| = I’ve been looking for this word... | Ada Ionescu [20.Jul.09 10:11] |
| Skipping news, reading poetry... And "they couldn’t even give it a name"... Thank you for the bitter-sweet poem Corina. Have a nice day. Ada | |
| + That finish really does it, Corina! | John Willy Kopperud [20.Jul.09 12:02] |
| and the words "(it was rather expensive)" seem so prosaic that it understates the sore emotional content of the lines in an excellent way. Loved it! Cheers from Willy | |
| = going through.. | Corina Gina Papouis [20.Jul.09 22:55] |
| the motions of living life after losing someone is never easy[..and I don't have to guess how it really feels this time]...I thank you both for your kind appreciation.. lots of love to you both! Corina | |
| = * | Laurentiu Ion [21.Jul.09 01:15] |
| Hello, Corina! Honestly, I was waiting for such a text! This is like a space created between you and the reader. Or between your characters and us. Or between our emotions and your text. :) I found this space calming. And no matter how many times I read it I would say the same. I also liked the sensibility from the image with blades of grass waving - simply wonderful!(for this reason I will complete my motto with these verses) :) well done :) p.s. your text reminded me, in a special manner, of what T.S. Eliot said: "Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood" maybe I'm wrong about this, but it doesn't matter now, because the most important thing is the final result | |
| = fortunately, life will always go on | Simona Sumanaru [21.Jul.09 15:45] |
| when bad things happen,one kind of expects for the world to end because it would seem only fair. fortunately, life will always go on, including ours, which is, in the end, such a joy! thanks for sharing, C! I love generous writers... they give, they teach, they are there for better or for worse. that's how we are taught to commit, writer and reader included. Hug, Simona | |
| = PS | Simona Sumanaru [21.Jul.09 16:05] |
| Be strong C. and ... easy on the vitamins. They say they make the body lazy in doing its own work. :-) | |
| = :) | Corina Gina Papouis [21.Jul.09 17:04] |
| dear all, [..I feel like writing another letter now:)] I think we perfectly understand each other at gut level, especially when it comes to loss ..and this kind of text starts from 0..so one hopes that there is no lower level to go to(although, fate should never be tempted!) i really wanted to talk about the 2 forces driving grief: the pain (maybe bigger than a lot we have experienced up to that point in our life) and the will to make it further (the mixture of old and new experiences that push us forward). the strength/ the threshold is different for everyone... Laur, glad you felt it that way, the thought of a TS Eliot quote triggered by a few modest lines with my name under gives me a hell of a boost..:)thank you for your appreciation!..it goes a long way..:) Sim, many thanks for your kind thoughts, my vitamins are over the counter products and as it happens, with the swine flu and all those pandemic scares, they play a great placebo effect.:))[only human!] *..and just to clarify, the text is written a year after the loss of my Dad and yes,..it does help... thanks to you all x | |
| + missing | dan marius [22.Jul.09 16:34] |
| great work corina. sensible and bright. I will say no more. | |
| = thank you! | Corina Gina Papouis [22.Jul.09 19:24] |
| Dan, for the above, much appreciated! enjoy peace and summer! C | |
| = What could be the name of the absence? | Cãlin Sãmãrghiþan [23.Jul.09 19:33] |
| Hi Corina, glad to meet you here. That's wonderful to see The London Lady on her own poetry fields. The fearing "blades of grass" amazed me, but "waving" it's a soundless movement "in the back of the garden". The entire poem sounds to me as a secret diary unexpectedly discovered by chance. "Nothing’s changed since you left..." that's a longing replaced by the details of the day. The result is a final mysterious feeling that must have a name. The name of the absence. Congrats! | |
| + worth the price | ion a [23.Jul.09 20:44] |
| very nice, Corina, flawless construction, subdued message. particularly the final which somehow avoids all traps expected in such a poem: edulcoration, artificial pathos, etc. i think the secret is in "it was rather expensive" :) | |
| = truly draft | Marius Surleac [24.Jul.09 11:27] |
| Indeed, a poem that goes really well in the reader's crux. Also, I saw here some bukowskian influence. beautiful! | |
| = Dearest all! | Corina Gina Papouis [24.Jul.09 12:28] |
| Nothing’s changed since(...)yet everything is so overwhelming! Calin, you crossed borders to leave this beautiful and sensitive macro-analyses of the blades of grass waving in my back garden. Absence shall remain nameless. Your presence shall not.:)(!) Ion A (always wondered what A stands for in your name!:)) thanking you for your generous comment and fine observation. (that dictionary that blew the budget, that reality I wanted to hang on to!). Marius, you helped from day one with my writings, I feel I owe a lot to you, (hope I made you proud this time!:)) And as Bukowski goes, well, he is like a virus, I guess my poetry will never get rid of it... I think I would like to take this opportunity and say that without YOU, my readers on Agonia, this poem would be just another blade of thought waving in the back of my mind... Now, would you all be so kind to excuse me, I have to take my vitamins...:) C x | |
| = err | Corina Gina Papouis [24.Jul.09 12:30] |
| #got the HTML wrong at the end, sorry:) | |
| + lon | felix nicolau [30.Jul.09 17:27] |
| i really enjoyed the simplicity,the effectiveness and clear-cut image.you are a real poet in this one.more than this,i can see london life | |
| = :) | Corina Gina Papouis [31.Jul.09 00:22] |
| 'you are a real poet in this one' - I'm taking this in, it's a keeper! as for London life - that was just a tease, how long have you got? ..Sunday it is!:) Thank you! | |
| = very good theme and rendering! | mazHur [06.Sep.09 19:11] |
| very good theme and rendering! congrats. mazHur | |
| = Thank you | Corina Gina Papouis [07.Sep.09 17:58] |
| for your kind remark, glad you enjoyed it! cheers, Corina | |
| = _ | slavchyk [10.Feb.10 14:57] |
| "So every day passes, and I'm looking for words to give him the name" philosophy was first | |
| = is... | Corina Gina Papouis [10.Feb.10 15:33] |
| the 'living without him' that turned me into a philosopher in this one....:)thanks for passing by... | |