Comments on: Red letters

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:57:55 +0000

I don’t think it’s the same comment at all. But thanks in any case, and stay tuned. I believe we may be broadening this venture soon.

By: patry francis

patry francis — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:24:44 +0000

Jeez, just went back and saw that Peter left almost the same comment. I didn’t plagiarize, honest I didn’t!

By: patry francis

patry francis — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:23:40 +0000

Cool idea. Makes poetry feel easier, a natural form of communication between humans.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:31:13 +0000

Natalie - See my post from last year, Tastes Like Chicken. christine - Interesting comment, considering the subject of Dana's poem in response. bev - We get a lot of balloons up here, and sometimes the messages on them strike me as funny in the same way - like ironic messages from on high. Especially when they say things like "congratulations on your retirement" or "happy birthday." CGP - Cool. Yeah, I struggled for a way to describe the weird recurved abdomens of rove beetles, but in the end I thought the poem was getting too overloaded so I left that out. Jo - Thanks. It's interesting to hear the range of reactions that photo provokes! Andre - Hey, thanks for stopping by. (And for getting to Dana to start blogging back in 2005 - she told me about that.) Peter - It will be interesting to see. For one thing, I expect that it will give me more practice in writing poetry in the past tense.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:16:04 +0000

What *is* chicken mushroom?? It looks like pizza growing on a tree. Amazing.What does it taste like?

I like the poem and the project.

By: christine

christine — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:06:03 +0000

Wonderful poem and photo. I like the idea of a letter poem. Often, if I can’t fall asleep, I write imaginary letters in my head to different people I know. It’s nice to think about someone specific when you write, someone who you know would be enthralled by your words.

By: bev

bev — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:23:32 +0000

Beautiful photos of the fungi and moisture.
Enjoyed the poem.
The part about the “Thank you” reminded me of finding one of those “thank you” stickers (the ones they put on large objects at the check-outs of grocery stores) on the snow in the lane here at the farm on a very bad day. I gave the “thank you” an Elvis voice (Thank you, thank you very much) and it made me laugh right when I most needed that to happen.

By: Crafty Green Poet

Crafty Green Poet — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:35:22 +0000

I really enjoyed the last stanza. It’s a magnificent fungus. i saw ain interesting rove beetle yesterday – nice co-incidence one popping up in your poem!

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:14:18 +0000

Brilliant poem. Really, brilliant…..though those fungi are giving me the shivers. I like the idea here too.

By: Andre

Andre — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:55:55 +0000

I should probably be commenting on the poem and/or the concept of corresponding to others in that form, but I’m too fixated on that gorgeous mushroom.