BRILLAINT .. and BEAUTIFUL .. and please, don't change a word, not a word! Everyone should read this, there's adventure and optimism, work, want, life and lingering beauty in it. At the end, i was near to tears, laughing, near cheering.
BRILLIANT!
(plus the way it's blocked, the phrasing, the lack of excess makes for more than fine writing.
thanks, Emma, I think you were one fo the few to pick up that this was not really about "just" plant.. read morethanks, Emma, I think you were one fo the few to pick up that this was not really about "just" planting a garden. It is not the wording I want to change, but the justification. This piece wants to be written as a wall, and I was even trying to get it written on perspective, which I could do in Word (though I could not get justification to work in any format), but could not translate here. Might try later today when I get some down time here in the States.
The writing is excellent. A fine example to all would-be writers of the language.
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The whole piece reminded me of the founding of Findhorn in Scotland. Almost exactly the same. Another battlefield.
ATB
Alex.
Posted 10 Years Ago
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10 Years Ago
Thanks, cartera. It is ironic to me that people waste so much of their lives looking for meaning. "I.. read moreThanks, cartera. It is ironic to me that people waste so much of their lives looking for meaning. "If only there were something that I could do." Every neighborhood has its battlefields.
I believe every part of the Earth has been a "Gulag" at one point or another ..."blood" indeed, change doesn't come cheap.
Posted 11 Years Ago
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10 Years Ago
You are absolutely correct in that, Chris. It never came cheap, and I fear that the price is getting.. read moreYou are absolutely correct in that, Chris. It never came cheap, and I fear that the price is getting higher all of the time. What scares me most is the large number of young people, our future leaders, who believe that we either cannot afford it all, or who do not understand why evolution is necessary. Information overload leads to moral paralysis?
i don' t know why, but the last line hit me like a thunderbolt. it actually brought tears to my eyes and a catch in my throat. i can't think of anything more noble than bringing butterflies to battlefields. beauty to rubble. gardens to concrete and parched earth.
hard work to be sure, but so worth while. this is one of those rare stories that is both true and a parable. it works so well on both levels. i agree with emma. this is simply brilliant.
Thanks, bob. I actually meant this more as parable, in honor of the amazing people I work with. But .. read moreThanks, bob. I actually meant this more as parable, in honor of the amazing people I work with. But literally there is much to take away as well. Here's to hoping one day everyone will hunger for planting gardens. Peace be with you.
This is beautiful work. I loved the intelligent and sentimental semantics projected here...it's damned difficult to write a "feeling" and bring that feeling off the page and back to life in the heart and mind of a reader but I think you do that with easy grace here and eloquence. Bravo and encore!
Thank you, Fabian. Nice to see you here again. I am very happy that the enotions in this spoke to yo.. read moreThank you, Fabian. Nice to see you here again. I am very happy that the enotions in this spoke to you... it was meant to be a larger than life piece.
11 Years Ago
It was. It was fabulous...and added to my favorites... ;o)
This took my breath away in more ways than one....there was so much to see, to feel, the end, oh my I didn't see that coming....once again you amaze me!!!
I don't think you should tinker too much, really. This was just natural, deep and poignant storytelling. It's my favorite type of poetry, a prose style, like when you've had a few glasses of wine or beer and lean over the table and every one gets quiet ... because they know you have something important to share. They don't get more meaningful than this, Raquelita. Excellent piece.
Thank you, Diego. Although I do not drink [a disappointment to many I am sure], I have seen this sam.. read moreThank you, Diego. Although I do not drink [a disappointment to many I am sure], I have seen this same effect around the glowing embers of a campfire late into the night, under the Milky Way, when the quietest member of the group finally starts speaking about all he has heard through the night. It is not the wording I want to work with, but the formatting. This piece wants to be justified on the page, I think. Wall-like, maybe even with perspective.
11 Years Ago
Yes, the campfire. It is where the best stories can be heard. As for your piece above, I gave it ano.. read moreYes, the campfire. It is where the best stories can be heard. As for your piece above, I gave it another read. And the poem for me still hit all the right notes. Emotive... There is something about this form of prose poetry that for me is the most natural, way to convey a sentiment. The poets James Wright and Robert Bly, come to mind. There was also another piece you wrote, one of the first I read of yours. The homage to your old friend; the big gentle bear of a man. Forgive me but I forget the title. That piece is another great example of the prose poem. I shall have to revisit it...
11 Years Ago
We should make it a point to have a campfire some day, my dear friend.
Bilingual (English and Spanish) poet, essayist, novelist, grant writer, editor, and technical writer working in Central America.
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