tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post6620222047228634924..comments2023-08-22T05:38:11.211-04:00Comments on Glass Staircase: How They met Themselves Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03359959975341890512noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-42911879068969751912014-10-04T12:19:25.610-04:002014-10-04T12:19:25.610-04:00This speaks to me of life, the falling and getting...This speaks to me of life, the falling and getting up that is needed for growth, The influence of our ancestors, their "programming" of the world we enter which we need to rebel against and make our own. <br />Great writing Anthony. I'm always so impressed with your level of talent.Myrna R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15088915165678737118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-44165688390983611022014-10-01T16:00:11.846-04:002014-10-01T16:00:11.846-04:00Seriously sweet lyrics. I could hear the music in ...Seriously sweet lyrics. I could hear the music in my head. You can write man!Ken Higginsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800350729724511743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-87909892391330726142014-09-25T10:39:25.215-04:002014-09-25T10:39:25.215-04:00Very powerful piece. Glad you explained the dark ...Very powerful piece. Glad you explained the dark Caesar it brought out for me how the group soul of our race is accessed by generations.Tigerbritehttp://www.planetcyberluz.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-75977789497059540322014-09-24T21:50:28.876-04:002014-09-24T21:50:28.876-04:00I feel an interesting intensity in this piece...I ...I feel an interesting intensity in this piece...I can feel it dig in right from the opening.... I particularly like the lines surrounding the river's currant.RMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04054771419356465116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-66722300202769223112014-09-24T21:26:42.664-04:002014-09-24T21:26:42.664-04:00' cutting ties with my doppelganger
as he'...' cutting ties with my doppelganger<br />as he's a harbinger of death. ' ~ it's good when we have chance don't repeat the ancestors' mistake, but then it suppose to be dialogue... ~ thanks for your words x<br />humbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106270909713851811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-36327936340650397652014-09-24T16:58:47.934-04:002014-09-24T16:58:47.934-04:00That first stanza is so full of rich description, ...That first stanza is so full of rich description, Anthony, wonderful writing. And I love the perspective in that middle stanza. Yes.Jennifer Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344877737695801883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-19140282833676003832014-09-24T15:38:27.932-04:002014-09-24T15:38:27.932-04:00yes, we all have moments when we cannot stand alon...yes, we all have moments when we cannot stand alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-82194557820558146362014-09-24T14:09:22.016-04:002014-09-24T14:09:22.016-04:00My first visit has been doubly enjoyable. I read ...My first visit has been doubly enjoyable. I read this and heard If God Makes Mistakes. Your words are strong but I sense an infinite sadness behind them. Well done on both pieces.<br /><br />I appreciate your visit and thank you for your kind comment.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-14501396221427171612014-09-24T13:09:49.175-04:002014-09-24T13:09:49.175-04:00These lines especially caught my eye - that sense ...These lines especially caught my eye - that sense of all of the ancestors, all the mix that we all are composed of (and that we are never quite as alone as we think, not so much a soliloquy as a chorus).<br /><br />a half-moon-haired bastard who sacrificed <br />everything to give his all to what started as a soliloquy;Marina Sofiahttp://findingtimetowrite.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-28120013266248923412014-09-24T12:36:14.977-04:002014-09-24T12:36:14.977-04:00All the decisions of our ancestors have their repe...All the decisions of our ancestors have their repercussions in us as we become our own people. You write well of the tension between the two. I love your opening lines.Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-52692251854297187222014-09-24T12:16:04.907-04:002014-09-24T12:16:04.907-04:00Getting lessons on survival....it happens all the ...Getting lessons on survival....it happens all the time...even into your later years...and generations before us had it the hardest. I am amazed at the images...droplets of bad memories, rinsing sugar, sweat and looking for flowers in France and being in Turkish pools...a labyrinth if you will about a history of surviving ...Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326495504453579091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-79141377720777079782014-09-24T11:08:12.306-04:002014-09-24T11:08:12.306-04:00Thanks for explaining Dark Caesars, that changed t...Thanks for explaining Dark Caesars, that changed the poem for me and strengthened the voice. The italicized part is powerful. Really great job with this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-55678987496160318432014-09-24T10:03:59.014-04:002014-09-24T10:03:59.014-04:00wow....great lines....so much there....intense..wow....great lines....so much there....intense..Sreejahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395234979504881964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-646920704223936192014-09-24T06:26:08.830-04:002014-09-24T06:26:08.830-04:00dude. the italics in the middle is a tight lyric, ...dude. the italics in the middle is a tight lyric, establishing identity....the running of the hands through your hair and finding your history is a great opening as well...really strong piece anthonyBrian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-55135120923190469792014-09-24T05:35:12.220-04:002014-09-24T05:35:12.220-04:00Learning to survive from your ancestors. Good poem...Learning to survive from your ancestors. Good poem. Cressida de Novahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781684841036567770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-77029154647811130262014-09-24T00:54:30.756-04:002014-09-24T00:54:30.756-04:00Sometimes we give our whole self for the bettermen...Sometimes we give our whole self for the betterment but in the process get hurt.Vandana Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270400982093787158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-40293242744432060622014-09-24T00:32:34.068-04:002014-09-24T00:32:34.068-04:00The sheer strength of that first stanza give me ho...The sheer strength of that first stanza give me hope the any doubts of being alone, not finding the strength to persevere - will only be temporary! Powerful.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-4260437156201740802014-09-23T22:59:21.648-04:002014-09-23T22:59:21.648-04:00I like the compassion in this...that sometimes eve...I like the compassion in this...that sometimes everyone finds themselves not strong enough to stand on their own two feet...and the strong emotion it brought forth for me.Bodhirosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12630769135515322096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-86373016294533829712014-09-23T21:21:41.074-04:002014-09-23T21:21:41.074-04:00Such a great opening stanza--really a wonderful wr...Such a great opening stanza--really a wonderful writeAudrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-83087302909037472482014-09-23T19:32:35.355-04:002014-09-23T19:32:35.355-04:00Thanks, Gabriella. And no, Dark Caesar is a common...Thanks, Gabriella. And no, Dark Caesar is a common haircut among black men; it ties into the "ancestors" metaphor and how some blacks go to Europe for a little relief from the closed-mindedness of America. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359959975341890512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-50934976513845622522014-09-23T18:59:22.867-04:002014-09-23T18:59:22.867-04:00So are we victors or victims of our ancestry?? Per...So are we victors or victims of our ancestry?? Perhaps a bit of both, but one thing is certain: "it doesn't mean they're at the knees of their rivals..." that powerful line says it all, Anthony!lynn__https://www.blogger.com/profile/03991892804149727665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-38946183896693194412014-09-23T18:34:54.933-04:002014-09-23T18:34:54.933-04:00I too liked the powerful beginning. Being French, ...I too liked the powerful beginning. Being French, I wondered why the Dark Caesars went to France and who they were. Was this a reference to WWI?Gabriellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968615376035959259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-12764774525958590412014-09-23T16:50:05.605-04:002014-09-23T16:50:05.605-04:00wow...great lines and I love this... fled to Franc...wow...great lines and I love this... fled to France in search of flowers without<br />thorny stems that bring droplets of bad memories<br />with each sprinkle of salt in the water. ayalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243362803799877014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-23681847594374155012014-09-23T15:12:08.707-04:002014-09-23T15:12:08.707-04:00We are genetic whelplings, carved out of the tombs...We are genetic whelplings, carved out of the tombstones of our naked ancestors, & yet, you offer the cry of one blossoming into a bellicose<br />ballad of individuality; really liked this piece, & kudos for matching two artworks in one.Glenn Buttkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7977911864791867654.post-15954324369297082812014-09-23T12:25:08.541-04:002014-09-23T12:25:08.541-04:00half-moon-haired bastard... love this...finding ou...half-moon-haired bastard... love this...finding ourselves in our ancestors and understand some things only through the history but also the dangers that the past always throws that shade on us... well pennedClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.com