Comments on: Charm

By: bev

bev — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:36:57 +0000

I really like this piece. Rather haunting and immediate. I like the line, “A day later, it sits hard and shriveled like a dead ear atop my computer monitor.” Reminds me of how so many objects from nature seem once they are removed from their habitat. They change and seem to die or lose their essence. That’s one of the reasons I don’t bring things home too much anymore.

By: christine

christine — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:14:03 +0000

Beautiful. The whole poem is reminiscent of dream logic, even before the part about the dream. Wonderful descriptions.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:22:52 +0000

Thanks. Happy Googling!

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:22:22 +0000

Well, I left it to the reader to decide, so I have no problem with that interpretation.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:21:02 +0000

You have to go out in the woods on a dark night without a flashlight. There are over 30 species of bioluminescent fungi worldwide; it’s not especially uncommon.

By: beth

beth — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:56:23 +0000

I like this one too, Dave, and feel envious – I’ve never seen foxfire.

By: dale

dale — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:01:46 +0000

Yeah, I’m sure I’ve written the blog post I wrote today several times before. I just hope it’s getting better.

I was taking it that the foxfire was rewarding you for your discretion by taking an impending sickness and putting it in the dream country instead of the waking country. But I’m kinda corny like that — that would be more of a Dale conceit than a Bonta one :-)

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:09:29 +0000

I’ll chime in with everyone else… I love your opening line.

*off to Google foxfire*

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:48:36 +0000

Thanks, Dave. I haven’t decided whether the prose and the poem really belong together, but I’m pleased with how each turned out.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:45:38 +0000

I know it now. I found it on the Google.

Yeah, Japanese fox lore is interesting. Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “foxy lady.” But then Inari, the god of rice and prosperity, also has a fox avatar.

Thanks for the comment. I hope you post your prose poem soon — I look forward to reading it.