Comments on: Tree of Knowledge https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/02/tree-of-knowledge/ Purveyors of fine poetry since 2003. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:00:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Robb https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/02/tree-of-knowledge/#comment-10065 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:00:25 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=3899#comment-10065 Kia ora Dave,
I have been enjoying these recent poems seemingly centered around trees, great words and great photos.
Cheers,
Robb

]]> By: Dave https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/02/tree-of-knowledge/#comment-10064 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:57:11 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=3899#comment-10064 Thanks, all. Maybe the lesson here from my forced blog fast is that I need to spend a little more time with poems before hitting the Publish button…

]]> By: carolee https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/02/tree-of-knowledge/#comment-10063 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:42:46 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=3899#comment-10063 the words in this are so delicious: tantalizing, bifurcating, paradise, pasture, woodlot. so much to see.

and i love the first stanza, that it announces what it’s going to tell us, and that it’s so intriguing.

]]> By: tammy https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/02/tree-of-knowledge/#comment-10062 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:52:43 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=3899#comment-10062 The picture is like a surrealist painting and I love your poem response! “dishy” – what an interesting adjective (yes, I agree with Beth)! Like Peter I have read this poem several times now…..

]]> By: Theriomorph https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/02/tree-of-knowledge/#comment-10061 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:44:22 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=3899#comment-10061 I love this.

]]> By: Deb https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/02/tree-of-knowledge/#comment-10060 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:49:10 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=3899#comment-10060 I’m sorry about your site problems, for missing your festival deadline.

But… this poem is wonderful. I like specific lines /words as others have said, but I like the idea too (well maybe not like, but am riveted by): transformation of living to replicating communicators, from living forests to tools. Using stinkhorns! (how great is that as a metaphor and simile?) Using the mirror to symbolize dished. Great.

(A loss to the festival.)

]]> By: beth https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/02/tree-of-knowledge/#comment-10059 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:24:31 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=3899#comment-10059 Terrific poem, Dave. Like Peter, I especially liked the trembling neurons – but also your bifurcatng gods. And the word “dishy”. Congrats.

]]> By: christine https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/02/tree-of-knowledge/#comment-10058 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:38:26 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=3899#comment-10058 You’ve dived into the image and drawn out a lovely poem, Dave. Nice, how you relate the evolution of a human to the ways of a tree.

]]> By: Dave https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/02/tree-of-knowledge/#comment-10057 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:28:29 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=3899#comment-10057 Thanks, Peter. Since the site was down, I had three days to work on it, but that didn’t make it any easier – my next-to-last draft still stank pretty badly. So I was kind of surprised at how well it turned out, and I’m glad the images resonated with you. (This was supposed to be my Festival of the Trees post, but I missed the deadline.)

]]> By: Peter https://www.vianegativa.us/2009/02/tree-of-knowledge/#comment-10056 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:07:35 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=3899#comment-10056 I enjoy reading this one over and over. Every stanza strong, but my favorites are #3 and #5. #3 especially, with its “trembling neurons sifting the wind for sparrows.” One of your finest poems yet, I think.

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