tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post6425971953453122759..comments2023-12-03T21:00:07.148-06:00Comments on Beachanny By The Sea: A MURDER OF CROWSBeachannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-19431485562469957662017-07-01T06:20:44.808-05:002017-07-01T06:20:44.808-05:00Monumental, unafraid and unapologetic. Right, am g...Monumental, unafraid and unapologetic. Right, am going to try one now for myself. Petru J Viljoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04821468855056711841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-27572727393548773672012-12-16T09:48:06.023-06:002012-12-16T09:48:06.023-06:00You'll like 'SubliminalZealotry', girl...You'll like 'SubliminalZealotry', girl. Meet me in Heaven and we'll tok for hours --- GREETINGS, EARTHLING!! While I can only stay in this existence finite for a while (gotta run back to the Elysian Fields soon), take anything and everything you wanna from our wonderfull, plethora-of-thot to write the next, great masterpeace -if- I can but kiss your gorgeous, adorable feets and/or cohesively cuddle withe greatest, ex-mortal-girly-ever to arrive in Seventh Heaven!! Think about it. Do it! Get back with me Upstairs, k? God bless you, doll: pleasure-beyond-measure is waiting in the Great Beyond for you and eye. Love you proFUSEly, girl (the name of Lenin’s newspaper, the FUSE). Thus, if you can read-between-the-lines, the musical term MORENDO means ‘dying-away in tone-and-time’. How very apropos for U.S. …thewarningsecondcoming.com-blessed holy socks, the non-perishable-zealothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241446130197185049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-59730764797387114802012-10-04T02:14:13.096-05:002012-10-04T02:14:13.096-05:00K I sometimes do...and I have the tools to do this...K I sometimes do...and I have the tools to do this. These crows are "brushes" on gimp. But I found this one already made and it worked for me. It wasn't signed or attributed so I used it..but I recognized the gimp tools it used. It may have been a "how to" illustration by gimp people.Beachannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-52700394604103503942012-10-03T18:38:00.587-05:002012-10-03T18:38:00.587-05:00Gay - love this poem - do you also do the illustra...Gay - love this poem - do you also do the illustrations? Wonderful. K. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-31977352648780034292012-10-01T21:52:47.137-05:002012-10-01T21:52:47.137-05:00Beautifully constructed theme piece...You have wea...Beautifully constructed theme piece...You have weaved the work of so many into it. Whenever I hear crows I think of growing up in the country and seeing them covering the corn fields after harvest.Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-86855251640512635422012-09-29T13:35:48.353-05:002012-09-29T13:35:48.353-05:00Gay, we obviously love the same poets. Mary Oliver...Gay, we obviously love the same poets. Mary Oliver is at the top of my list and I should have know what to expect when I saw your title. I would have liked to have used only her work but that might have bordered on plaigarism! This is brilliant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-26567943468518110602012-09-28T23:25:14.985-05:002012-09-28T23:25:14.985-05:00What a glorious cento! I love the form and really ...What a glorious cento! I love the form and really appreciate the amount of research that went into this one ... it's artfully arranged and just beautifully presented - all of a piece as it were as if it were written that way to begin with - so congrats, well done, one of the best I've read. And I love that it's centred around a specific topic ... really, a stellar poem.<br /><br />http://thepoet-tree-house.blogspot.ca/2012/09/accept-shadows-centon.htmlS.E.Ingrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02135141369161538082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-77477154419004030892012-09-28T04:53:55.014-05:002012-09-28T04:53:55.014-05:00Awed!
