tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post2473263225779078229..comments2023-10-14T09:31:41.455-04:00Comments on Metanoetic Poetics: Argumentum ad populumAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784125345525784337noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-85465678481063031792012-01-27T17:53:33.897-05:002012-01-27T17:53:33.897-05:00Rosemary, thanks for that. I do often write with i...Rosemary, thanks for that. I do often write with internal rhymes and greatly appreciate when others see them. Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784125345525784337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-87401504713180790272012-01-27T17:51:29.887-05:002012-01-27T17:51:29.887-05:00Not ekphrasis per se, no. I saw Leonard in a docum...Not ekphrasis per se, no. I saw Leonard in a documentary and he talked about the murder of his mother and how the Black Dahlia related to that. I had also seen the gruesome photos of the crime scene on Anger's book and had been repelled. At the same time, there are issues in my father's treatment of my mom that provided some personal depth. On top of all this is the fascination that Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784125345525784337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-86501160846676540242012-01-27T01:58:30.249-05:002012-01-27T01:58:30.249-05:00This horrific mystery haunted the novelist enough ...This horrific mystery haunted the novelist enough to write about it and now the poet revisits secrets that only the dead find answers to at heaven's gate. The cold anatomical descriptions render the deed all the more chilling as does the curiosity and macabre appeal to the masses. Your imagry is bloody, fleshy, and violent death becomes disturbingly alive with your very effective words. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-18567384891798814652012-01-20T20:18:01.935-05:002012-01-20T20:18:01.935-05:00This is my favorite line: "A riddle sets atil...This is my favorite line: "A riddle sets atilt the door jamb"<br /><br />I love the soft internal rhyme (secrets/unseen; head/heaven's/dead) and flow between these two lines:<br />"secrets unseen and unspoken even in the head. <br />At heaven's gate the dead find answers, hear"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-33787439992930186722012-01-20T18:55:56.694-05:002012-01-20T18:55:56.694-05:00Never could finish that book--unlike your poem, wh...Never could finish that book--unlike your poem, which I had no trouble reading through twice. Fine language all through, and the images shake the reader with their cold intensity and purpose. Definitely an interesting piece, and effective ekphrasis, if ekphrasis you meant it to be.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-39324267500277114912012-01-20T17:14:51.601-05:002012-01-20T17:14:51.601-05:00This is a good example of how imagery can make a p...This is a good example of how imagery can make a poem come to life. Very effective write.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-47061554473201946962012-01-20T15:42:48.976-05:002012-01-20T15:42:48.976-05:00Strong voice in this. I could feel the frustration...Strong voice in this. I could feel the frustration/anger ?Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06541409754494611831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-7254108632022100482012-01-20T09:38:52.385-05:002012-01-20T09:38:52.385-05:00Yes... graphic and visual indeed... a superb piece...Yes... graphic and visual indeed... a superb piece, Charles!Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-35462653553925731422012-01-20T08:07:55.453-05:002012-01-20T08:07:55.453-05:00def has some great intensity to it charles...nice ...def has some great intensity to it charles...nice word selection to set the tone...angry, severed, sliced...stiff cock and winking labia, nice...really well done...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-60260468173140626702012-01-20T06:56:22.477-05:002012-01-20T06:56:22.477-05:00my first response was the same as claudia's - ...my first response was the same as claudia's - wow<br /><br />hadn't expected such a powerful rendition, all from those starting lines, <br /><br />"A riddle sets atilt the door jamb <br />when ugly words issue from an angry bed..."<br /><br />much there, thanks charlesadanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00710750989853277203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-54300834042620046662012-01-20T06:54:54.236-05:002012-01-20T06:54:54.236-05:00Awesome write, Charles. Deep stuff!
http://charle...Awesome write, Charles. Deep stuff!<br /><br />http://charleslmashburn.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/black-words/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962841480087192036.post-81943056965042769382012-01-19T23:57:05.366-05:002012-01-19T23:57:05.366-05:00wow...great imagery charles...the surgeon's bl...wow...great imagery charles...the surgeon's blade splicing the Gordian knot <br />gone haywire in a faceless heart... esp. the first stanza started a whole film in my mind..Argumentum ad populum...your title is great as well...gives the piece even more depth...and me some food to chew on for the day..Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.com