tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post6298895541429203746..comments2023-12-05T23:02:28.580-05:00Comments on Excursions and Diversions: The PedestrianSteve Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-62749572165996219652013-04-03T21:19:57.299-04:002013-04-03T21:19:57.299-04:00Walk a mile on uneven pavement in her high heels, ...Walk a mile on uneven pavement in her high heels, Steve. You'll be sad, too.Charles Elliott/Beautyseerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05779529545987700565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-15596756949240516202013-04-02T19:38:12.251-04:002013-04-02T19:38:12.251-04:00Wonderful, Steve--I especially like the way you us...Wonderful, Steve--I especially like the way you use the train of the step--the enjambement there, and in general the terrible poignancy of nothing to allay the hold of sadness in the air. k. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-15036170059328008062013-03-19T14:46:04.999-04:002013-03-19T14:46:04.999-04:00This is wonderful, wouldn't if be nice if we c...This is wonderful, wouldn't if be nice if we could walk away from sadness, leave it there on the pavement all cold and alone?<br /><br />Great images, so soulful and mournful and filled with truth. <br />mrs mediocrityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021079985184737831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-60325502727960520572013-03-06T19:34:39.006-05:002013-03-06T19:34:39.006-05:00Sadness, like happiness, comes from within. To be ...Sadness, like happiness, comes from within. To be able to understand why someone feels what they do would be nearly impossible unless you had been in their shoes, experienced what they had; but to be sensitive enough to be touched by their sadness makes for a truly caring person indeed. I love how you explored the questions, the helplessness, all the aspects of this encounter with your words. Nicely penned, Steve. <br />(FYI--didn't share last week or this, but stopping by to read some my favorites.) Ginny Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15298060016652737538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-74767200076384147372013-03-06T19:10:18.598-05:002013-03-06T19:10:18.598-05:00I think there must be sadness in the world so that...I think there must be sadness in the world so that we can also appreciate happiness. If all was ONLY happy, would we even know it? But, apart from that, I think your poem made some valid points and asked good questions!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-19976706959532545332013-03-06T18:27:11.893-05:002013-03-06T18:27:11.893-05:00I enjoyed your musings on sadness, specially the l...I enjoyed your musings on sadness, specially the last two stanzas ~ Beautiful writing Steve ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-16293814833275184932013-03-06T18:03:59.135-05:002013-03-06T18:03:59.135-05:00these are some beautiful phrases to pour over.
I a...these are some beautiful phrases to pour over.<br />I am particularly taken by your opening.<br />caught up in a fastness out of reach.<br />wonderful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-45578460639382552052013-03-06T13:59:00.648-05:002013-03-06T13:59:00.648-05:00I enjoyed this examination of the psyche in motion...I enjoyed this examination of the psyche in motion, Steve--the sadness so universal, seems always unique to each who bears the burden, and each has a different way of coming to terms with it--though some never really seem to do anything but run, as you point out here. (I drive people away from my blog by writing about it, personally. ;_) ) Some lovely lines of reflection in this; I esp like<br />"...as if a trouble might be just a thing<br />to be abandoned and undone—<br />discretionary destiny<br />whose ending might be forfeited<br />without regard for how it had begun..."hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-72436252165528805432013-03-06T01:14:57.812-05:002013-03-06T01:14:57.812-05:00This weldschmerz we feel at times...for others, fo...This weldschmerz we feel at times...for others, for ourselves...like misted ships passing in the night. A beautiful and sensitive write, Steve!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-79196531880465591792013-03-05T18:42:30.823-05:002013-03-05T18:42:30.823-05:00Sadness digs deep and tends to linger... it's ...Sadness digs deep and tends to linger... it's not easily distracted.Stan Skihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963655096635414472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-20580220748491300212013-03-05T18:12:42.093-05:002013-03-05T18:12:42.093-05:00 why there must be sadness in the world,
or why it... why there must be sadness in the world,<br />or why it should have gathered on our street,<br />crying out through all contingent cares;<br />why it should have settled as it did...<br />I have asked myself the very same questions. This is an intense and beautiful write.ayalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243362803799877014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-77770326433180012232013-03-05T17:04:41.088-05:002013-03-05T17:04:41.088-05:00the close made me think of dorothy...clicking her ...the close made me think of dorothy...clicking her heals....wanting to go home...really cool capture...that you see it, the sadness in the eyes of another says much....why it has to come...i wish only it hadnt but then again i dont know that eutopia would be much fun either...really cool piece steve...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-40543664425679662262013-03-05T16:54:25.853-05:002013-03-05T16:54:25.853-05:00This definitely kept me engaged til the very last ...This definitely kept me engaged til the very last word. Superb writing man, I could feel the tension building and rising as the piece carried along. This was definitely heart feltAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05613252508982030726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-33665725238843421242013-03-05T16:40:14.362-05:002013-03-05T16:40:14.362-05:00This is heavy and dense and beautiful writing. So ...This is heavy and dense and beautiful writing. So many perfectly turned phrases here, but I think my favorite is "the ordeal of witness." <br /><br />Just brilliant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com