tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post3687872466708590758..comments2024-03-24T11:17:10.498-07:00Comments on Unemployed Imagination.: 2 Minutes. Go!JD Maderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13058074115809620653noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-64096708069957789272019-07-28T20:05:37.318-07:002019-07-28T20:05:37.318-07:00Gorgeous story telling, filled with pain and reali...Gorgeous story telling, filled with pain and reality. Thank you for telling this story.Leland Dirkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813252580295128296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-78124306515906445502019-07-28T19:56:28.039-07:002019-07-28T19:56:28.039-07:00I love all the colors, a lovely word painting.I love all the colors, a lovely word painting.Leland Dirkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813252580295128296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-35117236576630991382019-07-28T19:55:31.085-07:002019-07-28T19:55:31.085-07:00A brilliant paean to color and to words.A brilliant paean to color and to words.Leland Dirkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813252580295128296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-8692797951373557982019-07-28T19:52:46.967-07:002019-07-28T19:52:46.967-07:00Yep... how on earth do we undo the belief that it ...Yep... how on earth do we undo the belief that it is the victim's fault?Leland Dirkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813252580295128296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-14252814635936135972019-07-28T19:48:46.590-07:002019-07-28T19:48:46.590-07:00Eerie and dark, and of course I love it. The last ...Eerie and dark, and of course I love it. The last paragraph speaks well to a desolation I fear we all know.Leland Dirkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813252580295128296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-88762443057225461242019-07-28T19:45:06.342-07:002019-07-28T19:45:06.342-07:00Wonderful! And Angelo and Maggie liked it, too!Wonderful! And Angelo and Maggie liked it, too!Leland Dirkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813252580295128296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-49993506196386829682019-07-28T15:19:20.369-07:002019-07-28T15:19:20.369-07:00Thanks, Teresa :)Thanks, Teresa :)vickiejohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15947507866512596346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-78486922821940759792019-07-28T15:19:04.051-07:002019-07-28T15:19:04.051-07:00Thanks, David. I wrote before going out & it’s...Thanks, David. I wrote before going out & it’s late here so will read/comment tomorrow :) vickiejohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15947507866512596346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-69988293466742252102019-07-28T14:58:47.579-07:002019-07-28T14:58:47.579-07:00I love the symmetry and all the word choices. And ...I love the symmetry and all the word choices. And this is my favourite stanza:<br /><br />"She carries the watch-bug in her eyes,<br />It flickers brown and blue, bleeding out, <br />Each undeveloped film burning to dust."<br />David Antrobushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08486219404600185419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-88183630693624859352019-07-28T14:56:26.216-07:002019-07-28T14:56:26.216-07:00Uh, yeah, this is excellent. And without being did...Uh, yeah, this is excellent. And without being didactic it gets across how damaging gender expectations can be. So good. David Antrobushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08486219404600185419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-42421267703331202932019-07-28T13:42:23.655-07:002019-07-28T13:42:23.655-07:00Wow...Wow...Teresa Kennedy Village Green Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588835504403590614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-86017968406420463022019-07-28T13:40:28.105-07:002019-07-28T13:40:28.105-07:00Wow, Laurie there are so many layers to this, I ca...Wow, Laurie there are so many layers to this, I can't even start! Well done!Teresa Kennedy Village Green Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588835504403590614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-54681413783648913662019-07-28T13:37:07.855-07:002019-07-28T13:37:07.855-07:00Chortle...Chortle...Teresa Kennedy Village Green Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588835504403590614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-5521011471300152662019-07-28T13:36:04.779-07:002019-07-28T13:36:04.779-07:00As something of a color freak (the only thing I ha...As something of a color freak (the only thing I have a photographic memory for) I have to say I was enraptured...Teresa Kennedy Village Green Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588835504403590614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-14378680340127240212019-07-28T13:33:55.800-07:002019-07-28T13:33:55.800-07:00Sweet!Sweet!Teresa Kennedy Village Green Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588835504403590614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-17201986837774372242019-07-28T13:32:12.018-07:002019-07-28T13:32:12.018-07:00You break my whole heart here...You break my whole heart here...Teresa Kennedy Village Green Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588835504403590614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-87287225024352395952019-07-28T13:31:08.723-07:002019-07-28T13:31:08.723-07:00Right here...She wonders what it was that she did....Right here...She wonders what it was that she did. Nailed it!Teresa Kennedy Village Green Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588835504403590614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-47016410391972856352019-07-28T13:29:08.234-07:002019-07-28T13:29:08.234-07:00You had me at the eyebrows, too! I got some of tho...You had me at the eyebrows, too! I got some of those...I call'em my Andy Rooneys...Teresa Kennedy Village Green Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588835504403590614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-77555359350644506192019-07-28T10:33:30.063-07:002019-07-28T10:33:30.063-07:00So beautiful.So beautiful.Laurie Borishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08361627047571650547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-24722073104321895632019-07-28T10:32:04.130-07:002019-07-28T10:32:04.130-07:00Aww...Aww...Laurie Borishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08361627047571650547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-31791492019155256532019-07-28T10:17:58.106-07:002019-07-28T10:17:58.106-07:00Ominous, and I want to know more.Ominous, and I want to know more.Laurie Borishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08361627047571650547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-37905838049360098112019-07-28T10:16:32.053-07:002019-07-28T10:16:32.053-07:00Oh, this is so great. It's about the eyebrows,...Oh, this is so great. It's about the eyebrows, hoss. And the damn mole. Love it.Laurie Borishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08361627047571650547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-25722667876095656582019-07-28T10:10:29.555-07:002019-07-28T10:10:29.555-07:00I love the slow dread, and the dog named God, and....I love the slow dread, and the dog named God, and...just some great lines here.Laurie Borishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08361627047571650547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-52509694779411819682019-07-28T09:15:06.903-07:002019-07-28T09:15:06.903-07:00Excellent Dan, smooth and edgy all at the same tim...Excellent Dan, smooth and edgy all at the same time with a sort of back beat of desperation. Teresa Kennedy Village Green Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588835504403590614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1128469884487763839.post-18037608662668303782019-07-28T06:22:34.521-07:002019-07-28T06:22:34.521-07:00Dark glitters
She carries her laughter lines in h...Dark glitters<br /><br />She carries her laughter lines in her hands,<br />Water sliding as skeletal doors open anew;<br />Treasured memories of silken water lilies<br />Create a fragile raft of green and pink-white.<br /><br />All the days shuffled, spread out for play, <br />Monitored and watched, conversations<br />Recorded, the listening-in still and sombre.<br /><br />He watches life unfold, interpreting colour<br />Into grey, scratching, erasing what he despises,<br />Kicking it to the gutter where it will die.<br /><br />She carries the watch-bug in her eyes,<br />It fickers brown and blue, bleeding out, <br />Each undeveloped film burning to dust.<br /><br />As a snake caresses its owner, waiting<br />While they sleep, he loiters. The hours<br />Tick through the bug, the cat restless.<br /><br />And warm rain courses down, washing,<br />Bringing the elfin smell of green to <br />Everything… yet it cannot hope to dispel<br />Or erase the things already known.<br />vickiejohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15947507866512596346noreply@blogger.com