tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post5385258119524043875..comments2023-11-05T07:53:12.708-05:00Comments on Poets United: LIFE OF A POET - STEVE KINGRosemary Nissen-Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-64820841709741479382016-03-12T07:24:40.169-05:002016-03-12T07:24:40.169-05:00I've saved this for a free morning and today I...I've saved this for a free morning and today I read it with much pleasure. These three poems have become my favorites of yours. I have written about Helen, too, in three chapters of my novel-in-process, and the part of me that identifies with her lives in your poem--though I used her in performance art in a much more feminist interpretation. And Vietnam. Perfect. And then the rhythms and meter of love and life! Keep working slowly my friend, nurtured by friendship and love and animals and the wide Adirondacks! (Maybe I'll see you up there some time when I visit my folks in Coxsackie.)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-56672085776019474522016-03-10T08:09:19.824-05:002016-03-10T08:09:19.824-05:00Thanks for visiting and commenting!Thanks for visiting and commenting!Steve Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-35908825709919531562016-03-09T10:40:51.855-05:002016-03-09T10:40:51.855-05:00Steve, nice to know more about you and your poetry...Steve, nice to know more about you and your poetry!<br />loved your vietnam era poem. it's both powerful and touching.<br />dsnake1https://www.blogger.com/profile/08724264906690080704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-61505816224382415442016-03-09T07:39:13.507-05:002016-03-09T07:39:13.507-05:00Thanks so much for visiting, Ayala!Thanks so much for visiting, Ayala!Steve Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-51597317562513999412016-03-08T21:36:40.804-05:002016-03-08T21:36:40.804-05:00Thank you for featuring Steve. I have always enjoy...Thank you for featuring Steve. I have always enjoyed his poetry and now I delighted in reading more about him.ayalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243362803799877014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-9890190327602189402016-03-08T19:04:12.949-05:002016-03-08T19:04:12.949-05:00Thanks for stopping, Magaly. I appreciate your co...Thanks for stopping, Magaly. I appreciate your commentary.<br />SteveSteve Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-78460954917814494522016-03-08T14:34:33.261-05:002016-03-08T14:34:33.261-05:00Your poem about the Vietnam war touched and moved ...Your poem about the Vietnam war touched and moved me deeply! Very trying times especially at the age that we were! Thank you for sharing your talent and your wonderful life with us and Sherry, you know just where to go with every writer!Carol Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09366366047409134966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-25583579951888105432016-03-08T14:31:02.526-05:002016-03-08T14:31:02.526-05:00Thanks for taking the time to comment and visit.Thanks for taking the time to comment and visit.Steve Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-66079533860718704582016-03-08T13:19:18.901-05:002016-03-08T13:19:18.901-05:00What a great interview Sherry and Steve....and you...What a great interview Sherry and Steve....and you are only about 2 hours east of me down the Thruway, along the Erie Canal. Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13420133886162844400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-64225154000380585352016-03-08T12:56:49.925-05:002016-03-08T12:56:49.925-05:00Steve thanks for sharing your work with us. The Ad...Steve thanks for sharing your work with us. The Adirondacks holds such beauty and inspiration - enjoy your full days.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13414513238308254080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-44534274650729097032016-03-08T12:03:35.663-05:002016-03-08T12:03:35.663-05:00Ah, thank you, kiddo......I am happy to serve up t...Ah, thank you, kiddo......I am happy to serve up these lovely features every Monday!!!!!Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-7757309195331213772016-03-08T10:02:35.479-05:002016-03-08T10:02:35.479-05:00interesting man, phenomenal photographer, extraord...interesting man, phenomenal photographer, extraordinary poet- so glad to be 'introduced' to Steve and agree with his comment above Sherry "we all owe you a debt of gratitude."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-38916788187283004492016-03-08T00:58:43.067-05:002016-03-08T00:58:43.067-05:00It's a wonderful read Steve and Sherry. Enjoye...It's a wonderful read Steve and Sherry. Enjoyed the poems and the photos are breathtaking. Thank you both. Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-78116119724103405992016-03-08T00:11:19.012-05:002016-03-08T00:11:19.012-05:00Steve, the first stanza of "Fragments from th...Steve, the first stanza of "Fragments from the Vietnam Era" brought back memories. Not of Vietnam, of course. But of updating the numbers while I worked at Marine Corps Casualty. There was a sort of horror that filled the heart every time a new name had to be added. It was difficult not to think of their spouses, their children... The idea of seeing this as a child, on TV, and on real time... <br /><br />Thank you for this glimpse into Steve's life, Sherry. As always, you rock. ♥Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-21254162452948466692016-03-08T00:09:53.104-05:002016-03-08T00:09:53.104-05:00Great to go on an excursion and learn more about y...Great to go on an excursion and learn more about you Steve - thank you both..the pomegranates and wine captivated me too..there is a progression in the poems you've shared with us here but a sense also of those mythic stories marinating in the core ;)Jae Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11509244123008832611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-38286859644483265142016-03-07T22:53:00.838-05:002016-03-07T22:53:00.838-05:00It's all the poets, who share their wonderful ...It's all the poets, who share their wonderful stories.......I just type them down, smiles..........Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-39906534326678459362016-03-07T20:06:45.248-05:002016-03-07T20:06:45.248-05:00What a wonderful interview! Steve, I have really ...What a wonderful interview! Steve, I have really enjoyed your poetry & your photos, so it is nice to learn more about you. Sherry, you always do such a great job. Kudos to you!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-78921503614340428462016-03-07T19:18:06.965-05:002016-03-07T19:18:06.965-05:00Thanks for visiting, Rosemary. Always fun to get ...Thanks for visiting, Rosemary. Always fun to get your reactions.<br />SteveSteve Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-78346109066269899012016-03-07T17:16:44.760-05:002016-03-07T17:16:44.760-05:00A wonderful interview! We have led very different ...A wonderful interview! We have led very different lives, but Steve and I share some of the same reading tastes and have lived through some of the same times, so I read this with much fellow-feeling. Great to read the poems, too. I love the ocean, the idea of Helen (a mysterious figure on whom we all project our own interpretations) – and the Vietnam war had such devastating impact in Australia too. (We also sent conscripts and imprisoned draft-dodgers, etc. etc.) I don't share the taste for Homer (I think it's a very male preference, all about battles) but I do love Sappho, and the description of her 'airy grace'. Thank you both, Sherry and Steve, for starting my day with a real treat of a read,.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-45316393162021439462016-03-07T16:03:14.750-05:002016-03-07T16:03:14.750-05:00You're so welcome, Colleen.You're so welcome, Colleen.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-74399644823746344842016-03-07T16:02:24.170-05:002016-03-07T16:02:24.170-05:00It is truly my pleasure, Steve. I have always love...It is truly my pleasure, Steve. I have always loved hearing peoples' stories, each one so unique, and I certainly enjoyed putting this together with you. Thanks again.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-9534399753259072892016-03-07T14:48:02.805-05:002016-03-07T14:48:02.805-05:00You caused a whole memory to flood in, of being re...You caused a whole memory to flood in, of being read Peter Rabbit in kindergarten and how tense I was when Peter couldn't find the gate. Now I see what a theme that story brought out in me and how what we emotionally moved by is by some design a line up. <br /><br />Your poem Helen's Dream gave me shivers, Steve. I saw her more as a modern lover though. <br /><br />I enjoyed reading about your life. I've been attracted to biographies and memoirs for as far back as I can remember. I love to see how lives unfold and seem mixed with destiny and something else more random. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing, Steve, and thanks Sherry for doing these interviews that I've only recently discovered. colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16669375650785054059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-1797642448357804312016-03-07T14:20:55.084-05:002016-03-07T14:20:55.084-05:00Thanks again, Sherry. I so appreciate the effort ...Thanks again, Sherry. I so appreciate the effort you made in pulling this all together. And to do it week after week...we all owe you a debt of gratitude.<br />SteveSteve Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04818671944215117618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139625267522039683.post-89579050416847687272016-03-07T13:45:34.416-05:002016-03-07T13:45:34.416-05:00I hope you enjoy getting to know Steve better, my ...I hope you enjoy getting to know Steve better, my friends. I certainly did. Thanks, Steve, for this wonderful look into your life. Your poems are wonderful and your photography is breathtaking. Thanks for starting our week off so wonderfully.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.com