Imagery is awesome. I felt the pull and tug, not too gentle, of the waves of heat to the disappearance at the end. Glad your still here to entrance me with more poems. Liz
Reviewed by Ruth Rey (Reader)
Reviewed on August 18, 2007
Lovely, lovely and very well-written poem, Kate, but it makes me homesick for Canada.
Sunnies,
Deborah
It doesn't get any bettr than this, Lady Kate! But knowing you it will cause you are a true poet with a fascinating mind,thatjust keeps exceeding itself!Kudo's!
Wow
a peek into the mind of a fantastic poet..........thats what I call this......
self examination.......inside out, upside down,and sideways
no x ray.........
just a creative mind, in tune with its surroundings,in relationship to the selp
i've just spent weeks in the American Rocky Mountains, areas more known for their winter splendor and i was often reminded of the "white out" conditions by the high snow fenses and road closure signs propped to the sidelines for the short summer...my mind flashed there as I read this, and upon reading of the albatrose, I could hear shore bird calls and I felt a meloncoly from this piece, and a windy sea air chill....i like to believe we are always facing the brightness :)
WOW...I have so missed reading you and I have so much saved to catch up on...this is a perfect example of why I will always love what you write. Oh the way only you can develop a theme. I can't decide whether I am chilled by the berg or warmed by the beach or fanned by the albatross in a mix somewhere in between. May I crawl into your mind for just one day to find out how you come to these fabulous creations of yours.
What a pleasure to be priveleged to your offerings again, Kate.
Love,
Taylor
Pretty scary situation at times, specially if you are on the edge of a precipe and don't even know it...I haven't experienced these since I came to Australia, though during my diving years, being tipped upside down by currents underwater, sure qualifies for Not knowing which way is up...LOL, till you check out your bubbles of the regulator.
Excellent write Kate, to describe a most precarious situation.
Ty and big hugs
Ch'erie
As a crazy Canuck who lives in a white winter zone where white-outs are a common occurence I know the depth of this feeling. In a snowstorm white out nothing has form or definition..there is no up, no down, no left, no right only fear of being forever absorbed into this void of nothingnes. Sweet Kate though you could never be lost in white for your heart, radiates to the colours of the rainbow and we would always find you....
An amazing and satisfying composition.
I was reaching out for you, but didn't know just where yoou were at any given moment. When you find you, pass along my compliments to the Author. Such power you delliver in selected words ! ! !
- Bill
Kate -the last two lines are superb! *runs back and forward with excitement* (i wrote one with a line '...the vanishing point of desire..' - your last stanza could really stand alone, tis so good..)- your poem needs to be read again to appreciate the imagery, white - enjoyed :o)Nicky x
Robin Ouzman Hislop's poetry is certainly in dialogue with some of the key architects of the 'poetics of indeterminacy' – both the Modernist strands represented by the likes of Beckett and Stein, and the postmodernist strands represented, initially,
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Great last line, rather mind blowing..
Sunnies,
Deborah
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a peek into the mind of a fantastic poet..........thats what I call this......
self examination.......inside out, upside down,and sideways
no x ray.........
just a creative mind, in tune with its surroundings,in relationship to the selp
a cerebral watercolor
amazing
pax A
What a pleasure to be priveleged to your offerings again, Kate.
Love,
Taylor
Love Tinka
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in America, Karen Lynn in Texas. :)
The stark landscape of the Arctic inspires hopeless feelings in powerfully poignant lines...hope you are well.
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla. :(
Be safe,
Karen
Excellent write Kate, to describe a most precarious situation.
Ty and big hugs
Ch'erie
hugs
Fee
I was reaching out for you, but didn't know just where yoou were at any given moment. When you find you, pass along my compliments to the Author. Such power you delliver in selected words ! ! !
- Bill
Regis