tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post285138641405466772..comments2023-10-20T03:27:40.902-07:00Comments on Audrey Howitt Poetry, Alive and Well: The Tactus of Time's TendernessAudrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-56294419114007474972012-09-14T12:06:59.848-07:002012-09-14T12:06:59.848-07:00Thank you Mama Zen!Thank you Mama Zen!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-65514982129732487262012-09-13T19:01:20.575-07:002012-09-13T19:01:20.575-07:00Thank you flipside!Thank you flipside!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-21786106751734826622012-09-13T11:30:27.646-07:002012-09-13T11:30:27.646-07:00Thank you Fred! Hope all is well with you!Thank you Fred! Hope all is well with you!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-57866433883396753262012-09-13T08:59:40.675-07:002012-09-13T08:59:40.675-07:00Thank you poetry-diary.com--I had not really inten...Thank you poetry-diary.com--I had not really intended such a visceral write, nor such a reaction--so I hope it did not make you too uncomfortable--Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-57073047948220700172012-09-13T08:58:26.361-07:002012-09-13T08:58:26.361-07:00Hi John--I think your comment deserves more than a...Hi John--I think your comment deserves more than a thank you for reading my piece. I think we all work from our own thoughts, feelings and experiences. Having been married over the long haul (20+ years) to this partner (there were others long ago), I can say that while these feelings are not always present for me, that we --he and I--have become adept at rediscovering each other--and that when I have these deeper feelings of love, I treasure them--and I often find that they are in the quietest moments of the day and night--The rest of the time seems to be taken up with the mundane tasks of living--which can also be a source of balm---That all being said, yes, I suppose this is what poets do--but I am still trying to figure out what poets do and what poetry really is and does--and I do thank you!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-11450296575129947502012-09-13T08:49:48.023-07:002012-09-13T08:49:48.023-07:00Thank you Charles! Cheers and smiles to you!!Thank you Charles! Cheers and smiles to you!!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-81585027783938306992012-09-13T08:47:10.638-07:002012-09-13T08:47:10.638-07:00Thank you so much for reading and commenting Pamel...Thank you so much for reading and commenting Pamela--greatly appreciated!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-18411711336764160272012-09-12T17:47:29.308-07:002012-09-12T17:47:29.308-07:00Thank you Sherry--much appreciated!Thank you Sherry--much appreciated!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-79230152965722260302012-09-12T17:47:07.287-07:002012-09-12T17:47:07.287-07:00Thank you for stopping by John!Thank you for stopping by John!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-13909959012654183812012-09-12T17:46:50.150-07:002012-09-12T17:46:50.150-07:00Thank you Laurie!Thank you Laurie!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-86980680296578648292012-09-12T17:46:35.525-07:002012-09-12T17:46:35.525-07:00Thank you Anna!!Thank you Anna!!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-57055812685751651242012-09-12T17:38:22.473-07:002012-09-12T17:38:22.473-07:00How incredibly beautiful!How incredibly beautiful!Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-19353109836984519692012-09-12T16:42:02.472-07:002012-09-12T16:42:02.472-07:00I love this:
"and bathed the moon light
into...I love this:<br /><br />"and bathed the moon light<br />into the creases around mouth<br />and eye<br />as dreams melted<br />into the deeper sleep<br />of the veil descended"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-39475019762244027652012-09-12T15:49:58.689-07:002012-09-12T15:49:58.689-07:00I worry about my husband--he works hard---and some...I worry about my husband--he works hard---and sometimes at night, I just watch him sleep--thank you so much for the visit Susan!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-33017986866459311242012-09-12T15:48:25.739-07:002012-09-12T15:48:25.739-07:00Thank you so much kaykuala!!!Thank you so much kaykuala!!!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-61377594544710092232012-09-12T15:23:37.409-07:002012-09-12T15:23:37.409-07:00love this piece. Outstanding in so many ways. be...love this piece. Outstanding in so many ways. beautiful phrasing throughout. Strong and tender all in one. ThanksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05885047796180529498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-32906390047475944072012-09-12T15:19:37.426-07:002012-09-12T15:19:37.426-07:00I think that is where I am with my husband now--th...I think that is where I am with my husband now--thank you for your read!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-68102093890075400792012-09-12T15:18:56.286-07:002012-09-12T15:18:56.286-07:00Thank you so much Poet Laundry!Thank you so much Poet Laundry!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-69775647705895358272012-09-12T15:17:44.634-07:002012-09-12T15:17:44.634-07:00Thank you so much lookingforroots!Thank you so much lookingforroots!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-75751484584559225852012-09-12T13:57:52.323-07:002012-09-12T13:57:52.323-07:00Thank you so much!Thank you so much!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-23384740867260997412012-09-12T13:49:23.498-07:002012-09-12T13:49:23.498-07:00I felt this poem very physically - almost uncomfor...I felt this poem very physically - almost uncomfortably so - and recalled why I really didn't want to go into biology or medicine! I'm too romantic I suspect!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-92212828028851641672012-09-12T12:11:51.084-07:002012-09-12T12:11:51.084-07:00I want to be like everyone else and simply say thi...I want to be like everyone else and simply say this is a lovely poem. As a younger man I would have found this poem directly in line with my own sense of intimacy and romanticism. I would have applauded it greatly for reaching my senses and finding them very accepting, very intimately capturing the sense of giving of oneself to another, the true beauty and definition of life companion. There is a time in all of our lives when this predominates our personality, the need to become one with our soul mate. No doubt. But as an older man I begin to have doubts if love ever existed outside of my own mind, or the mind of my lovers..... were we truly one, truly connected in a cosmic way? I don't think so. Of the few I am still in touch with I can say for certain that our current relationship has nothing to do with soul mates, and nothing more than nostalgia, really. Simply two old people remembering when they were young. And having sex like rabbits. But it always ended for one reason or another and we went on to bigger, better things. The first few break ups were intense, and although the newness of the next flame is always the same, always that same sense of oneness, that soul connection that seems so apparent, walking aon air, constant thoughts of love seemed as constant as the moon, but they became less and less painful as they all ended one by one. In a way I don't really believe in love, nor love poems, which I think are written by people still in the thrashing combine of what we all wish love was. Now I think love is how you view that person 50 years later.... That's the true test of love. With that said though, and being as honest as i can, I really enjoyed your poem. Very, very deeply romantic and heartfelt, and that's what poets do..... Well done.John Allen Richterhttp://johnallenrichter.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-16128367163609182012-09-12T11:54:14.234-07:002012-09-12T11:54:14.234-07:00Thank you Ayala! Hope your loss is not so wrenchin...Thank you Ayala! Hope your loss is not so wrenching!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-12067121465927071212012-09-12T11:53:48.500-07:002012-09-12T11:53:48.500-07:00Thank you Mary!!!Thank you Mary!!!Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-82628026846801886902012-09-12T10:55:08.205-07:002012-09-12T10:55:08.205-07:00Beautiful write, Audrey. Very nice!Beautiful write, Audrey. Very nice!Marbles in My Pockethttp://charleslmashburn.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/im-just-a-soul/noreply@blogger.com