tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post5014807895049336399..comments2023-12-31T18:57:00.607-08:00Comments on Signed.....bkm: the heat of augustsigned...bkmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558304976280070986noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-92132771399307097932011-07-02T12:49:13.863-07:002011-07-02T12:49:13.863-07:00I liked your use of sickled then sigh at the begin...I liked your use of sickled then sigh at the begining of the next stanza.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17807776658547638320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-38664763484075042272011-06-30T11:25:36.876-07:002011-06-30T11:25:36.876-07:00Makes me want to sit on the porch with a sweating ...Makes me want to sit on the porch with a sweating glass of iced tea and soak up the sun.Life@Ceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835989080791843110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-26836494033538765332011-06-30T06:13:19.618-07:002011-06-30T06:13:19.618-07:00Lovely piece, the felling clover coming back in re...Lovely piece, the felling clover coming back in refrain at the end was a perfectly delicate way to end. Great write ~ RoseAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09988016086874324471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-49293002050202426992011-06-30T02:46:15.186-07:002011-06-30T02:46:15.186-07:00Oh, 'the felling of clover' — a cool end o...Oh, 'the felling of clover' — a cool end of a sensual poem, perfectly round and soft, pulling me into the wood, the settling, the coolness behind closed shutters. Beautiful.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-3621875360296138522011-06-29T14:39:08.144-07:002011-06-29T14:39:08.144-07:00Romancing the heat - beautiful!Romancing the heat - beautiful!Zouxzouxhttp://www.zouxzoux.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-89170985415417035632011-06-29T10:35:55.413-07:002011-06-29T10:35:55.413-07:00"but it is a sighing,
mine
that stirs the mem..."but it is a sighing,<br />mine<br />that stirs the memory<br />of your smile "<br />lovely lovely <br />impressive poem.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03773200135330787188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-18141501255612955722011-06-29T09:40:02.348-07:002011-06-29T09:40:02.348-07:00hmmm - could feel the heat in this...and not only ...hmmm - could feel the heat in this...and not only the august heat...loved the buttercream clouds and raspberry sky...they insert taste into your poem..beautifulClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-63752120803162120002011-06-29T05:19:57.209-07:002011-06-29T05:19:57.209-07:00An Exquisite poem, Barbara.
I held my breath whil...An Exquisite poem, Barbara.<br /><br />I held my breath while reading, it carried me through and is haunting, haunting.<br /><br />The heat of August, now here in Atlanta, is the heat of June.....but your poem is fertile with the beauty of imagination, birthed in the soil of these fields.<br /><br />Marvelous poem, Barbara. The combination of sensories....nature and human sexual. What better combination, more real, fundamental?<br /><br />Beautiful poem, Barbara.<br /><br />Lady NyoLady Nyohttp://ladynyo.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-20172720301133420392011-06-29T04:35:02.998-07:002011-06-29T04:35:02.998-07:00blurring the edges between the August heat and sex...blurring the edges between the August heat and sexual heat ~ beautifully written! love it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-79867532753292965102011-06-29T01:51:20.573-07:002011-06-29T01:51:20.573-07:00So intimate, every word sings to the reader so wel...So intimate, every word sings to the reader so well, capturing him, taking him to his private beautiful moments, somewhere :) Lovely.<br />Thanks!Monikahttp://rationalsensualities.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-37108176254495984962011-06-28T22:47:06.056-07:002011-06-28T22:47:06.056-07:00I could smell the mowed clover - so sensitive and ...I could smell the mowed clover - so sensitive and sensual. Hot, hot, and always hot. I think I'll read it in February. Beautiful, really.Beachannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-1560384660368828112011-06-28T19:33:14.900-07:002011-06-28T19:33:14.900-07:00This is a beautiful and passionate poem. I could f...This is a beautiful and passionate poem. I could feel the heat. All of it.PattiKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894925987580502697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-52065119137088773792011-06-28T18:34:57.236-07:002011-06-28T18:34:57.236-07:00August in heat--and the smell of new-mown hay. Ha!...August in heat--and the smell of new-mown hay. Ha! I STILL love summer time!