tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post7980888133401133008..comments2024-03-25T22:25:27.515+05:30Comments on Madly-in-Verse: RFW June WeddingsNilanjana Bosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-83670649442429960472013-06-27T23:55:09.513+05:302013-06-27T23:55:09.513+05:30Dear Nilanjana,
Thanks for the link to your cat st...Dear Nilanjana,<br />Thanks for the link to your cat story about Christmas eve. What an amazing story. I love it. It's sad, yes, but it shows a connection between the woman and the cat. The cat knew that the man should have picked her up earlier. <br /><br />Does the woman, Eve, die? Or can the man drive to the bus stop and save her thanks to the cat? (But how can the cat explain this to the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17926688000745346961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-6156614428911640662013-06-27T21:26:49.371+05:302013-06-27T21:26:49.371+05:30Thanks, Anna. Thanks, Anna. Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-88183919369510482772013-06-27T21:26:09.172+05:302013-06-27T21:26:09.172+05:30Thank you Denise. Glad you enjoyed the poem. As y...Thank you Denise. Glad you enjoyed the poem. As you say, the challenge for this love story lies ahead.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-38529689331408072182013-06-27T21:24:16.399+05:302013-06-27T21:24:16.399+05:30Thank you, for the feedback and the support, much ...Thank you, for the feedback and the support, much appreciated.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-33007270709331803842013-06-27T21:22:34.002+05:302013-06-27T21:22:34.002+05:30Thank you for the feedback.Thank you for the feedback.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-231414560690899332013-06-27T12:58:26.002+05:302013-06-27T12:58:26.002+05:30June 27th, 2013
Dear Nilanjana,
Awesome epic tal...June 27th, 2013<br /><br />Dear Nilanjana,<br /><br />Awesome epic tale! Beautifully penned.<br />Best wishes,<br />Anna<br /><br /><a href="http://annas-adornments.blogspot.se/2013/06/a-double-post-rfw-june-weddings-june.html" rel="nofollow">Anna's RFW - June Wedding</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17926688000745346961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-31425637806396054812013-06-25T12:41:29.324+05:302013-06-25T12:41:29.324+05:30Nilanjana, back again. I saw so much more this tim...Nilanjana, back again. I saw so much more this time. What a powerful love story beginning in childhood and continuing into a future with many challenges ahead. Samir and his princess. What a lovely story, penned so well by the poetess.<br /><br />Thank you for enriching us all with your powerful stories...<br /><br />DeniseDenise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-90576427253413022342013-06-24T22:19:31.124+05:302013-06-24T22:19:31.124+05:30I too had goose bumps, this was lovely and sad but...I too had goose bumps, this was lovely and sad but uplifting at the same time! Truly a wonderfully told story. I marvel at your talent, always!Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-26078266602460648242013-06-24T14:18:30.240+05:302013-06-24T14:18:30.240+05:30Such wonderful writing, the story is told well, it...Such wonderful writing, the story is told well, it is powerful and emotional, you brought the reader into the reality of the times effortlessly. The theme of his eyes running through the story becomes so very poignant at the end. Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090018804016223955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-35162329782017978432013-06-23T01:24:58.148+05:302013-06-23T01:24:58.148+05:30Hi Denise, and thanks much for the feedback. The ...Hi Denise, and thanks much for the feedback. The application of henna is actually a Vedic ritual, probably dating back three millennia or so. Henna is thought to be auspicious as is turmeric, both are used in wedding and also other religious rituals, they both have medicinal properties as well. It travelled to Middle East and parts of Africa with the Omani traders and got assimilated into theirNilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-44703528955394420432013-06-23T01:05:39.860+05:302013-06-23T01:05:39.860+05:30Thank you!Thank you!Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-2523428856682914632013-06-22T21:10:54.932+05:302013-06-22T21:10:54.932+05:30Hi Donna, and thanks much for the chance to partic...Hi Donna, and thanks much for the chance to participate in the fun, and for the critique. <br /><br />The only way I can think of shortening ballad-like poems is to lop off stanzas as a whole, can't really shorten the line-lengths too much. Here it's all 10-12 syllables to a line, and changing that suddenly to say 7-8 would change the 'texture' of the whole thing. I did get ridNilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-55956113908188117612013-06-22T21:01:05.525+05:302013-06-22T21:01:05.525+05:30Thank you.Thank you.Nilanjana Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08656370320322301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-33009133760784631992013-06-22T16:29:05.525+05:302013-06-22T16:29:05.525+05:30Oh, and the knife at the end had shades of Charmai...Oh, and the knife at the end had shades of Charmaine's ending, though completely opposite in one way.Denise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-56729948886977107662013-06-22T16:28:28.471+05:302013-06-22T16:28:28.471+05:30Hello Nilanjana, you clever girl. I absolutely soa...Hello Nilanjana, you clever girl. I absolutely soak up anything I can learn from another culture, and I take this is another era, also, very medieval. I'm familiar with the hennaed bride...have seen it done in Morocco and have read articles about it. Fascinating. You've made it a strong central motif to your saga. What power and passion is contained in your 1049 words.<br /><br />As Denise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-77000611702999038982013-06-22T15:13:28.318+05:302013-06-22T15:13:28.318+05:30A whole beautiful story in a poem. Lovely.A whole beautiful story in a poem. Lovely.Charmaine Clancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18059559142070140041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-45310846452062712262013-06-22T11:19:09.956+05:302013-06-22T11:19:09.956+05:30That was an awesome saga. Gripping through and thr...That was an awesome saga. Gripping through and through. My nose was so close to the screen to soak up every word. I am not familiar with poetry, so I don't know if you could have cut 49 words or not without sacrificing symmetry or rhythm. But I loved it. That was quite a love story. Thanks for explaining what hennaed is. You used the concept well in the writing. Such a rich culture described dolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3147719773752098767.post-53218873230699305482013-06-21T22:21:10.525+05:302013-06-21T22:21:10.525+05:30Wow! beautiful, almost of epic proportions.
I had ...Wow! beautiful, almost of epic proportions.<br />I had goosebumps...Brendan Dabhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553127085253015495noreply@blogger.com