tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513996779520996885.post2056050336640697219..comments2023-06-21T08:32:31.823-03:00Comments on An exercise on existing: Get on your bike sonKenia Santoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12893148474912410033noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513996779520996885.post-36923524174892580562016-03-09T16:59:36.638-03:002016-03-09T16:59:36.638-03:00An excellent poem. @poemblaze Hope you are well. :...An excellent poem. @poemblaze Hope you are well. :)Matthew Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01458269895642460987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513996779520996885.post-67224636145235922602014-02-22T23:56:27.190-03:002014-02-22T23:56:27.190-03:00First, the sound play in your closing with the pai...First, the sound play in your closing with the pairing of fire and hour works really well.<br /><br />The topic is a hard one...after viewing the image it leaves one with a shadow and an empty absent of human-life feeling...haunting that uninhabited bike.<br /><br />Great write and challenge, Kenia.<br /><br />Sorry it took me so long to get to you...thank you! Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513996779520996885.post-19985953967816760562014-02-21T10:32:16.609-03:002014-02-21T10:32:16.609-03:00The truth about the Dystopian world is that we are...The truth about the Dystopian world is that we are already living in it and so are all the little boys and girls we bring into the world. Your poem did not strike me as sarcastic but as making a very strong statement about the fragility of life in a war zone.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513996779520996885.post-4700542099924312592014-02-21T07:25:37.128-03:002014-02-21T07:25:37.128-03:00a striking juxtaposition here - well donea striking juxtaposition here - well doneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15220312888756354357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513996779520996885.post-51620993096321130302014-02-21T01:52:03.025-03:002014-02-21T01:52:03.025-03:00I saw a translation today of a twitter feed coming...I saw a translation today of a twitter feed coming from Kiev. Terrible. You've captured the black-boot voice so well. ~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513996779520996885.post-28159058877743648262014-02-20T18:17:46.402-03:002014-02-20T18:17:46.402-03:00It's always the children who pay the most in a...It's always the children who pay the most in a time of upheaval.<br />A wonderful write, Kenia. Sad, so sad...but so well done.<br />KKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513996779520996885.post-62403851335157312672014-02-20T17:57:33.497-03:002014-02-20T17:57:33.497-03:00
Stark and powerful depiction of the senseless vio...<br />Stark and powerful depiction of the senseless violence the people of Ukraine are unwittingly caught up in. Some of the footage I’ve seen looks truly apocalyptic. It seems that the inhabitants have the misfortune of living in the sites of a pipeline. <br /><br />Thank you so much for the challenge<br />gabriellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14488809730387509552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513996779520996885.post-5766599320639453972014-02-20T17:05:25.751-03:002014-02-20T17:05:25.751-03:00Hope 'The future won't be written
in the d...Hope 'The future won't be written<br />in the dark, small hours.' ~ Blessings! xx<br />humbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106270909713851811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513996779520996885.post-91159335178152452892014-02-20T12:34:08.806-03:002014-02-20T12:34:08.806-03:00Very direct, and all the more chilling for its sim...Very direct, and all the more chilling for its simplicity. Thanks so much for the challenge, Kenia.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513996779520996885.post-63513950507397144272014-02-20T11:19:39.104-03:002014-02-20T11:19:39.104-03:00All I could think of is Ring Around the Roses-so s...All I could think of is Ring Around the Roses-so sad and horrific. You weaved the insanity of it all with the way the mind always looks for the routine. It felt so real...<br /><br />It is tragic and horrible...this whole mess!Ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513996779520996885.post-29192469133246322592014-02-20T06:57:15.270-03:002014-02-20T06:57:15.270-03:00Whew. Would they go and get sleep in the Ukraine ...Whew. Would they go and get sleep in the Ukraine and Ireland and many other places in the USA, Asia, Africa, etc, etc. God, let them be children through many more nights.<br />Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513996779520996885.post-58037767826370365472014-02-20T02:03:02.361-03:002014-02-20T02:03:02.361-03:00It reads like a horrific nursery rhyme....It is po...It reads like a horrific nursery rhyme....It is powerful and reflects the horror of Kiev. Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513996779520996885.post-3832820388343482882014-02-20T01:47:16.180-03:002014-02-20T01:47:16.180-03:00This is quite grand ... All the more impactful kno...This is quite grand ... All the more impactful knowing your inspiration.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.com