tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post3023029275620276630..comments2024-03-25T22:25:27.515+05:30Comments on Madly-in-Verse: Maybe aubadeNilanjana Bosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-42615970636520237562015-10-21T01:06:11.672+05:302015-10-21T01:06:11.672+05:30Ya, it does doesn't it? One of the most malign...Ya, it does doesn't it? One of the most maligned metaphors :~)Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-53446820435756425352015-10-20T19:11:18.114+05:302015-10-20T19:11:18.114+05:30Wonderful Nila. Lovely how people are picking out ...Wonderful Nila. Lovely how people are picking out their favourite lines. Mine is: 'this cushion of time means comfort, means calm'. Love this concept, love the whole poem. 'Light does not always enhance everything.' You're right, darkness gets a bad rap. :-)<br /><br />Denise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-47861106935438676272015-10-20T10:11:04.386+05:302015-10-20T10:11:04.386+05:30Yes, absolutely, some fears are independent of whe...Yes, absolutely, some fears are independent of whether there is darkness or light...dark can soothe as well as frighten, depends on one's particular brand of monsters :)Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-43643511817287954702015-10-20T10:08:51.741+05:302015-10-20T10:08:51.741+05:30Night *is* a time to recover...and to reconnect wi...Night *is* a time to recover...and to reconnect with family and loved ones for many of us...dunno why darkness is always a metaphor for ghastly things :~)Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-63190508107585014032015-10-20T10:05:51.478+05:302015-10-20T10:05:51.478+05:30Thanks. Glad you liked it. Darkness gets a bad rap...Thanks. Glad you liked it. Darkness gets a bad rap.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-38146176145274610262015-10-20T01:30:27.752+05:302015-10-20T01:30:27.752+05:30A life time of worries
The clinging of woe
The bla...A life time of worries<br />The clinging of woe<br />The blackness of night<br />In its own darkish glow<br />Shirley we will wonder<br />If it comes from with-in <br />This self-center fear<br />We somehow now spin<br />Yet still with daylight<br />We ask if it’s not true<br />Will this dread not linger<br />Deep, within me and you<br /><br />***<br /><br />Again you touch thoughts<br />Of (desk49https://www.blogger.com/profile/05795159954019523527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-73647271611530489612015-10-19T22:59:15.170+05:302015-10-19T22:59:15.170+05:30Hi Nila - hidden depths here ... night can be a ti...Hi Nila - hidden depths here ... night can be a time to recover ... I love the way you've pulled the poem together ... people with challenges will totally understand your last stanza ...<br /><br />Stay please, let the darkness be the morning<br />light does not always enhance everything.<br /><br />We have to live through those periods ... and then things will resolve and be better ... Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-2416599100635331992015-10-19T21:56:33.893+05:302015-10-19T21:56:33.893+05:30The winding darkness itself its own psalm - I real...The winding darkness itself its own psalm - I really like that line.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-38686527344078644382015-10-19T20:46:05.903+05:302015-10-19T20:46:05.903+05:30Thanks Susan. But I am an open book :~)Thanks Susan. But I am an open book :~)Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-41104674805315377622015-10-19T19:41:11.990+05:302015-10-19T19:41:11.990+05:30Mysterious, haunting, lovely.Mysterious, haunting, lovely.Susan Brodyhttp://www.theartofnotgettingpublished.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com