tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post4631487359767780473..comments2023-12-05T23:02:28.580-05:00Comments on Excursions and Diversions: this heart aloneSteve Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-60376672521141229972014-03-28T17:13:47.185-04:002014-03-28T17:13:47.185-04:00Thanks, Karin I think of 'recalcitrant'...Thanks, Karin I think of 'recalcitrant' because the protagonist waits, and the sensations press only erratically and occasionally, and almost never when one wants them most. <br />SKSteve Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-23052305792027542812014-03-28T08:51:34.065-04:002014-03-28T08:51:34.065-04:00this my heart alone
so empty now
of old impertine...this my heart alone<br /><br />so empty now<br />of old impertinent things<br /><br />patient for new wonder<br /><br /><br />These are just beautiful lines. This is such an interesting poem--as it has a rather mournful quality to it--perhaps because of the solitary aspect and the sense of endings-- and yet it ends in such a wonderful place--the opening to the new--and patience with it--it is a description of acquired wisdom, I think. I also love this idea of the press the press of recalcitrant sensations. Yes, they do press! But recalcitrant is not a word I would have thought of, and yet it is perfect in its obdurate insistence, and yet - I always think of recalcitrant as somehow stuck in its ways and sensations as moving and quick and so it is quite a marvelous combination of words. Wonderfully distilled here -- much better to have the flicker than a black hole. k. Manicddailyhttp://manicddaily.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-39442263336049655982014-03-26T16:53:40.174-04:002014-03-26T16:53:40.174-04:00Beautifully composed - a pure pleasure to read.
An...Beautifully composed - a pure pleasure to read.<br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-3561082475584983112014-03-26T08:40:51.494-04:002014-03-26T08:40:51.494-04:00I love this, Steve - It affirms why we've alwa...I love this, Steve - It affirms why we've always been star-gazers, reading the face of our minds, our hearts. Those heavens a catalog of old events, sensations, bursts whose light has been in transit for billions. Our hearts are made of such stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-54516172288472249242014-03-25T18:24:56.208-04:002014-03-25T18:24:56.208-04:00sensations are often not known to desire "pat...sensations are often not known to desire "patience". Yet, once we've learned this virtue, life gets a lot easier.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-4799028460417959932014-03-25T17:49:56.704-04:002014-03-25T17:49:56.704-04:00Thanks, as always, Jackie--for the visit and the g...Thanks, as always, Jackie--for the visit and the generous commentary.Steve Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-36595284014855649672014-03-25T15:55:02.738-04:002014-03-25T15:55:02.738-04:00wonderful write, Steve...the light and the dark......wonderful write, Steve...the light and the dark...I almost see Blake...just a wee bit....and I like the way you weave in the patience notion. Yay for you!~jackie~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-77137687471102535992014-03-25T09:51:37.050-04:002014-03-25T09:51:37.050-04:00The evolutionary movement toward patience, wonder ...The evolutionary movement toward patience, wonder is quite the process, quite the reward.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12460881702249079009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-56897598593572088652014-03-24T19:49:53.363-04:002014-03-24T19:49:53.363-04:00as if there may
be one who waits
bound to gather i...as if there may<br />be one who waits<br />bound to gather it fully<br /><br />Just may be. A faint heart can create wonders given the leeway. One never can tell. Great write Steve!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-84132579366303059812014-03-24T14:34:02.148-04:002014-03-24T14:34:02.148-04:00There's a crisp feel to this Steve, very fresh...There's a crisp feel to this Steve, very fresh feeling to read, and yet I'm not sure that the content is anything but the very oldest and most persistent of hopes and dreams, impertinent or otherwise. I love that emptiness opens up the capacity for wonder, that hope is ineradicable, because living without it is unthinkable. I also like the language, which stops and starts like thought--or at least like my thoughts. ;_)hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-2247339534785573832014-03-24T11:59:08.072-04:002014-03-24T11:59:08.072-04:00Rich and wonderful to read. Rich and wonderful to read. cosmos camihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558327124451076957noreply@blogger.com