Comments on: Click of a Latch http://fallenverses.org/2007/10/28/ginsberg-howled-ill-just-speak-softly/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:32:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: Soulless http://fallenverses.org/2007/10/28/ginsberg-howled-ill-just-speak-softly/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Soulless Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:43:01 +0000 http://tadam3000.wordpress.com/2007/10/28/ginsberg-howled-ill-just-speak-softly/#comment-223 I admire the flow of the piece; for me, it leads the reader to read the entirety of the poem as though with a single breath. There is a degree of fluidity to it, which is difficult to pull off in a villanelle without compromising meaning. I've much enjoyed rereading it. Cheers. <em>Thank you very much, Soulless. Perhaps I've been misjudging formal poetry, or perhaps I've finally come to a level of poetic skill I can more capably attempt it. There may be more to come where I pay attention to things like rhyme and meter. We'll see... -tom</em> I admire the flow of the piece; for me, it leads the reader to read the entirety of the poem as though with a single breath. There is a degree of fluidity to it, which is difficult to pull off in a villanelle without compromising meaning. I’ve much enjoyed rereading it.

Cheers.

Thank you very much, Soulless. Perhaps I’ve been misjudging formal poetry, or perhaps I’ve finally come to a level of poetic skill I can more capably attempt it. There may be more to come where I pay attention to things like rhyme and meter. We’ll see… -tom

]]> By: Kimberley http://fallenverses.org/2007/10/28/ginsberg-howled-ill-just-speak-softly/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Kimberley Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:59:46 +0000 http://tadam3000.wordpress.com/2007/10/28/ginsberg-howled-ill-just-speak-softly/#comment-222 Can't think of a better explanation for writing --- we write because that is what we do. I am always impressed when anyone attempts writing in form - and your poem result is quite good! Well, actually better than good. <em>Thank you Kimberley!</em> Can’t think of a better explanation for writing — we write because that is what we do.

I am always impressed when anyone attempts writing in form - and your poem result is quite good! Well, actually better than good.

Thank you Kimberley!

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