tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16730740.post4018345235019885446..comments2007-10-07T07:50:04.148-06:00Schmutziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03023867307505601913schmutzie@gmail.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16730740.post-18180661396828000012007-10-07T07:50:04.148-06:002007-10-07T07:50:04.148-06:00Tiel Aisha Ansari and I, Mike McCulley, have created a 'poetry exchange' blog at <A HREF="http://totallyoptionalprompts.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Totally Optional Prompts</A> , and you are invited to participate.Mike Mchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00246506853095718391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16730740.post-52927127044298582552007-09-01T07:32:20.175-06:002007-09-01T07:32:20.175-06:00A truly wonderful poem -- very well done!pepektheassassinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494251587598676788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16730740.post-87510361100026820642007-08-31T21:00:22.097-06:002007-08-31T21:00:22.097-06:00I know I already commented on this one, but I read it again and I'm blown away again. You remind of the importance of writing when there is something to say, rather then just to see what I can come up with. You still amaze me.SquareTravelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04744444321242833934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16730740.post-70370973677065418612007-08-31T16:51:56.967-06:002007-08-31T16:51:56.967-06:00Liked this one, SchmutzieRethabilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523368313680103826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16730740.post-65420079169918893812007-08-31T15:53:37.542-06:002007-08-31T15:53:37.542-06:00And it isn't, is it? About the snail. The layers are many, the words enticing and the outcome is wonderful.tumblewordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16730740.post-76983413673650019692007-06-15T05:52:01.119-06:002007-06-15T05:52:01.119-06:00This is one of the best poems I've read online. You always amaze me.SquareTravelerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04744444321242833934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16730740.post-49445698796581398602007-06-14T11:58:13.591-06:002007-06-14T11:58:13.591-06:00There seems to be a real contrast in this poem between the sharpness of being outside - the snail's shell, the sharp, cold zipper, scrape of grit under nails, high treble of an intake of breath, etc, and the ending where bed and clarity rests. There's so much stuff going on, sometimes I got lost following it's endless paths.Nataliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07015229233363963005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16730740.post-10882816198724313472007-06-14T11:30:11.023-06:002007-06-14T11:30:11.023-06:00Very well crafted. Beautiful last stanza!gautami tripathyhttp://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2007/06/flooding-joys-sonnet-poetry-thursday.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16730740.post-26311174643430300942007-06-14T09:12:40.447-06:002007-06-14T09:12:40.447-06:00Lovely specific details.<BR/>Really like<BR/>"to leave an uneven mosaic<BR/>of its once logarithmic spiral"sputnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11636063437215380370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16730740.post-45903835590378325052007-06-14T06:44:45.888-06:002007-06-14T06:44:45.888-06:00beautifully written and melancholy.Crafty Green Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.com