Comments on: The Quickening https://www.vianegativa.us/2007/03/the-quickening/ Purveyors of fine poetry since 2003. Thu, 26 May 2011 16:38:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jim Kaliss https://www.vianegativa.us/2007/03/the-quickening/#comment-4074 Thu, 26 May 2011 16:38:35 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/03/28/the-quickening/#comment-4074 I enjoyed this poem, having come across the site by accident. When I saw this image in the film “Cave of Forgotten Dreams,” it reminded me of hearing anthropologist Raymond Dart speak of how important the color red was for humans in this time period–they had a real visual hunger for it, and travelled long and dug deep to obtain the mineral for the color.

]]> By: Dave https://www.vianegativa.us/2007/03/the-quickening/#comment-4073 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:04:25 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/03/28/the-quickening/#comment-4073 Fred – You really do live in a meat-lover’s paradise, don’t you? (Though having just made venison burgers for dinner, I have to admit I don’t have it too bad, either.)

michelle – Thanks! And thanks for stopping by.

]]> By: michelle https://www.vianegativa.us/2007/03/the-quickening/#comment-4072 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:29:12 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/03/28/the-quickening/#comment-4072 Well, this poem took my breath away. Lovely.

]]> By: Fred Garber https://www.vianegativa.us/2007/03/the-quickening/#comment-4071 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:57:49 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/03/28/the-quickening/#comment-4071 “It begins to dance”…..I like an ending that is a beginning. And I also like buffalo flesh. About a half mile from here is a butcher shop that among other fleshly delights sells buffalo meat. Natural, organic and all that stuff. All this buffalo talk is making me hungry!

]]> By: Dave https://www.vianegativa.us/2007/03/the-quickening/#comment-4070 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:13:52 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/03/28/the-quickening/#comment-4070 Teju, marly – Good points.

marja-leena – Glad you liked.

]]> By: marly https://www.vianegativa.us/2007/03/the-quickening/#comment-4069 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:18:00 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/03/28/the-quickening/#comment-4069 Perhaps the second thing Teju says is the reason behind the first…

You are in qarrtsiluni “Ekphrasis” mode, Dave, only you have involved a great chasm of time.

]]> By: marja-leena https://www.vianegativa.us/2007/03/the-quickening/#comment-4068 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:42:45 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/03/28/the-quickening/#comment-4068 Oh, a surprise! This is marvellous, Dave! I’m honoured that my passion for cave art is matched by these compelling words.

]]> By: Teju https://www.vianegativa.us/2007/03/the-quickening/#comment-4067 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:10:37 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/03/28/the-quickening/#comment-4067 Two things: I love the way this little poem revises itself as it goes along. And I feel acutely–whenever cave art is mentioned–what they (our forebears) knew and we don’t.

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