tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152397506055534680.post7267833842807673267..comments2023-05-08T06:54:19.564-07:00Comments on Null Epistolary: An Impromptu on Two PromptsBelfry Bathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00514867101036143597noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152397506055534680.post-56197169250810002052010-12-01T06:01:45.757-08:002010-12-01T06:01:45.757-08:00I'm impressed at your offhand shot. I am firml...I'm impressed at your offhand shot. I am firmly convinced that revision destroys whimsy, but that's probably because I'm lazy.Dauvit Balfourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12543093128734164639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152397506055534680.post-61056476828211684552010-11-25T11:52:00.405-08:002010-11-25T11:52:00.405-08:00If this is your poetry with very little editing, I...If this is your poetry with very little editing, I'd hate to read your poetry with quite a bit of editing! Actually, maybe I would--even though I am an editor, I am also a writer, and I know how editing can sometimes take away the raw beauty of a work. And this is, of course, all to say that I am completely blown away. I love it. Love, love, love, love, love.Lindsayhttp://www.verysleepypeople.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152397506055534680.post-34595671271320383542010-11-16T16:18:04.478-08:002010-11-16T16:18:04.478-08:00I hope the awe is mostly at the strangeness of Cre...I hope the awe is mostly at the strangeness of Creation itself, about which I could say several other nifty things indeed! For instance: all the solid things you can see (wood, bricks, glass) are <i>held together</i> by light; there are two other effects that hold them <i>up</i>, one of which is also mediated by light; the other is more fundamentally quantum mechanical. You can see, the whole isBelfry Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514867101036143597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152397506055534680.post-60628500713867819432010-11-16T12:45:16.812-08:002010-11-16T12:45:16.812-08:00(Man, am I outclassed at this! But then I like Ki...(Man, am I outclassed at this! But then I like Kipling and Robert Service.....)<br /><br />This is awesome, in that it inspires me with awe!Salome Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13207028136419419757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152397506055534680.post-17403531457354237972010-11-16T09:49:49.738-08:002010-11-16T09:49:49.738-08:00+JMJ+
I like it, too! =D I'd like it much be...+JMJ+ <br /><br />I like it, too! =D I'd like it much better, of course, if I didn't have a cold right now. ;-)<br /><br />The little haiku is also fun. I think it would have done brilliantly in a pinch!<br /><br />I remember thinking, when Dylan sent in these prompts, that "crunch" was a word I wouldn't have minded getting, and "What is the weight of light?" one Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9152397506055534680.post-54750723009145860122010-11-16T01:36:06.990-08:002010-11-16T01:36:06.990-08:00dear Belfry Bat --
Wow! You've written a poe...dear Belfry Bat --<br /><br />Wow! You've written a poem that, even in the modest scope of rhymed trimeter, is far more ornate and vivid than anything one could have expected or hoped for! (And I like the haiku, too.)<br /><br />I'm afraid that my prompts were rather flippant, or at least ill-matched: "crunch" and "What is the weight of light?" The weight of the Thomas Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217297262702709978noreply@blogger.com