tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post6116822671190464992..comments2023-12-05T23:02:28.580-05:00Comments on Excursions and Diversions: Labors of LoveSteve Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-86066139671828605052012-03-29T11:37:13.532-04:002012-03-29T11:37:13.532-04:00I love the rhythm and rhyme throughout and the met...I love the rhythm and rhyme throughout and the metaphor-<br /><br /> Love is a hardening prisonLaurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-57368560238155993412012-03-28T21:13:04.367-04:002012-03-28T21:13:04.367-04:00Nice write, Steve.Nice write, Steve.ayalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243362803799877014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-45298164167270896282012-03-28T15:21:52.802-04:002012-03-28T15:21:52.802-04:00Good poem, love does have a way of shackling us!
...Good poem, love does have a way of shackling us!<br /><br />WanderWanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12384347526625976847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-48036990919347268082012-03-28T03:20:05.552-04:002012-03-28T03:20:05.552-04:00Love certainly is a surrender...to entanglements, ...Love certainly is a surrender...to entanglements, sometimes bondage, and certainly that last stanza resonates. I like this piece, Steve :))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-23174946658490702722012-03-27T23:39:55.012-04:002012-03-27T23:39:55.012-04:00there is some comfort in bondage you know...in tha...there is some comfort in bondage you know...in that jail, in which there is a lot of freedom within the confines of that love....glad for the jailers touch...yeah i like that...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-64718501494632279612012-03-27T22:08:17.391-04:002012-03-27T22:08:17.391-04:00This is so personally applicable its hard for me t...This is so personally applicable its hard for me to see it as the excellent product of the craft it is--it reminds me of all my favorite dead poets, I suppose because of the reflective prison of rhyme and meter followed like a prisoner on a chain gang follows the man he's chained to--reinforcing the metaphor. the worst part, I find, is how much harder the jail breaks get over time--must be that Maximum Security thing.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-22869637339470376342012-03-27T22:02:11.056-04:002012-03-27T22:02:11.056-04:00I loved the prison metaphor; great poem. These are...I loved the prison metaphor; great poem. These are my favorite lines:<br /><br />"Love is a hardening prison"<br />"glad for my jailer’s touch"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-62075564719970988182012-03-27T19:22:38.712-04:002012-03-27T19:22:38.712-04:00I never thought of equating it with the jail but I...I never thought of equating it with the jail but I do see your points. I specially like: <br /><br />Love is a hardening prison:<br />we toil in passion’s chains;<br />and when our term at last is spent<br />we seek that cell again.Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330793338813508704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912094816780327975.post-32402610791331802912012-03-27T18:00:03.978-04:002012-03-27T18:00:03.978-04:00That's the kind of jail
For which I wouldn'...That's the kind of jail<br />For which I wouldn't want bail<br />A wonderful write<br />Seeing love's lightPat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.com