tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post3763789439488914561..comments2023-10-24T09:29:32.492-04:00Comments on the golden fish: americastevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-88933411200389249252011-08-06T11:25:06.567-04:002011-08-06T11:25:06.567-04:00Captivating and thoughtful words...:)Captivating and thoughtful words...:)Erratic Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14852558150033296079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-37288567631258958052011-08-04T01:58:22.370-04:002011-08-04T01:58:22.370-04:00Amazing progression of thought here, Steven, and t...Amazing progression of thought here, Steven, and the form and shape of things (America), growing and shrinking, as a cup giving and pouring, the light emptying itself out, a star.*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-24799223583286703942011-08-04T00:44:16.455-04:002011-08-04T00:44:16.455-04:00Very well written. I enjoyed the way you used &quo...Very well written. I enjoyed the way you used "Twinkle twinkle little star" in there.<br />— K<br /><br />Kay, Alberta, Canada<br />An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous TravelKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-43919047080864311052011-08-03T20:28:57.098-04:002011-08-03T20:28:57.098-04:00well hope in my everlasting sense that the world i...well hope in my everlasting sense that the world is intended to be and become a good place i believe that there's always hope. hope so wishes to be felt that it makes itself available at every turn at every corner at every junction at every crossroads in our lives. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-61815487672477028672011-08-03T18:19:38.417-04:002011-08-03T18:19:38.417-04:00Is it ironic I've always wanted a windmill? :...Is it ironic I've always wanted a windmill? :) Not sure if it's because of a childhood visit to a farm,where I felt more comfortable than in town.<br /><br />Or maybe I chose to be "hope" because of a kindred spirit with Don Quixote. ;)<br /><br />Love how you meshed everything together and yet still left us hope.hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-41183589700904805322011-08-03T16:57:58.765-04:002011-08-03T16:57:58.765-04:00hey goatman great question. a burning question for...hey goatman great question. a burning question for some of the bloggers who visit here. i think change for the sake of change can't necessaily be controlled but perhaps it can be re-evaluated if some degree of mindulness is applied to the process. i'm not distanced enough from it myself to offer an objective alternative. i welcome the future to the same degree that it welcomes me each and every day!!! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-18227199118306079302011-08-03T16:56:11.528-04:002011-08-03T16:56:11.528-04:00tess thanks. it's a place to start. i think of...tess thanks. it's a place to start. i think of america as being very representative of much of the human race as passing through a troubled adolescence. it passes. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-22193408214032726512011-08-03T16:41:27.888-04:002011-08-03T16:41:27.888-04:00"change for the sake of change"?
How doe..."change for the sake of change"?<br />How does one control this?<br /><br />Seems like its gonna happen, crush us into the future, good or bad end.<br />Just a thought . . .goatmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317617928368945316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-42298204718611789612011-08-03T15:14:33.004-04:002011-08-03T15:14:33.004-04:00Beautifully expressed, Steven. Thank you for your ...Beautifully expressed, Steven. Thank you for your hopes and good wishes for America, for our stars and stripes.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-71443244819504889002011-08-03T13:11:03.117-04:002011-08-03T13:11:03.117-04:00hello other mary - thanks for your kind comments. ...hello other mary - thanks for your kind comments. i really enjoyed writing this piece. i'm feeling it's a first draft because there are threads left untied all over it. when i saw that windvane i immediately thought back on the many times i've been in th states - most recently a year ago - and i saw the struggles that ordinary people were having just living and i was really affected by that. but i do believe that america - once it has passed through the rebuilding phase it's undergoing at the moment - will return better aligned to the world that has already arrived here and is just waiting for someone to give it voice. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-27662247659486391552011-08-03T12:22:08.175-04:002011-08-03T12:22:08.175-04:00Interesting, the thread that goes through your poe...Interesting, the thread that goes through your poem. I like the star aspect of this photo that looks much like a sun that has seen better days, and the structural element of weaving lines of the song through your lines. I also like the wish you have made here. Thanks.Other Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189646933597252108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-75308505923399199442011-08-03T10:28:53.898-04:002011-08-03T10:28:53.898-04:00hi helen! this piece was written almost as is. the...hi helen! this piece was written almost as is. the words for twinkle, twinkle, little star were in the back of my mind as i wrote and i felt that they held the thread of innocent out-thereness that i want this piece to have eventually. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-29776897604916731822011-08-03T10:27:44.332-04:002011-08-03T10:27:44.332-04:00valerianna - when i wrote this - and it's an u...valerianna - when i wrote this - and it's an unfinished piece but i wanted to air it out - i was thinking about the span of time between the people who opened up the country for the europeans and the current state of the states. there's a core sensibility that runs straight through the whole. but there are so many distractions along the way, each of which have diverted the idealism that underscores that core sensibility. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-28546732988540639422011-08-03T10:25:46.008-04:002011-08-03T10:25:46.008-04:00weaver - i'll be crossing into the united stat...weaver - i'll be crossing into the united states in about five days on my ride around lake ontario. it's astonishing that two countries so geographically close can be so similar and then also so very different. certainly the pioneering and youthful qualities both suggest and contain are there but there's a very different sense of purpose between the two that underscores the differences in their presence on the global stage. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-2964644199370723132011-08-03T09:21:49.892-04:002011-08-03T09:21:49.892-04:00I was captivated with the way you wove 'Twinkl...I was captivated with the way you wove 'Twinkle Twinkle' into your masterful poem ..... wonderful!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-35539534133388402422011-08-03T08:42:32.501-04:002011-08-03T08:42:32.501-04:00We may be a country of pioneers, but through our y...We may be a country of pioneers, but through our years of comfort and ease, we seem to have forgotten how to forge rivers!Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-62390548352063074172011-08-03T03:55:31.449-04:002011-08-03T03:55:31.449-04:00Very thoughtful words Steven. I think most of us ...Very thoughtful words Steven. I think most of us felt and feel like that about the US. Such a country of pioneers with such pioneering spirit - of course the same is true of your country.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com