Comments on: Notes from the dead time

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:18:32 +0000

Well, “100th” might have been a slight exaggeration, but certainly I’ve read it dozens of times. I’m glad my mention prompted you to look it up. Thanks too for the thumbs-up on my own poems.

By: Rebecca Clayton

Rebecca Clayton — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:25:09 +0000

Thanks for mentioning Richard Shelton–I was curious about any poetry book you might have read 100 times. I found a few of his poems online, and now I’m going to bother my librarian for interlibrary loan.

I’ve been enjoying your series of poems on tools and…stuff.

By: Gina Marie

Gina Marie — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:19:48 +0000

Not sure why the trackback didn’t appear from my post. Here’s the video footage, Dave: http://poeticallychallanged.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/why-its-great-to-live-on-the-hillside/

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:56:21 +0000

Thanks, Natalie! (I’ve been enjoying the autobio lately, too.)

By: Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:39:38 +0000

Dave, it seems very wise of nature to give you this front row seat at her show so that you can attentively observe and write about it for us. She knows when she’s got a great reviewer, an excellent PR and devoted fan capable of inspiring others. Bravo nature and Dave.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:59:18 +0000

Gina – I’d like to see that footage – sounds like a good show! This is of course old hat to folks from out West – but we get it virtually worry-free, since lightning-sparked fires rarely burn far. AND we get it with fireflies! Our biodiversity beats their scenery every time, as far as I’m concerned.

It’s funny how writing that line actually made me self-conscious about my writing, worrying about redundancies and whatnot.

Dana – Thanks. I’m thinking I should’ve said “squat” rather than “crouch,” though. But I’ve already exceeded my arbitrary, self-imposed limit of five edits per post.

By: Dana

Dana — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:54:11 +0000

Oh my golly, this writing is sooooo good. I want to comment on the exquisite parts, but it’s all exquisite.

“Wild blueberries are definitely worth a painful descent.”

That’s my favorite bit.

By: Gina Marie

Gina Marie — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:08:19 +0000

Sounds amazing. Really. I am jealous of your continuous encounters with nature in PH. Your story of the storm reminded me that Thursday night, we sat on our driveway watching a lighting storm roll in. We live above the valley that the town of Bellefonte lies in, and so have a good view of the town itself and the hills perched behind it. I actually did get some footage, but it’s definitely best experienced live. I’ve never actually sat and watched a storm move across the sky, and so it was quite remarkable to watch the lighting strike cloud to cloud and then occasionally touch down. I imagine it would be very cool to see that from where you were.

My favorite line from this post: like some sort of hyper-self-conscious poet.