tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post2827332636870438741..comments2023-11-03T05:59:46.763-04:00Comments on Keeping Secrets: The Old WoundKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-9305574291410884852009-06-03T17:23:05.908-04:002009-06-03T17:23:05.908-04:00Thanks, Cagey. The image is of the area believed t...Thanks, Cagey. The image is of the area believed to have been the home of Camelot. I chose it to accompany the poem because of some associations with the "darker lore" and the "old wound" that reminded me of King Arthur and Lancelot. Probably a weird association, but you know how the mind works!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-33955991626297799512009-06-03T15:40:41.264-04:002009-06-03T15:40:41.264-04:00Don't know how I missed this one...is there mo...Don't know how I missed this one...is there more on the accompanying image?<br /><br />An inspired poem indeed.KGT (aka Cagey)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763973309807575484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-40636463567728265742009-05-29T18:37:31.926-04:002009-05-29T18:37:31.926-04:00...and make us who we are. Thanks for the reminder......and make us who we are. Thanks for the reminder, my friend.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-77477406905205804142009-05-29T18:29:17.885-04:002009-05-29T18:29:17.885-04:00wear all scars proudly, karen... they add to the b...wear all scars proudly, karen... they add to the beauty of your soul :)laughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-7087149654577015052009-05-28T20:05:47.285-04:002009-05-28T20:05:47.285-04:00laughingwolf - You are so right, as I have learned...laughingwolf - You are so right, as I have learned, but the scar remains... Thanks for coming by.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-43729777641807893492009-05-28T14:09:45.176-04:002009-05-28T14:09:45.176-04:00no easy solutions, but time does help a bit, as yo...no easy solutions, but time does help a bit, as you know...laughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-87878157676857512802009-05-25T09:31:45.876-04:002009-05-25T09:31:45.876-04:00Cherie - Holding hands. It really helps, and I'm r...Cherie - Holding hands. It really helps, and I'm reaching out to you as you go through your own trials.<br /><br />Christopher - Thanks be to God for understanding souls. At least part of our walk does not have to be alone.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-33960692774131440002009-05-24T12:57:44.482-04:002009-05-24T12:57:44.482-04:00Cherie has told us a deep truth. Here is one of t...Cherie has told us a deep truth. Here is one of the free will moments...shall I call you and say I am in agony, and will you respond? In what style shall I call, and how will you respond?<br /><br />Many times I have needed someone, I have also had to release all ideas of who it is I need. My companionship in agony has been someone I did not expect. Here is one good reason to live a life of many honest connections.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-44502930132173764942009-05-23T22:00:15.701-04:002009-05-23T22:00:15.701-04:00We must pass through the darkness to get to the ot...We must pass through the darkness to get to the other side , but we do not have to do it alone.Cherie/ Butterfly Dreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806998106057806030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-69295958516444218152009-05-22T08:29:46.866-04:002009-05-22T08:29:46.866-04:00SzelsoFa - Thank you for reading and commenting!
...SzelsoFa - Thank you for reading and commenting!<br /><br />LGL - Usually, I find it hard to write about pain - I shy away, almost as if I could ignore it. This one just came. Thanks for your comments, as always.<br /><br />Sarah - This does recall your hills piece. Both the pull and search.... Your black hole description is apt; the pull is enormouse and once entered, there is nothing else.<br /><br />Thank you for your comments. You always add to the discussion and give me something to ponder.<br /><br />James - Thanks for reminding me of a brighter day. They do, of course, exist!<br /><br /><br />Vesper - Thoughts tumbling and tumbling, that's the pull of the old wound - the one that aches and aches and from which there is no escape. <br /><br />Thanks for your comments on the quality of the form.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-16049082774785607152009-05-22T07:55:23.193-04:002009-05-22T07:55:23.193-04:00This is a very strong and beautiful poem, Karen. I...This is a very strong and beautiful poem, Karen. I find the repetitions give it a haunting quality that lingers in my heart long after the last word is read and pulls me in to read it once more...<br /><br /><I>I turn away my eyes, <br />turn my eyes away <br />unto the hills where comes <br />no peace, no peace I find</I>Vesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417602625059442986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-21415480718165018642009-05-22T00:28:16.497-04:002009-05-22T00:28:16.497-04:00Your poetry reminds me not to think of old wound, ...Your poetry reminds me not to think of old wound, as it is too painful to think about. Instead it reminds me to look forward to my goals which are far more beautiful and meaningful to me.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing with me your beautiful poem, Sarah.<br /><br />Have a blessed day everyday,Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925571931921567505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-82376519824385240272009-05-21T14:35:24.091-04:002009-05-21T14:35:24.091-04:00It's like the pull of gravity from a black hole. N...It's like the pull of gravity from a black hole. No light escapes once we get near. <br /><br /><I>I turn away my eyes,<br />turn my eyes away</I>I'm not sure why, but the inversion of these words really tugged at me. One added step in the pull to get away from the old wound's reach. It would not hurt so terribly were it not for the passions that came before. <br /><br />Deeply evocative poem, Karen. It naturally made my own "hills" piece come to mind. But this is more haunting.Sarah Hinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13888406261817690010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-59717409435335973442009-05-21T08:17:10.735-04:002009-05-21T08:17:10.735-04:00pain brings forth such lovely poetry. sometimes pa...pain brings forth such lovely poetry. sometimes pain is a joyous thing... sometimes it actually draws you towards it.<br />lovely poem. as always.Amritorupa Kanjilal https://www.blogger.com/profile/05297857308903060458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-41763809939458412092009-05-21T07:40:03.734-04:002009-05-21T07:40:03.734-04:00It's very human, Karen.
