tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149194012030152792.post1073468093138612139..comments2024-03-09T00:15:50.624-08:00Comments on And Now Poems: Best Seller Title Prompt for Big Tent (The Last Boy)Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437738911794797906noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149194012030152792.post-76745115550794360682010-11-21T11:30:15.365-08:002010-11-21T11:30:15.365-08:00Very impressive, Victoria. Such a poignant poem!Very impressive, Victoria. Such a poignant poem!Diane Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15886778060199433214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149194012030152792.post-53352249383488378202010-11-13T17:55:16.117-08:002010-11-13T17:55:16.117-08:00wonderful movement - like a long breathe. took me...wonderful movement - like a long breathe. took me back to earlier times...Cindy Veachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182863995577985610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149194012030152792.post-69910159960263819282010-11-13T07:52:23.481-08:002010-11-13T07:52:23.481-08:00So touching and beautifully done!So touching and beautifully done!Cynthia Shorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386358503730817278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149194012030152792.post-76550943727575227782010-11-13T06:03:45.571-08:002010-11-13T06:03:45.571-08:00The repetition of needing keeps the narrative beat...The repetition of needing keeps the narrative beating, reminds me of my own last boy kiss. Thank you for that!Debhttp://stoneymoss.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149194012030152792.post-13513889743942063092010-11-13T05:41:10.432-08:002010-11-13T05:41:10.432-08:00Such sweetness and sadness in this poem. I really ...Such sweetness and sadness in this poem. I really liked the ambiguity I found in the statement, <br />"wasn't honest enough yet to admit<br />he held my future, knew me flawed<br />and whole."<br /><br />It leaves me wondering, which he? I also like the idea that forty-two years later, the narrator has remembered so many details, but remembers crying for only ten minutes. <br /><br />Fine poem!nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445777687088584603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149194012030152792.post-3532238747097501912010-11-12T20:18:11.222-08:002010-11-12T20:18:11.222-08:00This is so poignant and sensitive. Nicely done.
h...This is so poignant and sensitive. Nicely done.<br /><br />http://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/worth-dying-for-big-tent-poetry/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149194012030152792.post-41026722129858376702010-11-12T19:36:35.699-08:002010-11-12T19:36:35.699-08:00Tender and touching piece with wonderful revelatio...Tender and touching piece with wonderful revelations.Tumblewords:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149194012030152792.post-31610092939275901302010-11-12T10:55:26.815-08:002010-11-12T10:55:26.815-08:00I love the play on 'last boy kissed' rathe...I love the play on 'last boy kissed' rather than the first one we usually remember. Like the emoitonal levels revealed. <br /><br />ElizabethElizabethhttp://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/worth-dying-for/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149194012030152792.post-81518757694442363232010-11-12T07:49:12.038-08:002010-11-12T07:49:12.038-08:00Nostalgia put to good use, with the seasoning of h...Nostalgia put to good use, with the seasoning of hindsight. Enjoyed it.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149194012030152792.post-5681367155658614662010-11-12T07:47:41.194-08:002010-11-12T07:47:41.194-08:00Touching and real because it uses plain language a...Touching and real because it uses plain language and lets the narrative breathe.Dick Joneshttp://patteran.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149194012030152792.post-57569565503340211112010-11-12T07:13:09.731-08:002010-11-12T07:13:09.731-08:00So much romance...
electronically yoursSo much romance...<br /><br /><a href="http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2010/11/electronically-yours.html" rel="nofollow">electronically yours</a>gautami tripathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149194012030152792.post-49622329165098043932010-11-12T01:26:29.384-08:002010-11-12T01:26:29.384-08:00Such romance, such poignancy. Bravo.Such romance, such poignancy. Bravo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149194012030152792.post-61113735526887220612010-11-11T04:40:43.696-08:002010-11-11T04:40:43.696-08:00How beautiful this is. I'm swept away by the ...How beautiful this is. I'm swept away by the love and the desire here.Judy Roneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05439992575221937268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7149194012030152792.post-57278361148089566802010-11-09T19:37:02.316-08:002010-11-09T19:37:02.316-08:00What a touching and beautiful poem this is, Victor...What a touching and beautiful poem this is, Victoria!Marynoreply@blogger.com