tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post199230088643975659..comments2024-01-30T03:00:57.176-08:00Comments on Lyrics & Maladies: The Killing Treejoaquin carvelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193680725157157864noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-22739857768800400472009-02-10T08:41:00.000-08:002009-02-10T08:41:00.000-08:00Mixing the aspects of nature and artificial, and b...Mixing the aspects of nature and artificial, and bringing the words to life !!أحمد صـلاحhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02645560547498507759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-48858718466818031652009-02-09T20:51:00.000-08:002009-02-09T20:51:00.000-08:00As far as "blood and irony" goes, I'm intrigued an...As far as "blood and irony" goes, I'm intrigued and think you should post it right away. I appreciate your asking, though. My poem is in desperate need of a re-write, but I've abandoned the topic altogether and moved on to lighter moods for the time being. Though I do hope to compile a book one day of all the poems along that theme (a huge waste of my time and any reader's, but still something I'd like to do). And I would call it "Down"...-confessional-https://www.blogger.com/profile/00748898061675190761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-27263288939074774432009-02-08T21:07:00.000-08:002009-02-08T21:07:00.000-08:00such imagery! such contrasts btw the tree that bri...such imagery! such contrasts btw the tree that brings life and feeds and the tree that takes it away..<BR/><BR/>i held onto this from start to finish..<BR/>great piece!!maaga.....https://www.blogger.com/profile/12179112597918435258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-18402992285757867912009-02-06T18:54:00.000-08:002009-02-06T18:54:00.000-08:00I love how this piece flows. Ex: This line: The ki...I love how this piece flows. Ex: This line: <BR/><BR/>The killing tree is high and gaunt,<BR/>caked with exhaust<BR/>and rubber<BR/>and brake dust,<BR/>a haggard, hovering<BR/>chimney sweep<BR/>shrouded in soot<BR/>from ceaseless fleeting fires.Every Photo Tells A Storyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03914175541948429064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-48014720390800636242009-02-05T20:05:00.000-08:002009-02-05T20:05:00.000-08:00I saw a lone bluebonnet once defying one desolate ...I saw a lone bluebonnet once defying one desolate spot of median. Every morning I saw it for the 3 weeks it shivered there, it always caught me by surprise.<BR/><BR/>But the killing tree, that's one determined reaper, for sure, and told awfully well by your words.Jannie Funsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595786402510366043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-76707722601256221862009-02-05T19:51:00.000-08:002009-02-05T19:51:00.000-08:00Excellent images and a plot that leads to the hear...Excellent images and a plot that leads to the heart of the tree -- just waiting for someone -- reminds me of what happen one night less than a block away from the house. <BR/><BR/>Cheers to you !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-78869199960563546972009-02-05T17:55:00.000-08:002009-02-05T17:55:00.000-08:00This unobtrusive tree - unassuming in its existenc...This unobtrusive tree - unassuming in its existence - is lying in wait for someone....patiently.<BR/>We don't know who or when - but someone will hit that tree....<BR/><BR/>No medium can unravel<BR/>the moniker<BR/>or the moment<BR/>divined<BR/>within its rings<BR/><BR/>Now that is how a poet says it!!!!<BR/><BR/>Very eerie and sinister - in a good way...lol!<BR/>Oh, and that ending...you always know how to bring it home, Joaquin.<BR/>You have left nothing out of this poem!! It is all there.K.Lawson Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204234196229710524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-47348463352313003812009-02-05T17:19:00.000-08:002009-02-05T17:19:00.000-08:00The tree is chilling in its brooding aspect, waiti...The tree is chilling in its brooding aspect, waiting and biding its time.<BR/><BR/> rooted in providence<BR/> rising from dust...<BR/><BR/> unhurried<BR/> and unhungry... <BR/><BR/>You have the ability to take the normal and make it special, in this case chillingly so.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187683434790070953.post-91612837159446277132009-02-05T16:02:00.000-08:002009-02-05T16:02:00.000-08:00We weave in and weave out, but all the time, there...We weave in and weave out, but all the time, there is the tree, standing patiently. Thank you for this one.RachelWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18225401230724459199noreply@blogger.com