tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post5236428708173247032..comments2024-03-25T22:25:27.515+05:30Comments on Madly-in-Verse: Catching up : Write...Edit...Publish...August 2017Nilanjana Bosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-71946947145032840072017-08-21T01:20:34.356+05:302017-08-21T01:20:34.356+05:30What a beautiful poem. It touched me in many ways....What a beautiful poem. It touched me in many ways.<br />NancyN. R. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02174506528962095858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-71586309222224514762017-08-20T17:32:52.068+05:302017-08-20T17:32:52.068+05:30Hmmm... probably a bit too long for fitting into f...Hmmm... probably a bit too long for fitting into fancy cards...Not really much of a card person myself, except the blank ones. Prefer to do my own messages, strictly in prose :) Lots of money to be made in card rhymes though, not to be dismissive or anything.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-78108533822728044362017-08-20T08:57:27.520+05:302017-08-20T08:57:27.520+05:30Lots of emotion in this poem. It's really good...Lots of emotion in this poem. It's really good. It feels like it could go in a greeting card. One of those Blue Mountain or Papyrus ones, on the fancy paper with the watercolor backgrounds. You know, the ones the stores tend to cross-market little tissue packets next to them? Those cards. J Lenni Dornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961335286982498158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-52387131822749325752017-08-18T21:30:14.128+05:302017-08-18T21:30:14.128+05:30Thank you. We deliberately keep the opacity high s...Thank you. We deliberately keep the opacity high sometimes...Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-10600269519744680662017-08-18T18:27:30.073+05:302017-08-18T18:27:30.073+05:30Everybody is hiding their pains within that opaque...Everybody is hiding their pains within that opaque cup.<br /><br />A very poignant poem. Lovely to read.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056709635082562749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-12370362133464881212017-08-18T12:01:58.894+05:302017-08-18T12:01:58.894+05:30Exactly, DG. Sometimes people keep quiet because ...Exactly, DG. Sometimes people keep quiet because they don't know what the reaction to their words will be, and they don't want to deal with the pity and the bafflement. Most people don't know what to say/do when confronted with grief/trauma. There are no appropriate words. Thanks for visiting here.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-87865478066075210332017-08-18T11:53:50.289+05:302017-08-18T11:53:50.289+05:30The kind of reunion where the idea is not to recon...The kind of reunion where the idea is not to reconnect but to show off 'happening' lives - ya, seems pretty pointless indeed.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-18518457881033716642017-08-18T11:50:00.673+05:302017-08-18T11:50:00.673+05:30I don't think it's unfortunate - reticence...I don't think it's unfortunate - reticence about what details we choose to share about our lives is not necessarily a bad thing. Entirely an individual decision.<br /><br />Great to meet you through the WEP.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-22352534007259667202017-08-18T10:27:39.056+05:302017-08-18T10:27:39.056+05:30Life can be devastating. You nailed the exact thin...Life can be devastating. You nailed the exact thing this poem is about, Donna. Talking about deep trauma in a lighthearted conversation can feel it's trivialising those life events, and out-of-place. I am so very sorry to hear about your losses. Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-85448010354960073032017-08-18T08:07:13.737+05:302017-08-18T08:07:13.737+05:30Ignore that 'whom', I changed my mind in m...Ignore that 'whom', I changed my mind in mid-sentence. . .alas.D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-37383466668967214632017-08-18T08:05:02.952+05:302017-08-18T08:05:02.952+05:30How true that we don't want to reveal what'...How true that we don't want to reveal what's not so great when we see someone whom from our past. Sometimes we don't want the pity, it would make us cry. Even though the poem may be resurrected, the words are what makes us feel the sorrow. Well done, as always.D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-15710368572964196942017-08-17T22:50:20.394+05:302017-08-17T22:50:20.394+05:30This shows how artificial and almost pointless thi...This shows how artificial and almost pointless this type of reunion can be. It is really not a reunion at all but people not connecting and putting on a false front to each other. Deborah Druckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05649396302648104610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-60716789399340027852017-08-17T20:42:29.147+05:302017-08-17T20:42:29.147+05:30So true...and, unfortunately, the older I get, the...So true...and, unfortunately, the older I get, the less I share of myself. A pity, I know....Donna B. McNicolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15209611782116113024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-88126866498121517632017-08-17T14:07:58.526+05:302017-08-17T14:07:58.526+05:30Its painful to bring up lost love to those we'...Its painful to bring up lost love to those we've been out of touch with for so long. I've talked to many old friends who did not know my older sister and brother were deceased. Its embarrassing for them, and for me me when I realize how out of touch I've been with their lives also. Did not know of divorce, or deaths of children. Life can be devastating.dolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-16943309533701169722017-08-17T12:42:16.292+05:302017-08-17T12:42:16.292+05:30Thank you. Sometimes social veneers can be for c...Thank you. Sometimes social veneers can be for comfort, but most of the time they get in the way of truth.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-58020670949294263002017-08-17T12:26:36.148+05:302017-08-17T12:26:36.148+05:30Repetition is a key aspect of this form, lends it ...Repetition is a key aspect of this form, lends it a characteristic musicality imho. Glad you liked it. Peace to you.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-48921034960890027962017-08-17T12:22:40.108+05:302017-08-17T12:22:40.108+05:30Relaying parts of the truth is what we seem to be ...Relaying parts of the truth is what we seem to be good at, and we're getting better at it all the time :)Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-9228967272763171772017-08-17T12:19:10.764+05:302017-08-17T12:19:10.764+05:30Most important things are the ones that are most ...Most important things are the ones that are most often left unsaid. Lovely to meet you too. Your entry was beyond amazing. Thanks.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-89972528716164758062017-08-17T12:14:17.458+05:302017-08-17T12:14:17.458+05:30The Villanelle is one of my favourite forms too!The Villanelle is one of my favourite forms too!Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-3497214381237269242017-08-16T20:51:36.364+05:302017-08-16T20:51:36.364+05:30Your villanelle was excellent, and I immediately c...Your villanelle was excellent, and I immediately connected to that reunion and that feeling of the need for social veneer. Peel that away and raw reality invades the party. Great job.cleemckenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456109243453726483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-18207061800431479422017-08-16T18:07:05.529+05:302017-08-16T18:07:05.529+05:30I love the repetition and how you used it in this ...I love the repetition and how you used it in this poem. It takes more than just talk to catch up. <br />Shalom aleichem,<br />PatriciaPat Garciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04204650731843984192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-23895351130823819812017-08-16T17:53:30.908+05:302017-08-16T17:53:30.908+05:30Very true, we only beat around the bush and relay ...Very true, we only beat around the bush and relay the best parts. The true stuff one is thinking often does go unsaid. Great verse indeed.Pat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-90932280720799186872017-08-16T16:53:45.547+05:302017-08-16T16:53:45.547+05:30This has so much truth to it, and made me think of...This has so much truth to it, and made me think of a reunion I had a few years ago with someone I used to know. There really was so much left unsaid. Your repetition of not mentioning the loss of a loved on was so touching. <br />Great to meet you thanks to the WEP!Julie Flandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05003737491313673214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-79314704883659641822017-08-16T16:53:08.661+05:302017-08-16T16:53:08.661+05:30I love villanelle style poems, and yours is no exc...I love villanelle style poems, and yours is no exception. A great use of the prompt.Laura Clipsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02748489198957473503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-54969406621679235682017-08-16T12:32:22.748+05:302017-08-16T12:32:22.748+05:30How lovely! to think that the prompt has dovetaile...How lovely! to think that the prompt has dovetailed into a real, live reunion! Completely agree with you about reunions being wonderful and strange. Close friendships can be rekindled in an instant, no matter how long the break. Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.com