tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005479.post116070897054867241..comments2023-05-28T04:34:00.429-06:00Comments on Hawk Circle: …And These Dreams, Too, We Must RenouncePatrick M. Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14366666601869757080noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005479.post-1161223056977588342006-10-18T19:57:00.000-06:002006-10-18T19:57:00.000-06:00Doc,Thanks for your comment. I'm not absolutely s...Doc,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment. I'm not absolutely sure what you mean, but you sound enthusiastic. <BR/><BR/>MB,<BR/><BR/>Yes, the existential paradox here creates a lot of interior tension. It's hard to tell if I'm turning on the light, or switching it off.<BR/><BR/>WH,<BR/><BR/>I like your new site design. I'll have to take you up on your offer and send you some of my stuff. <BR/><BR/>Thanks, everyone, for writing in. More to come...Patrick M. Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14366666601869757080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005479.post-1161135894970881452006-10-17T19:44:00.000-06:002006-10-17T19:44:00.000-06:00Hi Patrick,I like your work. Please consider submi...Hi Patrick,<BR/><BR/>I like your work. Please consider submitting a few poems to <A HREF="http://polysemy.org/elegantthorn/index.html" REL="nofollow">Elegant Thorn Review</A>, an online poetry and photography blog that I edit.<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>William Harryman<BR/>Editor<BR/>Elegant Thorn Reviewwilliam harrymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06981478282688361274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005479.post-1161015723918468052006-10-16T10:22:00.000-06:002006-10-16T10:22:00.000-06:00I am interested by the contrast you seem to set up...I am interested by the contrast you seem to set up by beginning each stanza with that offset word "Alive." It creates a kind of tension for me with the rest of each stanza, which is a series of some kind of negation, which becomes almost contradictory.MBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14515233228776181123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005479.post-1160964782402964372006-10-15T20:13:00.000-06:002006-10-15T20:13:00.000-06:00Damn! I meant to say "commas," not, "parentheses,...Damn! I meant to say "commas," not, "parentheses,vd" in the above note. Sorry! jAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12005479.post-1160938707567474212006-10-15T12:58:00.000-06:002006-10-15T12:58:00.000-06:00Okay! Here I sit, trying to construct some respon...Okay! Here I sit, trying to construct some response to the ideas you've presented in this poem. Has it made me think? Oh, yes! I find myself wanting to respond to every phrase enclosed in parentheses. Do I have mixed feelings about it? Definitely! Perhaps because I'm so old, I'm glad that I didn't always "know" and if I had, would it have REALLY made a positive difference? Even so, I, too, yearn to be able to recline in the grass and watch the clouds roll by. For me, the moments spent doing those things are delightful memories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com