I used to think of crows/ravens/blackbirds a...Awed!<br />I used to think of crows/ravens/blackbirds as simply bullies until I read that, like swans, they mate for life, the male also helps raise their young and they remain with their young until the young bird/s are totally independent. To me, that is their beauty. <br />This is a fabulous rise to the prompt challenge Gay. It is truly a stunning piece of work.Daydreamertoohttp://daydreamertoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-7806202120207448162012-09-28T04:34:48.422-05:002012-09-28T04:34:48.422-05:00This cento is amazing. The mood you set weaving cr...This cento is amazing. The mood you set weaving crows with man/woman relationships and God's take on it is brilliant. You've re-used poetic lines to say a whole new mysterious thing and re-defined the edge of another circle. Gorgeous.Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-34567829337697173252012-09-28T03:18:25.782-05:002012-09-28T03:18:25.782-05:00Oh wow, what a dark, atmospheric piece...beautiful...Oh wow, what a dark, atmospheric piece...beautifully crafted. Sue Juddhttp://suejudd.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-12323095580107048662012-09-28T03:13:06.118-05:002012-09-28T03:13:06.118-05:00It was the Hughes poems that caused me to settle o...It was the Hughes poems that caused me to settle on the subject and eventually the title. I knew a group of grows had been called "a murder" since the middle ages. Seemed appropriate as nearly all of the reference poems had the name crow or blackbird in the title except for one -- The Swan. I meant to use the Shakespeare references as well but they didn't add anything. These covered the conceit I wanted to explore which verged on a kind of American Indian mythology.Beachannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-15304146438192957122012-09-28T02:57:37.894-05:002012-09-28T02:57:37.894-05:00Reads very well aloud and clever wearing of the cr...Reads very well aloud and clever wearing of the crow lines.John (@bookdreamer)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11576434749272275190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-41597215152262018762012-09-28T01:40:39.051-05:002012-09-28T01:40:39.051-05:00oh wow...this gave me shivers along the way...grea...oh wow...this gave me shivers along the way...great job in creating an atmosphere gay...mystical and magical...Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-44936971331632684852012-09-28T00:11:11.238-05:002012-09-28T00:11:11.238-05:00Brilliant, so deftly woven, with the polyphony cre...Brilliant, so deftly woven, with the polyphony creating a harmonic!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17392858163745232319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-81824365222882421592012-09-28T00:00:55.985-05:002012-09-28T00:00:55.985-05:00oh so beautiful. I love crows and find these lines...oh so beautiful. I love crows and find these lines ringing familiarly and newly for me at once. Deeply studied and mystical, this piece buzzes with life. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-8395961708225099082012-09-27T22:37:56.574-05:002012-09-27T22:37:56.574-05:00'Crow' is such a pregnant concept, and wha...'Crow' is such a pregnant concept, and what a wonder it is to see how you managed to find lines that fit your verse mythology from so many authors. An exceptional example of a cento.Semaphorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16945917520773585129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-27297977734242928582012-09-27T22:31:55.159-05:002012-09-27T22:31:55.159-05:00Very well done, Gay. I loved to find the Stevens ...Very well done, Gay. I loved to find the Stevens in there! Such an interesting mix of stuff; all flowing together with beating wings. Great close. k. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-50523282756844025552012-09-27T21:23:08.309-05:002012-09-27T21:23:08.309-05:00Oh that was clever, finding all those poems about ...Oh that was clever, finding all those poems about crows...and I adore the poem. I love crows... Absolutely wonderful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-53979749212300394422012-09-27T21:14:22.496-05:002012-09-27T21:14:22.496-05:00What a lovely weaving of lines about crows Gay ~ M...What a lovely weaving of lines about crows Gay ~ My fav lines start with (11) ~ <br /><br />I wish I had more time to look for other poems, but you showed me how well this is done ~Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330793338813508704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-24712693201533360882012-09-27T21:09:07.529-05:002012-09-27T21:09:07.529-05:00Oh my word - this is WONDERFUL! Absolutely breatht...Oh my word - this is WONDERFUL! Absolutely breathtaking - KathleenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-19918465177654828962012-09-27T20:59:53.637-05:002012-09-27T20:59:53.637-05:00I love any references to Crow. Your 14 sources are...I love any references to Crow. Your 14 sources are testament to research and creativity; really enjoyed this dark ride. I thought my (12) sources were ambitious, but reading others illustrates that Centos can go any direction; so cool. Glenn Buttkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-64217064389595913892012-09-27T20:03:28.808-05:002012-09-27T20:03:28.808-05:00This is amazing, Gay. So much philosophy containe...This is amazing, Gay. So much philosophy contained in this Cento. You worked your lines very well!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-44000395070793547922012-09-27T19:45:18.835-05:002012-09-27T19:45:18.835-05:00bam...that was the sound of me hitting the flower....bam...that was the sound of me hitting the flower...to bow...wow...this is spectacular gay...all the different references....the mood of the whole piece is rather haunting honestly but that was so cool....the turning the back on god...and god and the crow...wow...serious...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-23133340022506636832012-09-27T19:40:24.513-05:002012-09-27T19:40:24.513-05:00Beautiful - I adore crows :)Beautiful - I adore crows :)marousiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12925164210601407878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943152373837433678.post-11647845489142442982012-09-27T19:28:24.113-05:002012-09-27T19:28:24.113-05:00What a wonderful subject for your cento. I love th...What a wonderful subject for your cento. I love that opening line.<br /><br />Crows are such fascinating birds, and it's clear they are for poets, and artists, too. The marvelous printmaker Leonard Baskin (I'm privileged to have met him and own some of his work) illustrated Hughes's "Crows"; those prints and those poems are haunting. Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.com