Oh sometimes we can run with it, feeling strong. Other times that little voice of fear or reservation is merely self-protective and rightly so for fear of being burned alive. Love it! Well done, Sara...
The whole offering is so meaningful that it is deserving of much more than a single reading, Sara. Thank you for sharing you gift. Love and peace to you,
reponsibility can be a blessing or a curse depending on the outcome of its actions or reactions ... sometimes, we just have to refrain from responsibility and take a chance ...
yep, lots of "raw" emotion that seems to be seeking an outlet yet precluded by the safe side of not acting itself out ...
Reviewed by A. Santo (Reader)
Reviewed on June 7, 2006
I saw a chalice of strong wine in this verse. In the stem, the crystal, the sipping, the burning... lol.. and you served the verse well with a bottle of 'spirit'... I have often considered wine a versatile inspiration which can lead me either to delirium or to relaxation. I consider poetry the same. Maybe it's my own insights that caused my image of the verse... but love can be just as potent as any bottle of 'spirits' on the shelf. I enjoyed the verse thank you. :)
Bursting off the page with the intensity of a train down the tracks you have captured the very real risk taking aspect of loving or making love to someone who you are uncertain about.Well done
Early Works is an exhaustive compilation of the first decade of the poems and stories of Z.B.McClure. Included are family photos, rare personal photos, photos of 1st draft manuscripts of many of his early poems. Also some biography and memoir materia
Still Living on my Feet is the follow up to Tichaona Chinyelu’s first book, In the Whirlwind, which was rooted in a sense of hard-hitting revolutionary black love. However, in this sophomore effort, Tichaona brings the revolutionary essence from deep
We open the gates, when we choose....not often wisely
but can close them just as quick
mysterious words......
pax A
Lin
Regis
Ron
yep, lots of "raw" emotion that seems to be seeking an outlet yet precluded by the safe side of not acting itself out ...
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
Fee
This is a finely honed blade of writing! - Bill
(Thanks for the vote of confidence;-)
Eileen