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The Living and Dead in 2024

Ye old poets, cause my demise. My fingers release no signature. Foolishly, in foolish times, used to instant gratification, I want to leave a comment. Ye old poets, what you do to me; get under my skin; your lips move with vicarious words - you have a way with them, (and because your dead to me) I can say…with me. Ye ole Frost, and Burroughs too, paint the most amazing images, unsheathing the natural in ways that Consume me. You slay me. I’m bound in your grasp, my lips alive, my eyes on your poetic body, as I breathe out the bequeathed of ye old poets, dead.

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Joe Dimino

Date: 5/31/2024 6:29:00 AM

"Ye ole Frost, and Burroughs too, paint the most amazing images, unsheathing the natural in ways that Consume me. You slay me." Brilliant poetry! Blessings my friend. You get a FAV!

Yann Rolland

Date: 5/31/2024 4:11:00 AM

fascinating poem, "between love and hate" did i get it ?, waw, will remember, bravo KIm

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 5/31/2024 5:40:00 AM

In love with the way those two speak about nature, before our modern times.

Evelyn Judy Buehler

Date: 5/30/2024 8:41:00 PM

Your poem was gripping and also contained fascinating imagery, Kim. A stellar work! :)

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 5/31/2024 5:40:00 AM

Thank you, Evelyn!

Sotto Poet

Date: 5/30/2024 8:31:00 PM

Kim, You have a captivating way with words. I was captivated by the vivid descriptions of being eaten, killed, and bound by potent words. The way you described the ethereal power of poetry to take me away from this world and its confines in time was also quite moving.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 5/31/2024 5:40:00 AM

You’ve got and understand! Thank you, Lasaad!

Paige Hind

Date: 5/30/2024 1:33:00 PM

I am a big fan of Frost, a haunting poem, you have 'bequeathed' their ghosts, seems to me

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 5/30/2024 1:37:00 PM

Glad you like Frost too! I am reading “Versed in Country Things” The book also has great photos. Hugs ~ Kim

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/30/2024 12:54:00 PM

very creative, Kim. I guess I prefer to read poems with modern English. Even though I admire Shakespeare's sonnet form, I could never understand half of what he ever wrote. I do really appreciate Frost and a woman called Sara Teasdale and some others from only a century or two ago. Very nicely done here

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 5/30/2024 1:35:00 PM

We all have our favorites. Occasionally nice to read something from the past.

Daniel Henry Rodgers

Date: 5/30/2024 10:16:00 AM

Dear Kim, You artistically blur the lines between the living and the dead poets in a mesmerizing way. I loved your visceral imagery of being consumed, slain, and bound by their powerful words. I also liked how you captured the transcendent ability of great poetry to transport me across time and mortality. Kim, this haunting yet beautiful piece pays tribute to the eternal influence of the masters. A captivating, imaginative work that awakens the senses. - Blessings, My Dear Friend, Daniel

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 5/30/2024 1:35:00 PM

So glad you thought so! Be blessed, dear one!

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 5/30/2024 9:50:00 AM

I enjoyed reading your creative write. "Ye old poets" we can enjoy reading/maybe learning from them. They are dead but we are still alive/writing away. Hooray!!! A Blessed Day Writing Away..........

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 5/30/2024 1:36:00 PM

Truly! It is our time to write. Blessings, sweet poet!

Hilda Greenhough

Date: 5/30/2024 8:22:00 AM

Dead poets, I have to compile and publish. Time runs out. Thanks for this foreboding poem.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 5/30/2024 9:19:00 AM

I know what you mean!!