Thank you for writing it :...It's very human, Karen.<br />Thank you for writing it :)SzélsőFahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11600289147447182465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-76111195266665214072009-05-20T22:37:32.402-04:002009-05-20T22:37:32.402-04:00Kat - Thank you!
Rose Marie - Even your comments ...Kat - Thank you!<br /><br />Rose Marie - Even your comments are poetic! Thank you for that.<br /><br />Mairi - Mixed allusions leading to no help, no peace. I didn't actually think of the song but of this: "My peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth..." hence the mixture of turning my eyes unto the hills and getting no peace. There is a back story here, but as you say, all poetry is metonymy.<br /><br />Jana - Thanks. I'm glad you felt it.<br /><br />Amal - Thank you for reading and commenting.<br /><br />Gerry - Thank you. I like that.<br /><br />jorc - Thank you for your comments. I want to get to your interview at Rachel's. (next on my list)<br /><br />Julie-Julie - I like the toe tapping better! Unfortunately, we're filled with those salt-filled aches if we're human. You've given me the greatest compliment yet - that I have you thinking about things in your own life. For me, that's what a poem does. Thank YOU for that and for all of your support as I feel my way along.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-29039627408660078532009-05-20T15:00:19.824-04:002009-05-20T15:00:19.824-04:00Karen, your range is amazing. Not long ago, I was...Karen, your range is amazing. Not long ago, I was laughing and tapping my feet to your last poem. Now you've got me thinking of so many things in my own life. <br /><br />This is an excellent piece. That first stanza has me sitting here with my jaw dropped. I love Cat's comment, too. How many times we have all wanted to revisit those old wounds to find some sort of catharsis. Instead, we often get pulled there and find a "salt-filled ache." A salt-filled ache is the best description I've ever read for how it feels to relive those old wounds. And the smell of sulfur! The blueblack metal dark! That entire stanza is absolutely...dang, I can't even think of a word to describe it other than WOW! <br /><br />Wonderful work. Excellent in so many ways. Thank you!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-33151037921127124832009-05-20T10:06:20.172-04:002009-05-20T10:06:20.172-04:00Karen, "Extraordinary passions and a scar"
this co...Karen, "Extraordinary passions and a scar"<br />this could not have had a more perfect ending!<br />brilliant!<br />jorcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-85713894469999102122009-05-20T09:56:26.616-04:002009-05-20T09:56:26.616-04:00Yikes! That's so good it hurts.Yikes! That's so good it hurts.gerry boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404762839765626232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-58369883882951933452009-05-20T06:40:42.571-04:002009-05-20T06:40:42.571-04:00a sad one.. but wonderfully done... :)a sad one.. but wonderfully done... :)Amal Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482330818537682544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-57249688176805563402009-05-20T01:51:50.996-04:002009-05-20T01:51:50.996-04:00entirely thought provoking - I could tumble in thi...entirely thought provoking - I could tumble in this verse for days...bluesugarpoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14775769108087898456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-68698716202707210022009-05-20T01:25:31.687-04:002009-05-20T01:25:31.687-04:00An impressive array of allusions, but allusions th...An impressive array of allusions, but allusions that don't lead where you expect, from Psalms - I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help - though no help is coming in this instance, to popular song lyrics - no peace I find just an old sweet song keeping things that you don't necessarily want in mind. I'm with Selchie on the war associations of the first stanza - blood and mud seems a perfect image of trench warfare, especially added to mist, sufur and the blueblack dark. It all adds up to a suggestion of a painful story without laying out exactly what's going on. Very nice.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11908332538776254864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-74266377279657350012009-05-19T22:16:29.638-04:002009-05-19T22:16:29.638-04:00The lament and depth of feelings so willingly expr...The lament and depth of feelings so willingly expressed calls for the touch of understanding and the embrace of knowing. You are heard...<br /><br />Thank you for each 'secret' revealed.<br /><br />Rose MarieRose Marie Raccioppihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12327247225256540829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-37636356344642716402009-05-19T19:30:27.045-04:002009-05-19T19:30:27.045-04:00"The salt-filled ache" that says it so well. This..."The salt-filled ache" that says it so well. This is excellent.<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474566446391728432.post-58787810941496173442009-05-19T18:38:44.993-04:002009-05-19T18:38:44.993-04:00Linda - Yes, the dark memories have their pull, to...Linda - Yes, the dark memories have their pull, too. Thank you for the nice words. I truly appreciate your comments.<br /><br />Arindam Dey - Welcome, and thanks for your kind comments. Do come back.<br /><br />Brosreview - Thank you for being such a faithful reader.<br /><br />Dave - Thanks for that. <br /><br />Cat - Yes, the pull and the repugnance at the same time - life is full of contradictions. It's like worrying a loose tooth as a child. You want it to be over, but somehow you can't leave it alone. Does that make any sense? I don't mean to sound masochistic. Not what I meant at all! LOL<br /><br />Margaret - Thank you. That's what poetry should do, so I'm happy with that!<br /><br />Jason - Yes, a huge contradiction...but maybe not...birth from pain. Makes sense to me.<br /><br />Sarah - I love the Wuthering Heights comparison -- one of my all-time favorite novels. If this made you think of that, I'm HAPPY!! Thanks, Sarah.<br /><br />Christopher - This is beautiful, a pull to an ancient time of proving. Thank you.<br /><br />Kaye - No, not lightly, but always... Thank you, friend.<br /><br />Ani - What are you doing on work time?? LOL Thanks for coming back! I'm glad it stayed with you, but sorry, too. It's not the sort of thing I'd wish on you!<br /><br />Rachel - Thank you for your comments on form. Yes, old wounds...at least it's healed, not festered. Christopher is amazing, isn't he?Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.com