tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post8823728464919543326..comments2024-03-25T22:25:27.515+05:30Comments on Madly-in-Verse: RemissNilanjana Bosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-36184546399621021612017-03-29T08:56:06.971+05:302017-03-29T08:56:06.971+05:30Oh that is tough! I feel you, Yolanda. Moved too ...Oh that is tough! I feel you, Yolanda. Moved too many times not to know the challenges of wrenching away from a place one loves...wish you smooth transplanting!Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-91505752664292796722017-03-29T05:13:45.629+05:302017-03-29T05:13:45.629+05:30Definitely, stand alone. I think the words hit eac...Definitely, stand alone. I think the words hit each of us differently, the meaning very personal, and seldom the same as the creator. :) <br />Feeling this one personally as I pack, give away, and say goodbye to the last 20 years in the same place. Thank you! Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-58566935111067071302017-03-28T00:24:43.842+05:302017-03-28T00:24:43.842+05:30Too funny!! You should have just let him think wha...Too funny!! You should have just let him think whatever deep thoughts he was thinking :DNilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-55031008937847801702017-03-27T22:39:21.956+05:302017-03-27T22:39:21.956+05:30I agree that if you let something stand on its own...I agree that if you let something stand on its own, it is often interpreted differently by some of its audience. And I don't think that's a bad thing at all. <br /><br />On a related note, I once wrote a comic book script where the sound effect for a machine-gun blast was "Budda-dada-dow!" The artist told me he thought it was extremely clever that I'd combined references to The Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730805376957629641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-64720072592020570812017-03-27T16:13:50.767+05:302017-03-27T16:13:50.767+05:30So long a piece of writing communicates...poetry c...So long a piece of writing communicates...poetry can be 'felt' rather than 'critically analysed.' Am not saying the analysis doesn't add to the enjoyment, just that poetry/any writing can be enjoyed both ways.<br /><br />I remember reading du Maurier's novels as a teenager, didn't have the foggiest idea about her bio, or the context etc, not a clue about Dona being herNilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-47576645249429495102017-03-27T13:55:14.639+05:302017-03-27T13:55:14.639+05:30Hi Nila - stand alone as everyone agrees ... thoug...Hi Nila - stand alone as everyone agrees ... though sometimes going back 70 years or more I probably need some guidance ... I need to do a poetry overview course - then I'd understand more easily. I can see the desert here as a misty by-line ... but interesting to read the other comments and your replies. Cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-11271246659265886602017-03-27T00:59:01.573+05:302017-03-27T00:59:01.573+05:30Good to have poets and authors standing together w...Good to have poets and authors standing together with me... thanks! :)Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-42579614857335469362017-03-26T21:23:41.551+05:302017-03-26T21:23:41.551+05:30And I stand with Alex and you, et al. We all bring...And I stand with Alex and you, et al. We all bring our own baggage to the party, and it affects the interpretation.<br /> I liked this poem. Rather wistful Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604494404874408870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-24691395803138416542017-03-26T19:03:37.705+05:302017-03-26T19:03:37.705+05:30Great to be in the same camp with a best selling a...Great to be in the same camp with a best selling author!!Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-52161371863882117532017-03-26T18:14:23.391+05:302017-03-26T18:14:23.391+05:30Any writing should stand on its own.
And I guarant...Any writing should stand on its own.<br />And I guarantee I always interpret a poem differently.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-32713030025611719142017-03-26T09:37:00.302+05:302017-03-26T09:37:00.302+05:30Thanks, Martin. Confirmation of status from a son...Thanks, Martin. Confirmation of status from a sonneteer of your expertise - means a lot! :)Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-52367172898746076862017-03-26T09:34:12.328+05:302017-03-26T09:34:12.328+05:30Yes, indeed I have, EC - the stuff written in the ...Yes, indeed I have, EC - the stuff written in the past is often editworthy being revisited :) at least mine is :) but it's still fun to see the changes in myself, lots of aha prospects there.<br />And agree that it's all held in trust...though this was written from the POV of a tenant in a rental - this is exactly what I meant above when I said readers add layers of meaning...Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-50600457993614283142017-03-26T09:25:02.422+05:302017-03-26T09:25:02.422+05:30Pleased or sorry? that this has permanently altere...Pleased or sorry? that this has permanently altered your perspectives on grass :))<br /><br />Seriously though, agree with you - each one has a unique take, we see that at the WEP too - the same couple of words, the same badge, such an explosion of variety in the interpretation! People should be free to bring their own lenses and prisms and take away however the light breaks up for them...Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-83805595719032325992017-03-26T06:22:00.546+05:302017-03-26T06:22:00.546+05:30This is like a modern English sonnet. (the regular...This is like a modern English sonnet. (the regular rhyme scheme ABBA/BAAB/CDE/CDE. It does follow the 2 part structure.)<br /><br />You get remiss, the fanlight, the wide doors,<br />the colours on the walls - nothing is yours;<br />still the steps are swept every day, kept clean,<br />a mat laid in rough welcome on the floor.<br />- <br />Heartaches, headaches over the right décor<br />for only Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-21801206984817958432017-03-26T05:55:23.333+05:302017-03-26T05:55:23.333+05:30I fall into the stand along category. We each tak...I fall into the stand along category. We each take something different away, because we bring different experiences and perpectives to the work. Which is wonderful. Have you gone back to a piece of writing years later and found an entirely different piece? I have. which is part of the richness of writing.<br />And no, nothing is ours, it is all (or should be) held in trust.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-37017523512538777992017-03-26T04:28:49.531+05:302017-03-26T04:28:49.531+05:30Hi Nila! As far as explaining your poem, I remembe...Hi Nila! As far as explaining your poem, I remember reading a poet commenting on an online analysis of her poem. She said, 'Really? I wish I'd thought of it that way, LOL!' There's something very personal about our reactions to writing, whether poems or prose...we somehow relate them to ourselves, which is why some poems resonate more with us than others.<br /><br />And I'll Denise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.com