tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post3929348692849360505..comments2023-08-14T08:03:12.027-07:00Comments on Blue Positive: Rants & RavesMartha Silanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16486148374821966457noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-89561665049804034842009-08-20T20:48:41.608-07:002009-08-20T20:48:41.608-07:00That would be great, and I'm not meaning to pr...That would be great, and I'm not meaning to pressure you to post it until you're ready, or even at all if you want to do something else with it. I'd be glad if my poem inspired something more mulled over in you. I think mine started out as sort of a satiric response to the critique and then turned into something else. It was fun to write, though.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-40682493045732359002009-08-20T12:41:55.792-07:002009-08-20T12:41:55.792-07:00J9: but are your foxes running toward "easy e...J9: but are your foxes running toward "easy epiphanies"? And are you always nice? I think not . . .<br /><br />Seana: I hope I can pull it off, but this is going to take some time. Your poem is what inspired me -- so good.Martha Silanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486148374821966457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-24114539806280930322009-08-20T10:43:50.668-07:002009-08-20T10:43:50.668-07:00Thanks Martha! Yes, but I do have foxes running th...Thanks Martha! Yes, but I do have foxes running through my poems...Jeanninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419593830749483323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-80845954865311951172009-08-19T23:27:01.269-07:002009-08-19T23:27:01.269-07:00Nice. Let's hear it if it comes out in any sor...Nice. Let's hear it if it comes out in any sort of articulable form.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-19284863614099181812009-08-19T22:53:21.059-07:002009-08-19T22:53:21.059-07:00I've been having fleeting thoughts all day abo...I've been having fleeting thoughts all day about an invective in the tune of moon and fox.Martha Silanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486148374821966457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-27799714949900002582009-08-19T09:28:07.057-07:002009-08-19T09:28:07.057-07:00Thank you, Martha. Obviously it's very rough, ...Thank you, Martha. Obviously it's very rough, but I realized that if I didn't make it more or less spontaneous, I would take it too seriously to post it at all.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-64104504124915966582009-08-19T07:07:41.363-07:002009-08-19T07:07:41.363-07:00Love your poem, Seana, especially that killer last...Love your poem, Seana, especially that killer last line.Martha Silanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486148374821966457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-8353447385575176012009-08-18T23:26:11.732-07:002009-08-18T23:26:11.732-07:00"Look at those birds there,"
The old fru..."Look at those birds there,"<br />The old fruit says, pained. <br />"Think they're <i>such</i> foxes."<br />He waves at them and they wave back,<br />mutually insincere. <br />I watch them, standing there as they wait, thinking only of the next trick,<br />But still I love the moonlight on their hair.<br />"Where's Autumn?" I ask. <br />"Autumn? Oh, Autumn's dead," he says. "I'm surprised you didn't hear."<br />I look out at the corner again, see foxes in moonlight. But we aren't in the Garden now. <br />We probably never were.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-2855060523679437552009-08-18T21:21:19.496-07:002009-08-18T21:21:19.496-07:00I'm torn between screaming "we don't ...I'm torn between screaming "we don't all write this way!" and "so what if we all write this way!"Martha Silanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486148374821966457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-36114784572195267122009-08-18T15:31:06.841-07:002009-08-18T15:31:06.841-07:00I'm tempted to say that I'm probably in th...I'm tempted to say that I'm probably in the "quiet, easy epiphany" camp--but hey, quiet does not have to be easy. <br /><br />I might join you in writing a poem with all the girl nouns, and a mess of verbs.<br /><br />Thanks, always, for your posts.Joannie Stangelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06006768246992875405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-42370917245991968302009-08-18T15:08:56.151-07:002009-08-18T15:08:56.151-07:00Thanks for the clarification, Jeannine. I have alw...Thanks for the clarification, Jeannine. I have always regarded Jessa/Book Slut very highly, so it's no surprise this All Contemporary Women Poets Suck piece does not have her fingerprints on it.<br /><br />Speaking of which, add YOU to that list of strong-voiced poets who are not off wilting in some corner, penning yet another poem about moonlight.Martha Silanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486148374821966457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5975475581904630119.post-90585032033562387112009-08-18T09:32:59.522-07:002009-08-18T09:32:59.522-07:00That wasn't Jessa Crispin - who is the starter...That wasn't Jessa Crispin - who is the starter of Book Slut - but one of their poetry reviewers who wrote that article. Just to defend Jessa. I agree with you about the article - it just came off as written by someone who hadn't read very many female poets.Jeanninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419593830749483323noreply@blogger.com