<br /><br />A well-thought, read-easy piece, Barbara. <br />Thanks!<br />PEACE!steveronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010875412308487592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-30558244302381605792011-06-28T18:20:26.005-07:002011-06-28T18:20:26.005-07:00A beautiful write. :)A beautiful write. :)ayalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243362803799877014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-83874871268716434242011-06-28T16:34:04.764-07:002011-06-28T16:34:04.764-07:00I love the combining of a somewhat antique tone of...I love the combining of a somewhat antique tone of voice with the surreal imagery. A stately, beautiful poem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-72663088126776840762011-06-28T16:05:49.601-07:002011-06-28T16:05:49.601-07:00There's a sweetly tortured sensuality to this ...There's a sweetly tortured sensuality to this weather, hot and humid, languid and loose as it flutters from room to room of the poem. This is florid and floating in the way the mind opens wider, redolent with mown grass and sweaty perfume. - BrendanBrendanhttp://blueoran.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-70172542912923243722011-06-28T15:23:03.126-07:002011-06-28T15:23:03.126-07:00BKM~
Altering traditional sentence sequence is a d...BKM~<br />Altering traditional sentence sequence is a device that serves you well here. Gives the piece and other-worldly feeling. And then the images of you moving... hair lifting, falling ... add to that ephemeral feel. <br /><br />http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2011/06/28/the-g-spotAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12460881702249079009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-81715276852412638942011-06-28T14:53:38.571-07:002011-06-28T14:53:38.571-07:00Nice writing. I found you at Brian's. Glad to ...Nice writing. I found you at Brian's. Glad to be here. Northern Calif? Me too. How far north?Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13046623774704584939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-34442465949401861542011-06-28T14:37:58.893-07:002011-06-28T14:37:58.893-07:00Beautiful poem ~ you capture the essence of the se...Beautiful poem ~ you capture the essence of the season so well..I can feel its heat wash over me..Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216734722467789412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-76620391888978043872011-06-28T14:32:42.923-07:002011-06-28T14:32:42.923-07:00You captured every single part of August, the humi...You captured every single part of August, the humidity at it's peak and adding your own past events to it. Great Write!Pat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-23917848078807830232011-06-28T14:15:51.097-07:002011-06-28T14:15:51.097-07:00Amazing as always! I am so there, right down to th...Amazing as always! I am so there, right down to the hair sticking to the back of my neck and the buttercream clouds. You have managed to capture the timeless passing of a season, teasing us with our own memories and associations, yet making clear this is a time that belongs to you. Fantastic piece. (and another repititive comment from me...but when you're good, you're good...there's only so many ways to say it! lol) You're work is one of the reasons I'm addicted to Oneshot Wednesday! :)Tashtoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15847190224960829574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-16592273795212973032011-06-28T13:42:14.473-07:002011-06-28T13:42:14.473-07:00A rich and lush feel, the tension building like he...A rich and lush feel, the tension building like heat inside a barn in your raspberry August, sweetened with the smell of cut clover. Very evocative, and beautiful.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-66898886585573441072011-06-28T08:50:35.792-07:002011-06-28T08:50:35.792-07:00Breathtakingly lovely!Breathtakingly lovely!Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-60792636996564376462011-06-28T05:59:33.339-07:002011-06-28T05:59:33.339-07:00A sexy August voice, yes... This is calming sooth...A sexy August voice, yes... This is calming soothing, and sultry. A rich read...<br />~brendaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1230025349331591828.post-35081385288844195412011-06-28T05:37:16.826-07:002011-06-28T05:37:16.826-07:00Yes, you speak with an August voice, love all the ...Yes, you speak with an August voice, love all the images you create, want to just stop and wait awhile. Lovely, loving...annell4https://www.blogger.com/profile/07629830133868270690noreply@blogger.com