tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post108745082007058963..comments2023-12-31T18:57:00.607-08:00Comments on Signed.....bkm: Bleak Housesigned...bkmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558304976280070986noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-38648685773882647562011-04-14T06:09:56.030-07:002011-04-14T06:09:56.030-07:00a stark reality surpassing even Dickens' tales...a stark reality surpassing even Dickens' tales.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-72905608985502811922011-04-13T22:27:34.478-07:002011-04-13T22:27:34.478-07:00Nice use of allusion to support your imagery.Nice use of allusion to support your imagery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-681034666465586042011-04-13T20:54:44.149-07:002011-04-13T20:54:44.149-07:00fabulous job of weaving the old with the new...ava...fabulous job of weaving the old with the new...avant Dickens..you've also done a great service by illuminating the plague of meth...powerfulamfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070273186190764830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-85294139329840793322011-04-13T20:02:46.990-07:002011-04-13T20:02:46.990-07:00bleak and barbarous indeed. someone has to tell th...bleak and barbarous indeed. someone has to tell the ugly truths and not let society turn its back completely. that's why the poets will never become passé...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-13271127752477820662011-04-13T15:32:12.463-07:002011-04-13T15:32:12.463-07:00some pretty powerful and emotive imagery here. Gri...some pretty powerful and emotive imagery here. Grit, and it's good. This passage in particular - <br /><br />debtors and meth-ers, souls with only<br />their scabs left to sell...<br /><br />flesh eating flesh >great stuffLuke Praterhttp://lukepraterswordsalad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-15687487856142646562011-04-13T15:00:25.509-07:002011-04-13T15:00:25.509-07:00God, this is chilling. Selling their scabs, how c...God, this is chilling. Selling their scabs, how completely deeply sad, sad, sad. <br /><br />I never think of things like that existing.<br /><br />Geez,<br /><br />and BKM, I shall make you yur own little sidebar button to post on my blog, sooner than later, I think you are now 4th in line, whoohoo. :)<br /><br />xoJannie Funsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595786402510366043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-64121712978596512572011-04-13T09:59:36.925-07:002011-04-13T09:59:36.925-07:00I still cannot fathom why anyone would even try so...I still cannot fathom why anyone would even try something as henious as that. I mean, where's the benefit? I guess some people are so miserable that any escape is better.<br /><br />A strong piece.Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927345716112968689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-29045909403325990202011-04-13T07:59:55.047-07:002011-04-13T07:59:55.047-07:00Wah! I like the way its so cynical and questioning...Wah! I like the way its so cynical and questioning.budh.aaahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13277544197089022458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-60226336555264041892011-04-13T05:04:01.439-07:002011-04-13T05:04:01.439-07:00Wow...everything in the comments above X10! This ...Wow...everything in the comments above X10! This is an amazing, compelling, thought~provoking piece that speaks volumes about the place and time that we are at within our species. Scary, frightful, and while dripping creativity, all too real. To the writer..encore!Tashtoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15847190224960829574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-30297507851748373352011-04-13T03:34:24.440-07:002011-04-13T03:34:24.440-07:00the world's gone to hell -
th...the world's gone to hell - <br /> the addicts are selling<br /> their flesh at the well...<br /><br />Made me think!! Very well captured.. it is sad indeed. Your words are thoughtful Barbie!<br /><br />May this chaos come to an end soon!<br />Hugs xxOliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11755748082674775369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-56183341630754760232011-04-13T02:17:39.415-07:002011-04-13T02:17:39.415-07:00Very powerful writing and in answer, yes.Very powerful writing and in answer, yes.The Unknowngnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00310142102993090697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-24615388995556431062011-04-13T01:51:53.785-07:002011-04-13T01:51:53.785-07:00What a comment on the society in which we live! Th...What a comment on the society in which we live! This is as stark as it gets Barbara and you have not held back...indeed, there is no holding back. It's so easy to see the glamour and lights of the big city and miss the man or woman lying in doorways and subways...so well written my friend, hope you are well...