tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397499842210905447.post841100446304400011..comments2024-03-25T17:47:19.508-07:00Comments on Black Ink Howl: A Beggar's GlimpseSusie Clevengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397499842210905447.post-84896008505831816542018-05-09T13:24:07.318-07:002018-05-09T13:24:07.318-07:00the idea of a pinhole - wow - that totally blew me...the idea of a pinhole - wow - that totally blew me away - I've made and used pinhole cameras - which is one hell of a different way of looking/photographing and seeing/not seeing the world .... so this whole piece, really resonated with me .... even as it applies to something so personal, as a sudden problem with one's vision - and it literally, thankfully, ended well for you - <br />but the undue stress, the anxiety - all so well worded and phrased here - and as Kerry noted:<br />your ability to take and idea and then tell a story, poetically, while layering so many meanings, is just really brilliant - and satisfying - I so enjoy reading your poems, here on Black Ink or on your other site. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397499842210905447.post-10417443885484169882018-05-09T03:02:34.511-07:002018-05-09T03:02:34.511-07:00Especially struck by:
I pluck color
from images to...Especially struck by:<br />I pluck color<br />from images to paste<br />in my memory.Thotpurgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09729170517164200003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397499842210905447.post-79538771348252058862018-05-09T02:28:15.822-07:002018-05-09T02:28:15.822-07:00Losing the glory of lilacs
to a pinhole, I pluck c...Losing the glory of lilacs<br />to a pinhole, I pluck color<br />from images to paste<br />in my memory............perfectly expressed...great!Sreejahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395234979504881964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397499842210905447.post-71612490369228957652018-05-08T19:58:03.148-07:002018-05-08T19:58:03.148-07:00Thank you Susie. The sensation of sudden blindnes...Thank you Susie. The sensation of sudden blindness must be scary. I practice finding things in the dark. Like remembering where I put them and memorizing their shapes. All the men and some of my aunts have gone blind from Macular Degeneration starting around my age. <br />..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397499842210905447.post-69093859570819217142018-05-08T17:39:20.508-07:002018-05-08T17:39:20.508-07:00I have often thought of how closed in a life would...I have often thought of how closed in a life would seem to be without sight. I am glad that your scare turned out to be all is well Susie. I especially love the line, "Losing the glory of lilacs to a pinhole"...that is just how it would be. Carrie Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715648073882529202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397499842210905447.post-89361662014291780992018-05-08T13:40:14.538-07:002018-05-08T13:40:14.538-07:00I can relate. Last summer I had two torn retinas. ...I can relate. Last summer I had two torn retinas. It was rough not being able to read, write, use the computer for a couple of months. I hired the teenager boy a few houses down from me to enter my words into the computer. Luckily he was an excellent speller and grammarian.tonispencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200564195675794747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397499842210905447.post-60199064370214278272018-05-08T07:47:11.811-07:002018-05-08T07:47:11.811-07:00hat final bit is both utterly apt and completely c...hat final bit is both utterly apt and completely chilling. I wonder sometimes what I would do if I ever lost my sight; I think it would be terrifying.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397499842210905447.post-16700219277893602912018-05-08T07:26:37.352-07:002018-05-08T07:26:37.352-07:00This is so poigant! Especially this "Losing t...This is so poigant! Especially this "Losing the glory of lilacs to a pinhole, I pluck color from images to paste in my memory" pierces through my heart. Powerful!<br /><br />Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397499842210905447.post-17693115603208241082018-05-08T07:20:26.784-07:002018-05-08T07:20:26.784-07:00Nice write
" I pluck color
from images to pas...Nice write<br />" I pluck color<br />from images to paste<br />in my memory."<br /><br /><br />Yes we need remember in our development progression.<br /><br /><br /><br />much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397499842210905447.post-29465826986928423342018-05-08T07:04:04.167-07:002018-05-08T07:04:04.167-07:00Susie, what I most admire about your work is how e...Susie, what I most admire about your work is how every stanza builds around an amazing image, so that it is difficult to choose a favourite - I enjoy the whole experience as it unfolds.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08963325944091034585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397499842210905447.post-44661179532036732952018-02-25T14:36:47.238-08:002018-02-25T14:36:47.238-08:00'time walk of blindness' - a sobering, ins...'time walk of blindness' - a sobering, inspired line ~grapelinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929030339206629628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397499842210905447.post-53960249714210066782018-02-25T11:34:06.393-08:002018-02-25T11:34:06.393-08:00This is a bit like what I was trying to get at in ...This is a bit like what I was trying to get at in my own 55--the decrease in vision writ large by age. (I have had this condition, and it is so similar in symptoms to retinal detachment --ie, instant blindness, that it is terrifying til it is diagnosed--those flashes! Surreal.) Your title phrase is so elegant and wastes not a word, as always, and your final 'pirouette' is perfect. Thanks for playing despite the distractions of life and the crazy times we inhabit.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.com