tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post2474744506156081490..comments2024-01-02T17:11:24.498-07:00Comments on Catnip: ALL THE BOOGEYMEN AND THE GODDESSES ARE GONETimoteohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-81901173052447705922018-11-06T23:50:42.843-07:002018-11-06T23:50:42.843-07:00And then there's the middle path, which is kin...And then there's the middle path, which is kind of a Buddhist thing,also figured into this.Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-32293161839102891352018-11-06T23:48:28.783-07:002018-11-06T23:48:28.783-07:00Oh, but you're really good at it. Thanks!Oh, but you're really good at it. Thanks!Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-54327736556264170102018-11-06T15:40:52.184-07:002018-11-06T15:40:52.184-07:00Very thought provoking. I interpret it as a metaph...Very thought provoking. I interpret it as a metaphor for life. Beginnings are good... endings are not.Middles are only middles because an ending is on the horizon and I should really go and have a cup of tea because it is far too early for me to engage in a philosophical discussion:) I enjoyed this poem a lot.Cressida de Novahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781684841036567770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-35753929049716393952018-11-06T12:05:24.444-07:002018-11-06T12:05:24.444-07:00I hear ya...meeting in the middle is always a fair...I hear ya...meeting in the middle is always a fair and lovely compromise. Carrie Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715648073882529202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-3583284164254916912018-11-06T10:45:21.921-07:002018-11-06T10:45:21.921-07:00This is even better on the second read. I always ...This is even better on the second read. I always turn into fog in the fall. I become shape shifter extraordinare.tonispencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200564195675794747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-38180780248080213252018-11-05T14:46:45.102-07:002018-11-05T14:46:45.102-07:00Very nice, my friend.
here's a haiku
I'm ...Very nice, my friend.<br /><br />here's a haiku<br />I'm writing to you<br />lost my pencilTimoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-51035799461333459192018-11-05T14:42:35.144-07:002018-11-05T14:42:35.144-07:00When you've already deduced the ending, you ca...When you've already deduced the ending, you can get up and leave the theater. Who needs that extra drama, eh Sherry?Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-89177485921826526902018-11-05T13:47:48.499-07:002018-11-05T13:47:48.499-07:00Better to huddle in da middle … c.Better to huddle in da middle … c.^.^https://www.blogger.com/profile/17422876955246850636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-54765756771817485092018-11-05T07:15:37.427-07:002018-11-05T07:15:37.427-07:00__ To the last word. _m
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we write to ...__ To the last word. _m<br /><br />page to page<br />we write to improve our heart<br />the last wordMagyarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834296565844877410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-32390727265931337202018-11-04T07:29:48.242-07:002018-11-04T07:29:48.242-07:00Sigh. "All I missed was the ending." I m...Sigh. "All I missed was the ending." I missed a few of those myself. "Blackbird" is singing in my head right now.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-45970020418509141512018-11-02T12:29:49.220-07:002018-11-02T12:29:49.220-07:00Many actors completely lose themselves in the char...Many actors completely lose themselves in the character. They go from being a real person to being a fictional character. That's when fiction becomes real, so who's to say what's what?Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-1888678029168837022018-11-02T12:22:14.975-07:002018-11-02T12:22:14.975-07:00Thank you, Toni. I hope you've shifted gears s...Thank you, Toni. I hope you've shifted gears successfully.Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-1902595717792216392018-11-02T12:20:40.665-07:002018-11-02T12:20:40.665-07:00I admire anyone who can write a story that short. ...I admire anyone who can write a story that short. The novelist always struggles with what to leave in and leave out, but six words takes that to the extreme--lolTimoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-80818013734594764182018-11-02T12:17:47.876-07:002018-11-02T12:17:47.876-07:00Better to bring up the rear in that case :)Better to bring up the rear in that case :)Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-31527783617391596112018-11-02T08:02:24.514-07:002018-11-02T08:02:24.514-07:00It's always safer and warmer in the middle, is...It's always safer and warmer in the middle, isn't it? … unless it's a fight or a war of course. Love, cat.^.^https://www.blogger.com/profile/17422876955246850636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-56798241855133312572018-11-01T21:51:47.253-07:002018-11-01T21:51:47.253-07:00That's the think about poetry. It's suspen...That's the think about poetry. It's suspended in time. But we're not so lucky.Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-27736627434086697002018-11-01T21:50:30.233-07:002018-11-01T21:50:30.233-07:00Nicely stated, Sanaa. Thank you!Nicely stated, Sanaa. Thank you!Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-80311084408121253532018-11-01T16:58:58.136-07:002018-11-01T16:58:58.136-07:00Nice. I concur with opening poetry books in the m...Nice. I concur with opening poetry books in the middle first, and as for actors, I wonder if they forget who they were before the scripts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13134589375016804713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-48558733858130535622018-11-01T15:25:42.692-07:002018-11-01T15:25:42.692-07:00I lke the tone in this, the way the people change ...I lke the tone in this, the way the people change from real people to actors back to real people. Most apt in this shape shifting season of the year.tonispencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200564195675794747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-18521514500166855522018-11-01T15:14:07.553-07:002018-11-01T15:14:07.553-07:00Life itself is a work in motion, ever forward, and...Life itself is a work in motion, ever forward, and we all know the ending--either dirt nap nothingness or perpetual motion soul dancing. Yet I applaud your flip-off of convention. I used to do 6 word stories on Twitter, only the juicy middles of things; it was interesting to let the imagination compose the back story and destination.Glenn Buttkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-57636819312725333082018-11-01T15:05:04.278-07:002018-11-01T15:05:04.278-07:00This hits hard and true: neither they
nor their cr...This hits hard and true: neither they<br />nor their creators have aged...<br />only me...old and unimproved.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-53845755636280114292018-11-01T14:57:02.602-07:002018-11-01T14:57:02.602-07:00I sometimes wonder is there really a beginning or ...I sometimes wonder is there really a beginning or an end to a poem? Do we really see into its depth and meaning? Our words however perfect or imperfect they may be possess a part of our mind and heart, no matter how many years may pass.. the emotion is always as fresh as it was before. ❤️ A heart-stirring write Timoteo!Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-83753560861355366432018-11-01T14:55:12.485-07:002018-11-01T14:55:12.485-07:00Still, there was an ending wasn't there? Can&#...Still, there was an ending wasn't there? Can't really avoid them, but this is a poem about how hard we may try.Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-5143076614199455712018-11-01T14:52:40.077-07:002018-11-01T14:52:40.077-07:00We've a lot n common, Kim. Thanks so much!We've a lot n common, Kim. Thanks so much!Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-46403635716265054562018-11-01T14:46:37.959-07:002018-11-01T14:46:37.959-07:00I like the ending--and how you may have missed it....I like the ending--and how you may have missed it.Frank Hubenyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058591172624203875noreply@blogger.com