tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post1238701275696456759..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: ShadowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-79215610945110302712010-02-12T07:52:57.282-08:002010-02-12T07:52:57.282-08:00Leigh,
Yes, in a curious way I felt this one was ...Leigh,<br /><br />Yes, in a curious way I felt this one was being lent me rather than "bought" by concentrated effort on my part. In which sense it does indeed feel "floated", not only as a paper boat (say) might be, but also, perhaps, as a loan (from time) might be.<br /><br />(Hyper conscious anyway, lately, of time as something being borrowed rather than owned.)TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-4327793459735542262010-02-12T04:55:33.422-08:002010-02-12T04:55:33.422-08:00As always Tom, even when you use few words, you al...As always Tom, even when you use few words, you allow the reader to float and take different meanings..the ending here for me is a perfect example of this..https://www.blogger.com/profile/00532376301529981186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-86063876127816293852010-02-11T08:18:02.729-08:002010-02-11T08:18:02.729-08:00Otto,
I'd rather you enjoyed it than either o...Otto,<br /><br />I'd rather you enjoyed it than either of us understood it or anything.<br /><br />Thanks every time.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-29307920745769448162010-02-09T21:52:43.275-08:002010-02-09T21:52:43.275-08:00Never mind. I'm going to just enjoy it. :)Never mind. I'm going to just enjoy it. :)~otto~https://www.blogger.com/profile/08859835662556335529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-11176053562333328842010-02-09T21:45:59.129-08:002010-02-09T21:45:59.129-08:00I'm often surprised by my lack of understandin...I'm often surprised by my lack of understanding about why certain things in your poems stick out to me. Like this: "undifferentiated light." It jumped off the screen and I don't know why and don't know whether to figure it out or just enjoy it. Help.~otto~https://www.blogger.com/profile/08859835662556335529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-24518759851114640412010-02-09T07:41:30.762-08:002010-02-09T07:41:30.762-08:00Hahah ! Exactly .. exactly ..Hahah ! Exactly .. exactly ..adityahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16078144194220301083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-54493939400396569332010-02-09T07:15:41.103-08:002010-02-09T07:15:41.103-08:00Tom,
Thank you, and I look every morning to see wh...Tom,<br />Thank you, and I look every morning to see what you have sent across from that opposite/parallel side. No sun today, a moment of rain shower on roof, and now the song sparrows are starting up --<br /><br />2.9<br /><br />first grey light in cloud above blackness<br />of ridge, sound of drops falling on roof<br />in foreground, wave breaking in channel<br /><br /> constant whole section, two<br /> systems are therefore<br /><br /> motion equal to force, left<br /> side, first component<br /><br />silver of sunlight reflected in channel,<br />shadowed canyon of ridge across from itSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-81896246516710267782010-02-09T02:45:56.064-08:002010-02-09T02:45:56.064-08:00Thank you Aditya.
In our dreams perhaps we are ad...Thank you Aditya.<br /><br />In our dreams perhaps we are adrift in a life before or beyond our present life. <br /><br />In time a shadow falls over this earthly paradise.<br /><br />Alas.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-54762123628573609832010-02-09T01:52:41.585-08:002010-02-09T01:52:41.585-08:00Beautiful Tom !! Maybe .. An insight into how the ...Beautiful Tom !! Maybe .. An insight into how the surreality of dreams is re casted to reality. Certitude of the drifts being brought back to life by the very shadows every flicker of your drift shall create. Rising. And falling.<br /><br />I absolutely loved the ending. Incredibly structured !!!adityahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16078144194220301083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-73981591334243248202010-02-09T00:28:08.773-08:002010-02-09T00:28:08.773-08:00gamefaced, Princess Haiku,
A pleasure indeed to s...gamefaced, Princess Haiku,<br /><br />A pleasure indeed to share my small shadow with you.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-39030992180158375302010-02-09T00:27:19.161-08:002010-02-09T00:27:19.161-08:00Steve,
The "side the sun does not touch"...Steve,<br /><br />The "side the sun does not touch" is where I live. But always hopeful to "correspond to the opposite" with you (bringing the light of moon, sky, sun every morning).TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-22315486743482644192010-02-08T21:17:03.371-08:002010-02-08T21:17:03.371-08:00Beautiful.Beautiful.Diane Dehlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178263734982687383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-66754630710408279602010-02-08T13:35:07.232-08:002010-02-08T13:35:07.232-08:00in very few words says everything.in very few words says everything.gamefacedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16562522181852339258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-68524197604857970592010-02-08T07:25:31.907-08:002010-02-08T07:25:31.907-08:00Another 'something' as the new day begins ...Another 'something' as the new day begins -- pink, blue, red all 'noticeable' / thought, as is silver and shadowed green --<br /><br />2.8<br /><br />pink line of jet trail in pale blue sky<br />above ridge, white of moon below branch<br />in foreground, sound of wave in channel<br /><br /> corresponds to the opposite,<br /> then taken equivalent<br /><br /> side the sun does not touch,<br /> unnoticeable, thought<br /><br />silver of sunlight reflected in channel,<br />shadowed green slope of ridge across itSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-50252753249993342532010-02-07T22:39:25.659-08:002010-02-07T22:39:25.659-08:00As a long day closes, these lovely words from frie...As a long day closes, these lovely words from friends leave ripples that animate the shadows...TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-29248730226474619682010-02-07T14:14:40.419-08:002010-02-07T14:14:40.419-08:00Thoughts of you and Keats today. After returning ...Thoughts of you and Keats today. After returning to The Eve of St. Agnes I found your poem-meaning read through contrast and light as verbal sign.Melissanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-10187149844242647232010-02-07T14:13:12.532-08:002010-02-07T14:13:12.532-08:00Ah... the sweet shelter of the womb... The place w...Ah... the sweet shelter of the womb... The place we all want to go back to when we feel afraid or exhausted... Paradise before Earth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-21276725530541844762010-02-07T13:05:55.449-08:002010-02-07T13:05:55.449-08:00The amniotic water
is meant to be spilled
under t...The amniotic water<br />is meant to be spilled<br /><br />under the microscope<br />it fernsElmo St. Rosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-81858319541565766112010-02-07T07:34:47.950-08:002010-02-07T07:34:47.950-08:00Tom,
pleasure to find this, and the resonances wit...Tom,<br />pleasure to find this, and the resonances within to this --<br /><br />2.7<br /><br />first grey light in sky above still black<br />ridge, white curve of moon beside leaves<br />in foreground, sound of wave in channel<br /><br /> elusive, appearance a thing<br /> perception would have<br /><br /> part from painting, however<br /> equally clear, method<br /><br />grey-white clouds reflected in channel,<br />shadowed green of ridge across from itSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.com