04T14:58:02.813-04:002012-05-04T14:58:02.813-04:00sleepy commuters with dream-cleansed eyes...someho...sleepy commuters with dream-cleansed eyes...somehow sounds very familiar to me...smiles..i like this much charles, like how you mix different things...the mundane, real and the very abstract into the box and somehow make them all connect and fit together..Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-61685598788529646182012-05-04T14:27:32.217-04:002012-05-04T14:27:32.217-04:00Twisty, Charles--and very much in tune with the na...Twisty, Charles--and very much in tune with the nature element of the original form, in tandem with the change ups on the rhymes to keep it feeling very modern. It carries your own stamp as well, of introspection and appreciation of the small and significant. I like the ending--its perspective--especially.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.com