Out On A Limb: ...

Friday, 17 August 2007

caught -
in the middle of a breath

waiting -
to be exhaled

Anonymous said...: very nice.; 17 August 2007 at 21:37
who? said...: richard! :P

I don't know why you like the stuff that I write. But I love it!

this is exactly how I've been feeling for some time now. Was wondering if it would make sense to somebody outside of me or not :)

Thanks.

P.S. Was re-reading your 11 page 'letter' to me on your favourite authors :) I want to read On The Road. Will be on a lookout.; 17 August 2007 at 21:48
Anonymous said...: i like this one because it's thoughtful, evocotive, and compressed. all the things poetry should be - how about that?; 18 August 2007 at 05:58
Anonymous said...: oh, and it looks elegant on the page...; 18 August 2007 at 12:34
who? said...: - thoughtful
- evocative
- compressed
- AND elegant

:) thanks for the kindness, though I do declare I didn't have a hand in the last! Blogger turned it into elegance :D

and compressed thing - it made realize, I've always been impatient with "too much". it's so much... more powerful when it's been pared down, stripped to its essentials.

however, like i always think - i have a long way to go before i can dream of being a poet/writer like david whyte or mary oliver.

p.s. i have been experimenting with the stream-of-consciousness kind of thing you mentioned earlier. will e-mail you about that sometime. love ya, old G. :); 19 August 2007 at 01:13