tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216178856677207859.post5722071912857352925..comments2023-10-14T11:05:04.581-04:00Comments on Capitol Cougar: The Poodle Bites, The Poodle ChoosesSally Wildehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818000777385527996noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216178856677207859.post-84201965219362537952010-12-15T14:13:22.204-05:002010-12-15T14:13:22.204-05:00I just started reading your blog. I like the othe...I just started reading your blog. I like the others but this one I love. It's very powerful. The first commenter said it best and beautifully.<br /><br />BardiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216178856677207859.post-88361179824441956322010-10-12T22:16:57.684-04:002010-10-12T22:16:57.684-04:00i was out of town but wanted to tell you--this com...i was out of town but wanted to tell you--this comment made me start crying looking at my phone in the starbucks. thanks a lot!<br />maybe as you pile on the years, more people "get" you, or are less afraid to tell you they do, and so you crack more easily. ah, here we go: http://www.austincitylimits.org/seyret-video?task=videodirectlink&id=116Sally Wildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14818000777385527996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216178856677207859.post-83516242539988987152010-10-06T08:58:21.317-04:002010-10-06T08:58:21.317-04:00This one has beauty of language & breathtaking...This one has beauty of language & breathtaking emotional force. I'm not sure of the source - the urgency of the repetitions, perhaps - or how you can come up w/ such visual yet delving couplets like "Bless the bear, every beast, every back / Turned against the sun & moon & me." That one belongs in Bartlett's.<br /><br />The poem is so strong it gives me some context for your other work - if I were to make any criticism of your prior poems (any at all) it would be that they're almost too smart...ingenuity of construction sometimes crowds out the emotional dimension. This is the hardest area for an artist. I can always feel the frozen sea cracking a bit but here it really explodes. Much thanks.<br /><br />It all reminds me of Orwell's observation "At fifty everyone gets the face they deserve." I always thought that was typical Orwell spleen until someone showed me the other side - the beauty experience can etch. Even boils, scars, & what is revealingly known as "careworn."Slothropnoreply@blogger.com