tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post3233709984634633317..comments2024-01-02T17:11:24.498-07:00Comments on Catnip: MAN IN THE BOXTimoteohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-64263789728202847992010-07-08T13:08:16.109-07:002010-07-08T13:08:16.109-07:00PATTIKEN,
Comment much appreciated--thanks for sto...PATTIKEN,<br />Comment much appreciated--thanks for stopping by!Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-49492413209731856962010-07-08T12:00:27.620-07:002010-07-08T12:00:27.620-07:00This is so good. "Rush hour finds me back on ...This is so good. "Rush hour finds me back on the road to nowhere--one of the multitude of morose or comatose..."<br /><br />I have been among them, as has just about everyone I know. The urge to chuck it all and bolt is not an unfamiliar one. But never with the man in the box. Guiltily, I admit to being one of those who look away.PattiKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894925987580502697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-87250202984986317852010-07-08T11:18:40.064-07:002010-07-08T11:18:40.064-07:00BRIAN,
Thanks so much for stopping by! (Yes, if t...BRIAN, <br />Thanks so much for stopping by! (Yes, if there is one great truth, it's that everything in this world is a trade-off...)Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-8785023496195024232010-07-08T10:31:38.161-07:002010-07-08T10:31:38.161-07:00I will, Tim, happily :)I will, Tim, happily :)TheChicGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10781656678543589662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-64877725032168337202010-07-08T10:02:27.703-07:002010-07-08T10:02:27.703-07:00thanks for linking up to oneshot....i enjoyed this...thanks for linking up to oneshot....i enjoyed this contemplation greatly...i have quite the heart for the man in the box as i always figured i was one decision away from being him...and that freedom he has to flip that lid comes at a price, he has no job to pay...nicely done timeteo...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-88133219879587538122010-07-08T09:37:21.121-07:002010-07-08T09:37:21.121-07:00LINDA,
WOW...what an insightful comment...love you...LINDA,<br />WOW...what an insightful comment...love your metaphor of the box on wheels! (Who says you don't GET my poetry?)Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-56601535951479278792010-07-08T09:15:44.571-07:002010-07-08T09:15:44.571-07:00Tim, I like this very much. To me it seems pertin...Tim, I like this very much. To me it seems pertinent to our tough economic times. I like the juxtaposition of the two men, especially the one in a box on wheels, on his way to another box at work, and perhaps yearning for the freedom of the other while at the same time fearful that it could be him but for the luck of the draw?Wander to the Waysidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14056931538024315352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-49835288182169023192010-07-04T15:19:37.185-07:002010-07-04T15:19:37.185-07:00LORRAINE,
Thanks my dear--somehow a poem on the na...LORRAINE,<br />Thanks my dear--somehow a poem on the nature of freedom seemed appropriate to put up for the 4th of July.<br /><br />KELLY,<br />If I do put my stuff into a book, I will come to you to write a testimonial on the back cover for me! LOL<br /><br />In a certain sense, all roads lead to nowhere...Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-31974821439064007582010-07-04T10:35:47.650-07:002010-07-04T10:35:47.650-07:00You caught me and I've caught you writing bril...You caught me and I've caught you writing brilliant prose again! HA! LOL :))<br />Happy 4th of July, Tim :)<br /><br />I especially love this part: "A man in a cardboard box<br />needs only to flip his lid<br />to observe the stars,<br />while I, who gave up reaching for them<br />ages ago, try to comprehend the difference<br />between his heaven and mine,<br />knowing that truth is like the sun--<br />not everyone sees the light at the same time."<br /><br />Sometimes when we have lost all, we see more clearly, don't we. The juxtaposition of the average Joe in the mass of "rush hour traffic on the road to nowhere" and the "Man in the Box" is truly brilliant!<br /><br />Tim, you really must put your words into a book. I believe it will be a Bestseller...truly and honestly, I believe it.<br />Happy 4th *** <br />Just leaving you a few shining stars to reach for :)<br />Hugs and Kisses,<br />KellyTheChicGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10781656678543589662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-76675399332855556252010-07-04T04:29:26.763-07:002010-07-04T04:29:26.763-07:00'not everyone sees the light at the same time....'not everyone sees the light at the same time.'<br />same pain, different times...I love this!Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14667955555940467301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-19210168656231924892009-06-12T19:28:06.157-07:002009-06-12T19:28:06.157-07:00M,
Thanks for the feedback. Now that I look at it,...M,<br />Thanks for the feedback. Now that I look at it, you may be right! Perhaps subconsciously I wrote it to be read in public, which I have done a few times with this one. How intriguing it is that others can see things in our work that we don't necessarily notice ourselves!Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052731808587837031.post-67763818690475804982009-06-12T14:56:22.241-07:002009-06-12T14:56:22.241-07:00I love how the stop sign means so much more than s...I love how the stop sign means so much more than stop.<br /><br />This poem has a brilliant kind of forward-lean to it, as if it would just leisurely roll from your tongue if spoken. Is it written to be read?mhttp://slamup.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com