tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post4583569548177049703..comments2023-10-20T03:27:40.902-07:00Comments on Audrey Howitt Poetry, Alive and Well: Love at 19Audrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-76766226094679925302015-03-01T16:20:59.980-08:002015-03-01T16:20:59.980-08:00Wow! And I say again, Wow! Really fine writing. ...Wow! And I say again, Wow! Really fine writing. " the burn extinguished in a box of parliaments long ago" . . . an indelible line of poetry.Wendy Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475940407969993348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-69816016086597364762015-02-15T10:02:43.394-08:002015-02-15T10:02:43.394-08:00grippingly sadgrippingly sadMargarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-75944888029990600102015-02-14T14:55:54.021-08:002015-02-14T14:55:54.021-08:00What is the proper elegy for confused and half-ent...What is the proper elegy for confused and half-enthused and misunderstood and forgotten love? This is a memory that isn't pulled out often because its so hurtful as it is mostly forgotten--whether for lack of heat or simply no proper place to keep it alive. Very plainly and directly spoken, exactly as one would to one dead of something long ago whose love was close but no cigar for the real thing, whatever that is. Stellar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-28744698524529195122015-02-14T08:30:05.020-08:002015-02-14T08:30:05.020-08:00Yes, heartbreaking .. and beautifully composed.Yes, heartbreaking .. and beautifully composed.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-30670703477139042662015-02-13T20:34:48.735-08:002015-02-13T20:34:48.735-08:00Heartbreaking...It reaches that painful place in a...Heartbreaking...It reaches that painful place in all of us.Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-51969262153538294312015-02-13T19:46:55.239-08:002015-02-13T19:46:55.239-08:00You take me back. There were so many deaths, not ...You take me back. There were so many deaths, not all this personal. I remember how cigarettes dulled the emotions,the bedsides and the funerals. That blinking light got me. ALways say "I love you" too much, always.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-20127175893281062702015-02-13T19:18:42.161-08:002015-02-13T19:18:42.161-08:00Agree with the comments above--so sad because of t...Agree with the comments above--so sad because of the content, but also sad because of your matter-of-fact and poignant presentation--really well done. Memorable. Thanks. k. Outlawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698845661756444061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-43187877191795640222015-02-13T16:17:22.576-08:002015-02-13T16:17:22.576-08:00Sometimes a poem touches me deep--this is one of t...Sometimes a poem touches me deep--this is one of those times. Excellent writing.Jennifer Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344877737695801883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-22076762586025392412015-02-13T15:54:58.244-08:002015-02-13T15:54:58.244-08:00What a gripping, well-written poem.
Brilliantine ...What a gripping, well-written poem. <br />Brilliantine on black. <br />I'm quite enamored of that.Camillanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-37924678784333923692015-02-13T12:57:42.201-08:002015-02-13T12:57:42.201-08:00One of those poems that changes the reader, that s...One of those poems that changes the reader, that shifts paradigms and makes us bleed for the irony and the cruelty of life. Very fine writing.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-8095997428752834842015-02-13T11:25:37.945-08:002015-02-13T11:25:37.945-08:00Powerful...heart rending. Powerful...heart rending. Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-23763550787326206082015-02-13T09:40:08.112-08:002015-02-13T09:40:08.112-08:00Gosh! this was touching, beautiful and yet so rive...Gosh! this was touching, beautiful and yet so riveting!<br />Ruchira Khannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785488638308126879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-26732281732757935332015-02-13T08:48:43.340-08:002015-02-13T08:48:43.340-08:00This is so beautiful and so, so moving.This is so beautiful and so, so moving.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-6227920064759537232015-02-13T06:56:58.275-08:002015-02-13T06:56:58.275-08:00This falls under my category of sweet melancholy.....This falls under my category of sweet melancholy...it also falls under my category of beautiful. The Daily Double for you today, my friend.Sunday Reflections or Stumbling Towards Happiness by Bill Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14386915361062607299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-48086747222956172812015-02-13T06:50:49.898-08:002015-02-13T06:50:49.898-08:00Those last four lines are soft, understated, and k...Those last four lines are soft, understated, and killer.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-85537035561325455492015-02-13T06:23:46.717-08:002015-02-13T06:23:46.717-08:00oh, ping to the heart...not only the closing of th...oh, ping to the heart...not only the closing of the eyes to each other...<br />but the even more permanent loss of death...like an exclamation point<br />on the feeling...well written audrey....Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-51313742471445085612015-02-13T05:42:12.661-08:002015-02-13T05:42:12.661-08:00Your poem makes me think of all the heart-breaking...Your poem makes me think of all the heart-breaking stories people carry inside them.. each so specific to his or her own experience and yet universal enough to bring tears to a listeners eye. This is amazing.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-90806399995932026992015-02-13T02:49:10.468-08:002015-02-13T02:49:10.468-08:00i feel the tenderness in your heart wrenching piec...i feel the tenderness in your heart wrenching piece<br /><br />happy Valentines 2015<br /><br />much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-45370557412480496252015-02-12T23:53:49.718-08:002015-02-12T23:53:49.718-08:00What a stunning poetry to that terrible time (that...What a stunning poetry to that terrible time (that seem to be forgotten) -- so stained with shame, yet now it seems forgotten...this got my heart beat for the loss.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651312592919282436.post-85705450540119491722015-02-12T21:55:03.502-08:002015-02-12T21:55:03.502-08:00A heartrending story of a poem, Audrey. Kerry'...A heartrending story of a poem, Audrey. Kerry's prompt has pulled forth some deep stuff. I have to wait till morning to write mine, am exhausted. This is a sad and poignant poem to say good night on........beautifully written, deeply felt.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.com