tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post8753595332027625455..comments2024-03-29T05:15:20.833-04:00Comments on The Storialist: Animals AssumeHannah Stephensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-12306767029051659782012-11-23T16:50:35.558-05:002012-11-23T16:50:35.558-05:00Nice job of putting the brakes on Mr. Sentimentali...Nice job of putting the brakes on Mr. Sentimentality, who keeps trying to enter, till you say things like "urinate." <br /><br />As a Class D Minor League birder, I marvel at the work of critters pretty much every day. The nuthatch and chickadee take each seed from the feeder to a tree, whack it, eat it, return. I lose ten pounds every day just watching them. (I'm now at Minus 83 weight; some call me Ariel).Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-28277972345897684642012-11-22T11:03:46.989-05:002012-11-22T11:03:46.989-05:00Hi Hannah,
I read the linked article. Still sad,...Hi Hannah, <br /><br />I read the linked article. Still sad, thinking of two things, including a poor cat hit by a car and left by the side of the road, and found in our driveway. "If there is pain, bring it to your tongue," is a powerful line, made deeper by having read the article. The pacing of this poem works perfectly with its imagery and themes. I wish I could take one of your poetry classes, to find out if it is magic you possess, which I suspect; or if some of what you do is a skill that others can learn. Perhaps you should write a book (?) Seriously, though, I believe the best poets, like you, employ an internal "grace" that cannot be duplicated, where each poem is channeled through a unique perspective and voice. Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588164536314320479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-23638574966018895142012-11-22T10:14:32.967-05:002012-11-22T10:14:32.967-05:00I love the assured rhythm, and the easing and grac...I love the assured rhythm, and the easing and gracing into a new take on what is after all the only genuine animal holiday.WAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10403669322174979974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171487865623213768.post-68168531992410584712012-11-22T05:25:28.228-05:002012-11-22T05:25:28.228-05:00Sounds like a typical day for me. Every action li...Sounds like a typical day for me. Every action listed is directly or symbolically present in my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com