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-87110046846703670482011-04-13T00:21:58.904-07:002011-04-13T00:21:58.904-07:00Brilliant in message and flow.Brilliant in message and flow.anthonynorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06680944720744601697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-78323956878257980852011-04-12T21:14:33.104-07:002011-04-12T21:14:33.104-07:00it certainly is a bleak house, but you tell it'...it certainly is a bleak house, but you tell it's story well. well done.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01547380098561803645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-17330042833539817822011-04-12T21:10:26.493-07:002011-04-12T21:10:26.493-07:00thank you all for your comments and visits...the s...thank you all for your comments and visits...the subject of reality is at times more unbelievable that what is consider fantasy....blessings to all..bkmsigned...bkmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558304976280070986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-52035784443257210862011-04-12T20:33:06.247-07:002011-04-12T20:33:06.247-07:00Tragic, but so well told.Tragic, but so well told.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251279808111725003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-29203963296663897632011-04-12T19:40:40.122-07:002011-04-12T19:40:40.122-07:00Dickens meets Gothic horror! O such grossly raw im...Dickens meets Gothic horror! O such grossly raw images seem to tumble through this poem! Horrifying, repugnant and yet darkly fascinating!Gemma Wisemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-14538669430657198412011-04-12T17:21:37.004-07:002011-04-12T17:21:37.004-07:00Dickensian horror evoked in your lines, lines that...Dickensian horror evoked in your lines, lines that read, oddly enough, musically because of the cadence and rhyme. They've been rendered visually a la one of the first cover stories ever done on the drug's effects. <br /><br />Meth is one of the most ravaging and addictive of drugs. One has only to look at users before and after pictures to get a sense of just what it can do.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-18548834113772649302011-04-12T17:20:25.751-07:002011-04-12T17:20:25.751-07:00I am blown away by this-- you reach outside a comf...I am blown away by this-- you reach outside a comfort zone here, for sure, taking risks both in theme and language. I especially liked this:<br /><br />orgiveness, and savior<br />both have been missed<br />in A Tale of Two Cities<br />drowning in piss - <br />Who be OUR author? this Bleak House <br />grown cold; the poor growing poorer, cutting roots to the soul...<br />the crime holds no evidence. What can we sell? words have<br />been eaten, the belly still swells<br /><br />Brava, babe. xjJenne' R. Andrews https://www.blogger.com/profile/15744946229300234443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-48902879002698677832011-04-12T16:54:40.503-07:002011-04-12T16:54:40.503-07:00Powerful.......Powerful.......ayalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243362803799877014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-45752533784341753422011-04-12T16:04:53.434-07:002011-04-12T16:04:53.434-07:00oh how horrible. definitely a scene worthy of Blea...oh how horrible. definitely a scene worthy of Bleak House...Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01221703763145912238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-3628811245161349302011-04-12T14:49:54.144-07:002011-04-12T14:49:54.144-07:00we live in Meth land. It is vile
This is excellent...we live in Meth land. It is vile<br />This is excellent but then there isnt a Dickens I dont love<br /><br />Thanks and love from the Moonmoondustwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09848554806751678968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-69745477086500579392011-04-12T09:38:44.389-07:002011-04-12T09:38:44.389-07:00Wow Barbara! Really well written! A bleak reality ...Wow Barbara! Really well written! A bleak reality for sure.Kim G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-80938015055185946362011-04-12T07:50:45.216-07:002011-04-12T07:50:45.216-07:00Wow. Powerful powerful stuff. (Do meth addicts rea...Wow. Powerful powerful stuff. (Do meth addicts really sell their scabs? Ugh...)Yes, we live in a Dickensian world...dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-29409923171846898682011-04-12T06:29:34.492-07:002011-04-12T06:29:34.492-07:00This is a wonderful piece of work! Yes, Dickens c...This is a wonderful piece of work! Yes, Dickens could speak of this time, but you have done it so well. Perhaps we are all lost souls, piss in the street, lying cold.....annell4https://www.blogger.com/profile/07629830133868270690noreply@blogger.com