tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post1221044304125155362..comments2024-03-28T10:05:36.756+00:00Comments on Crafty Green Poet: Evening in MalawiCrafty Green Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-85190920075757189902008-06-03T08:42:00.000+01:002008-06-03T08:42:00.000+01:00scot, polona, nathan - thanksjanice - I agree, I p...scot, polona, nathan - thanks<BR/>janice - I agree, I prefer the sestina, but I'll be trying a villanelle soon<BR/>brian - that's a lovely way of looking at it, thanks!<BR/>mariacristina - thanks, I hope I'll do more sestinas too, but they're just so much longer than the poems I'm used to writing!<BR/>chicklegirl - yes my very first sestina, thanks<BR/>mary - thanksCrafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-66211604001417570572008-06-03T03:10:00.000+01:002008-06-03T03:10:00.000+01:00So well crafted. I love the bird and sunset, light...So well crafted. I love the bird and sunset, light and sound, imagery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-40855812046645332692008-06-03T01:22:00.000+01:002008-06-03T01:22:00.000+01:00This was your first sestina? Fantastic. I loved th...This was your first sestina? Fantastic. I loved the bird imagery, which you always do with perfect detail.chicklegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03000215636803243874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-45024938413327103142008-06-02T23:37:00.000+01:002008-06-02T23:37:00.000+01:00Gorgeous. Really well done! A poem that reflects h...Gorgeous. Really well done! A poem that reflects how nature soothes and stimulates the senses at the same time, a vision of a narrator's world and the world of birds as the sun sets. I hope you write more of these!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-88425799887580425412008-06-02T22:05:00.000+01:002008-06-02T22:05:00.000+01:00The eagle's return, the movement of the sun, the s...The eagle's return, the movement of the sun, the sense of the speaker's mood -- all wonderfully interwoven. Nice work.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11552467037640904091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-13299857501531992872008-06-02T12:34:00.000+01:002008-06-02T12:34:00.000+01:00Excellent sestina. I like how your poem explores t...Excellent sestina. I like how your poem explores the same theme, but from different angles. Almost as if a stone was skipping across the lake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-24689034181848038602008-05-31T18:15:00.000+01:002008-05-31T18:15:00.000+01:00wow, this was truly wonderful!wow, this was truly wonderful!polonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12631341810150848122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-22930309267178188252008-05-31T15:24:00.000+01:002008-05-31T15:24:00.000+01:00Well done Juliet! - love how a sestina allows the ...Well done Juliet! - love how a sestina allows the poet to delve deeper into the different facets of a subject. For myself I prefer the natural repetition of a word as opposed to the villanelleJanice Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506920585319893814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16542790.post-34547026082480855682008-05-31T14:04:00.000+01:002008-05-31T14:04:00.000+01:00I love these done right--this was wonderfulI love these done right--this was wonderfulScothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09719725764131827872noreply@blogger.com