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muser,
thanks, and sorry for not responding earlier, travels and accidents, you know...
posted by
Nautikos
on August 27, 2006 at 9:19 AM
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I love this particular poem, Nautikos...gee a quantum lapse sounds better
than a brain-cramp!...and in my experience is probably more likely! LOL!
posted by
muser
on July 19, 2006 at 3:54 PM
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Good! I'll be looking forward to it!
I've got a poetry blog going, too, but I update it only once in a while. I can't consider myself a poet, but sometimes the urge strikes, and there it is... I'll keep my eyes peeled for your new blog.
posted by
SilverMoon7
on June 29, 2006 at 1:16 AM
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Lensman,
thanks for dropping in and commenting! I don't write many haiku, but I enjoy doing it when I do. It's strange, but the best analogy I can find is that it's like playing chess - you have to be creative within very rigidly defined rules. I don't know if you play the game, but one reason I like chess is that it's a wonderful 'escape' - concentrating on a game forces you to forget the rest of the world. And that happens to me when I think about a haiku - I have this thought, maybe a line, and it won't let me go...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 28, 2006 at 7:17 PM
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Silvermoon
thanks for your comments and encouragement. You know, I think I will follow your advice, open a second blog and stick in odds and ends, poetry among other things. I don't think I'd produce enough for a heavy duty, poetry only kind of blog.
posted by
Nautikos
on June 28, 2006 at 7:05 PM
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Nautikos
I've never been very good at poetry (creating my own, that is) and it's probably due to my father forcing me to memorize 10 stanzas every Saturday morning before sending me out to mow the lawn. Good exercise for the mind and body, he used to tell me. However, I am good at enjoying the poetry of others, and I enjoyed this very much. You're quite good and your mood at the time of ths writing comes through well. I'm brand new to haiku poetry. I know like its short, sharp aspect. Staying to the five-seven-five format can't be easy, though, so well done
posted by
Lensman
on June 28, 2006 at 1:33 PM
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Well,
I, for one, would encourage a second blog for your poetry, because these are lovely. I'm especially taken with long poem. I understand the truth--as I perceived it--at the end and empathise. I loved the language and how simply you put me in the moment, very sensory, but not too. The summer day, brown feet in the dust, the scent of junipers... I was very much inside the imagery, uncomplicated as it was, and that's what I like best, vivid, yet uncomplicated. Do post more!
posted by
SilverMoon7
on June 28, 2006 at 12:44 PM
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swftfox
thanks for dropping in and commenting. If I find the time, I am going to try and get a few things together, and maybe have a separate blog. Yours is certainly an inspiration!
posted by
Nautikos
on June 28, 2006 at 7:30 AM
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Nauticos, Thanks for visiting my blog and the interest you show!
The poem was interesting, but I think I am brain dead. Couldn't quite digest it, but then I also had to type nearly each of these words twice to spell them right! It did seem a touch depressing but that is O.K. in poetry, however, a little too close to home for me right now! The haiku was very good. I like the one about the cat most, my wife loves all things Egyptian! The second one made me smile. I wondered if it could really BE understood or if it was intended as a sort of satire. I know just a little less than nothing about Quantum physics but I did watch a show called Quantum Leap for a while! Does that count? hahaha. Anyway, great job. Most people can write not only "approaching" my standards but surpassing them! They just don't. Hopefully I will inspire some past their hesitancy! Is that even a word? Blanche is right about using SHIFT-RETURN to reduce the line spacing. I had the same problem when I first came here. Go for it!
posted by
swftfox
on June 27, 2006 at 7:26 PM
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Nautikos
posted by
WileyJohn
on June 26, 2006 at 9:02 PM
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Thanks, MandaLee,
compliments are always welcome!
posted by
Nautikos
on June 26, 2006 at 5:12 PM
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excellent!
posted by
Amanda__
on June 26, 2006 at 10:35 AM
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Wiley,
thanks for dropping by! This post of mine clearly hasn't set the world on fire,
, but I don't do enough of that sort of thing for a separate blog. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
posted by
Nautikos
on June 26, 2006 at 5:18 AM
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Nautikos
I can only comment that I enjoyed your poetry, but confess I need much more time to digest it, so I print it out.
No matter, I seem to have to do that with any writing of value, I have to read and re-read.
posted by
WileyJohn
on June 25, 2006 at 8:15 PM
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Thanks Blanche,
I'll try that next time, whenever that will be...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 25, 2006 at 8:03 PM
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Nautikos, I had to play with the spacing a little to get the lines right
Do a "soft return": hold down the shift key, while hitting enter, that should do it.
posted by
Blanche.
on June 25, 2006 at 5:14 PM
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