tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post537350256302997420..comments2023-12-03T21:00:07.148-06:00Comments on Beachanny By The Sea: IconoclastBeachannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-57632272285068245462015-01-24T21:09:29.748-06:002015-01-24T21:09:29.748-06:00This soars! Love it!This soars! Love it!Mystic_Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00099062213372011260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-74819801315844265912015-01-24T20:26:48.299-06:002015-01-24T20:26:48.299-06:00Gay, a soaring poem worthy of the falcon and Brian...Gay, a soaring poem worthy of the falcon and Brian. And thank you for the kind words for my broken sonnet - your encouragement is appreciated. KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-17471664937180783402015-01-24T13:48:55.349-06:002015-01-24T13:48:55.349-06:00I like your version of the sonnet better, I think....I like your version of the sonnet better, I think. You have written an awesome piece for Brian. Very cool, Gay!<br />Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02757679752138734026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-30727617268705722952015-01-23T16:45:39.278-06:002015-01-23T16:45:39.278-06:00Gay, my friend--they say that you really need to k...Gay, my friend--they say that you really need to know the rules to be able to break them effectively and this is so evident in this. First of all, I love the dedication and the whole theme of the poem. Your internal and end rhyme is so good and even without a set meter it flows so smoothly. Kathy said something about dancing I just noticed. Right on.Victoriahttp://liv2write2day.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-19455958694816437122015-01-23T15:27:45.146-06:002015-01-23T15:27:45.146-06:00there was a lot of joy in this... there was a lot of joy in this... Wolfsrosebudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295258422523621134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-38412896014334694622015-01-23T12:55:02.124-06:002015-01-23T12:55:02.124-06:00Hey Gay--this has a Hopkinesque sort of rush and d...Hey Gay--this has a Hopkinesque sort of rush and dash to it, all squeezed in--a lot of fun to read, thanks. k. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-18758898176376612792015-01-23T09:52:54.323-06:002015-01-23T09:52:54.323-06:00This rolls and flows with such energy! Wonderful ...This rolls and flows with such energy! Wonderful work.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-1511742899396636942015-01-23T06:23:08.553-06:002015-01-23T06:23:08.553-06:00Trace the scroll and lightning bolts are great ima...Trace the scroll and lightning bolts are great images. Nicely done.Miskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10280369979543928659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-61964068560361302352015-01-23T00:29:09.361-06:002015-01-23T00:29:09.361-06:00Yes, yes, yes....I skipped through this like I was...Yes, yes, yes....I skipped through this like I was dancing with Fred Astaire and we were kicking our heels together!<br />You have a gift, Gay.Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326495504453579091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-522425741782959382015-01-22T22:01:51.269-06:002015-01-22T22:01:51.269-06:00Beautifully done! I like freer sonnets.Beautifully done! I like freer sonnets.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-35311287151262656792015-01-22T19:43:09.106-06:002015-01-22T19:43:09.106-06:00The pace is electric. I like the cadence of your ...The pace is electric. I like the cadence of your piece. <br /><br />~ImeldaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-48102891521732625962015-01-22T19:36:31.223-06:002015-01-22T19:36:31.223-06:00This just rolls along - nice for reading aloud.This just rolls along - nice for reading aloud.Debi Swimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08255928985823418669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-33841905278263827222015-01-22T17:58:35.936-06:002015-01-22T17:58:35.936-06:00Thanks Grace - glad you're onboard to keep dVe...Thanks Grace - glad you're onboard to keep dVerse going forward. Your dedication only parallels Brian and Claudia's. Much appreciated.Beachannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-31522924033369955832015-01-22T17:57:45.819-06:002015-01-22T17:57:45.819-06:00Thanks. It's good to flex the mental muscles ...Thanks. It's good to flex the mental muscles again. Been thinking about health care way too much lately. Really enjoyed your poem as I do your comments as well. Good reading you again!Beachannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-40134651114002019292015-01-22T17:30:45.736-06:002015-01-22T17:30:45.736-06:00Fantastic and energetic sonnet Gay ~ Love this li...Fantastic and energetic sonnet Gay ~ Love this line best: surprise, implode the status quo ~<br /><br />So happy that you can join us, smiles ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-67889825835369879332015-01-22T16:14:35.425-06:002015-01-22T16:14:35.425-06:00By the by, Gay; thanks a ton for the wonderful com...By the by, Gay; thanks a ton for the wonderful comment you left over at my site. As in the marvelous response you gave to Brian's comment, your spirited interesting verbosity really intrigues me today.Glenn Buttkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-34284789851028610802015-01-22T16:09:58.362-06:002015-01-22T16:09:58.362-06:00this would work perfectly as spoken word. I love ...this would work perfectly as spoken word. I love "messing" with the form of sonnets, so this was right down my alley!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-72391857045486849922015-01-22T15:59:27.663-06:002015-01-22T15:59:27.663-06:00I like how your lines read like a manifesto. Soari...I like how your lines read like a manifesto. Soaring and rising so high we can risk to be write free from any kind of pressure is what so many of us dream to achieve.Gabriellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968615376035959259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-66182311112090420912015-01-22T15:49:56.421-06:002015-01-22T15:49:56.421-06:00Never apologies from you, dear friend. Your work a...Never apologies from you, dear friend. Your work ages like fine wine. When I first read your work back in the one stop days I scratched my head and said - wow! here's something new. You never quit bringing the new but you have infused it with what is rich, and deep, an impasto of language built in novel ways expressing a different way of looking out, a way of uplifting while still revealing layer by layer.<br />Beachannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-39860820251934294272015-01-22T14:57:48.111-06:002015-01-22T14:57:48.111-06:00Sonnet-breaking is nearly as traditional as sonnet...Sonnet-breaking is nearly as traditional as sonnet-writing. All the great poets do it; Shakespeare, Milton, Heaney ...<br /><br />I love the free flow of this, Gay; you've really let your words fly free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-81093746062350217922015-01-22T14:53:23.078-06:002015-01-22T14:53:23.078-06:00I wanna throw a sword in a field and yell FREEDOM....I wanna throw a sword in a field and yell FREEDOM...if only I was wearing a kilt you know....wonderful rhythm through this....don't know if you saw my note to you in the TAGS for the post at dverse...ha....smiles...you have taught me so much friend....Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-9738136781059645992015-01-22T14:52:43.375-06:002015-01-22T14:52:43.375-06:00I'm starting to really love the sonnet form, e...I'm starting to really love the sonnet form, especially these modern types of free-flowing sonnets - free as a falcon!Marina Sofiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15251903359649828285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-22308023973742507032015-01-22T14:42:45.972-06:002015-01-22T14:42:45.972-06:00Yes, let the falcon fly...and yes, as it leaves it...Yes, let the falcon fly...and yes, as it leaves its dark skies, may it implode the status quo and change course and fly free! Very metaphoric & beautifully penned, Gay.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-53235781308479309142015-01-22T14:35:52.193-06:002015-01-22T14:35:52.193-06:00I never have seen such an unfettered corsetless so...I never have seen such an unfettered corsetless sonnet before; what a joy to behold. Somehow you addressed the prompt squared, celebrating the writing, & nodding to Whitman, as you play tennis with the net down, as you skinny dip in a public pool, & leap off literary cliffs with a single bound, rife with derring-do. Glenn Buttkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-13898830494884001312015-01-22T14:33:00.940-06:002015-01-22T14:33:00.940-06:00These are words that make me fly. I really love ho...These are words that make me fly. I really love how the internal rhymes intoned the rhythm of wings rather than the regularity of the meter.. The sonnet has so many many possibilities.. brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com