tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post1653225468473481016..comments2023-11-05T07:53:12.708-05:00Comments on Poets United: I Wish I'd Written ThisRosemary Nissen-Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-61308559545125573342017-11-13T14:34:43.413-05:002017-11-13T14:34:43.413-05:00Thank you Rosemary for introducing me to this poet...Thank you Rosemary for introducing me to this poet ... for the poem *and* your excellent notes :)Thylacine Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02727966062672145626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-48025994837585496822017-11-13T04:13:01.617-05:002017-11-13T04:13:01.617-05:00Yes, rewriting risks making things stilted an dead...Yes, rewriting risks making things stilted an dead.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-2715263340263696152017-11-13T04:11:52.828-05:002017-11-13T04:11:52.828-05:00I think journalism can be great training for poets...I think journalism can be great training for poets. Not that I ever was one, but I know some – and it seems to hone their gift for brevity and succinctness.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-40206415339502261072017-11-12T18:28:57.658-05:002017-11-12T18:28:57.658-05:00A wonderful share. I was intrigued by the story b...A wonderful share. I was intrigued by the story behind his journey back to writing. And the poem was great - as you say, <br />'serious and humorous' ... that is so-o-o engaging when it is done as well as this is. Wendy Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475940407969993348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-29744037049364872172017-11-11T10:27:22.499-05:002017-11-11T10:27:22.499-05:00I like his idea of writing for himself....writing,...I like his idea of writing for himself....writing, handing it over, and moving on! I really think sometimes the best 'writes' are those that come from the heart and are not reworked and reworked into literary boredom!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-54769813200207406622017-11-11T09:22:49.325-05:002017-11-11T09:22:49.325-05:00Thanks, Rosemary. I like his writing, and hope to...Thanks, Rosemary. I like his writing, and hope to read more of it.purplepeninportland.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842681508730093858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-2260858926538964912017-11-10T20:11:09.467-05:002017-11-10T20:11:09.467-05:00Wow, I wonder if he reads at open mics. It would b...Wow, I wonder if he reads at open mics. It would be amazing to hear him live.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-90381057481102190822017-11-10T13:34:56.012-05:002017-11-10T13:34:56.012-05:00I concur this poem definitely speaks to me too.......I concur this poem definitely speaks to me too....and his work is new to me so thanks for highlighting him here....he lives 2 hrs away from me in our capital.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13420133886162844400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-21460240299209331552017-11-10T11:00:34.345-05:002017-11-10T11:00:34.345-05:00I so resonate with the poem, as time FLIES by for ...I so resonate with the poem, as time FLIES by for me, now.......and I, too, love Joe's mention of ther ageless self. Who is still in there. I dont revise my work either, though it could benefit from more attention. It is interesting to me that Joe mentions his experience as a newspaper reporter for this trait. I was a reporter too, and totally am of the write it and move on, it's not mine now, it's yours, school of thought. I forget my poems after I write them and happen upon them years later in astonishment. LOL. Thanks for this, Rosemary. I love Joe's work.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926508656571639801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-1289317198815864332017-11-10T07:36:20.356-05:002017-11-10T07:36:20.356-05:00This poem speaks to me. I wish I had written it! ...This poem speaks to me. I wish I had written it! <br />I am also "the old man whose spirit<br />sees no age in him,<br />but whose body stabs him<br />to wakefulness"<br />Every word is true and I am so happy to see Joseph here. He's one of the many powerful writers from dVerse that I miss as I accept less and less challenges. And thus, this poem speaks to me!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.com