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redbrick commented on: feedback reverb by redbrick 9 weeks 4 days* ago* It's awesome that you: It's awesome that you imagined it as a creature trembling up there in the beams — that’s exactly the kind of half‑seen presence I that could be left open in the silence. Is it just sound fading, or something else waiting in the rafters? I’m glad that little shiver at the end came through for you. [ go to comment ]
redbrick commented on: a doldrum sea by redbrick 9 weeks 4 days* ago* Thanks so much for this: Thanks so much for this generous response. I really like that you saw a Daoist quality in the poem; that sense of stillness and repetition was exactly what I hoped to capture, where the ordinary details of life feel both weighty and strangely calming. Your phrase “beautiful snapshots of life” really resonates with me, since I wanted each image to stand on its own but also flow together into a quiet whole. I’m glad that came through for you. [ go to comment ]
redbrick commented on: there once was a boy by redbrick 9 weeks 4 days* ago* Sometimes, for some things,: Sometimes, for some things, there is no other recourse but to go that way. And thre is that deep realisation that the passage is not cheap and there is an altering at such depths. This was aiming for that bittersweet mix of loss and resilience, so your mention of Ulysses feels spot on. Thanks for reading and sharing your much valued reaction. [ go to comment ]
S74rw4rd-13d commented on: thresholds by redbrick 9 weeks 4 days* ago* What a brilliant metaphor you: What a brilliant metaphor you hae built upon the railroad! [ go to comment ]
karlmcallister commented on: there once was a boy by redbrick 9 weeks 4 days* ago* Wise words once again: Jesus man! You were breaking my heart there. I kept thinking, "He's not going to end it this way is he?!!" I mean, everything you say here really stings with real human experience and loss. A solemn rite of passage indeed. But you pull it off wonderfully. Reminds me of the end of Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson: "Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'We are not now that strength which in old daysMoved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are,—One equal temper of heroic hearts,Made weak by time and fate, but strong in willTo strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." Thanks for your poem! [ go to comment ]
karlmcallister commented on: a doldrum sea by redbrick 9 weeks 4 days* ago* Nice!: Something very daoist about this poem. Calm, magisterial, so intimately bound up with the details of life and yet so unmoved by them. Beautiful snapshots of life! Peace! [ go to comment ]
karlmcallister commented on: Lessons from the Sea by patriciajj 9 weeks 4 days* ago* Living seems possible here: Wow! Some stunning imagery and some really unforgettable lines. I sense that there were some difficult times in your life behind such striking imagery. As this was written 22 years ago, and as you are stull writing vrilliant stuff, I'm glad you chose life! Interesting pairing of fire and water imagery. So generous with water So lavish with light. What can I say. Peace [ go to comment ]
karlmcallister commented on: What Survives by patriciajj 9 weeks 4 days* ago* Talk about aging gracefully!: Your world may be shrinking, But your vision is bursting it's boundaries! Hope to meet you one day in that place you so aptly envision. Peace! [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: feedback reverb by redbrick 9 weeks 4 days* ago* “a pause leans into: “a pause leans into itself” I could have stopped right there and felt the full force of your blazing pen. But the best was yet to come. Like all fine, atmospheric art in any form, just a wisp of detail or an evocative visual surging with memory, so much like “reverb”, so restless in stillness, creates more than a feeling: it conjures an experience. As always, a stunner. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: the eclipse by karlmcallister 9 weeks 4 days* ago* This has to be one of the: This has to be one of the most ravishingly beautiful love poems I have ever had the privilege to read. This stellar tribute has an ageless, explosive, fanciful feeling worthy of the astronomical metaphors you sculpted into eloquence. And that’s no small accomplishment. A heart melting jewel. [ go to comment ]
J-C4113d commented on: feedback reverb by redbrick 9 weeks 5 days* ago* This poem presents your usual: This poem presents your usual verbal skill, and the "haunted" sense reminds me of the film, Burnt Offerings, from 1976. [ go to comment ]
patriciajj commented on: + 9TH POEMS: The Divine Liturgy, From September 14th, 2025, The Triumph Of The Cross [Repost] by S74rw4rd-13d 9 weeks 5 days* ago* Thank YOU for being a: Thank YOU for being a valuable source of inspiration and support for so many of us. Although it saddens me deeply to learn about your condition, I know that your uncommon strength and unbreakable faith will carry you through any storm. Keep speaking your truth. It's beautiful. [ go to comment ]
Pursia commented on: feedback reverb by redbrick 9 weeks 5 days* ago* Love the cute foreboding: Love the cute foreboding elements of horror on that end-line there: a creature, as it were, reluctantly 'trembling in the beams' or so it seems to me, at least [ go to comment ]
S74rw4rd-13d commented on: *What Really* Motivates The Homophobes** by S74rw4rd-13d 9 weeks 6 days* ago* Thanks! The poem was: Thanks! The poem was inspired by bullying I experienced between 1969 and 1974, and now I think I understand their motives and their real lack of self-confidence that they concealed behind almost constant verbal abuse, punctuated by physical assault from time to time. The epithet they constructed around me, "Fairy Jerry" had lingering effects that did not stop until dusk on July 10th, 1976, when I was led to my c.b. handle,"Starwatcher." That, and the distortions of our factory defective c.b., which turned my pipsqueak voice into a heavy baritone, compensated me for the earlier bullying. [ go to comment ]
ramonathompsont commented on: *What Really* Motivates The Homophobes** by S74rw4rd-13d 9 weeks 6 days* ago* Good point you made here. : Good point you made here. [ go to comment ]