tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post3479045386265600061..comments2023-10-28T04:53:32.505-07:00Comments on View From The Northern Wall: We Once Lovedchristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-80161434688563061312010-11-30T04:46:14.152-08:002010-11-30T04:46:14.152-08:00Since Rilke is one of the poetry gods I can only s...Since Rilke is one of the poetry gods I can only say, "thank you." and slink along my way. The truth of big love of course is also big pain. It scares most of us much of the time.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-90294142436364646772010-11-29T23:59:29.822-08:002010-11-29T23:59:29.822-08:00"We Once Loved" is a stunning piece of p..."We Once Loved" is a stunning piece of poetry. The only one I can think of who writes about love with comparable authority and grace (and terse elegance) is Rilke. Somehow his voice seems to float right out of your words: a very particular tone that is both haunted and haunting at once. Even the title and the train of thought seem like plausible Rilke. Hope you take this as a compliment. Comparisons can be irksome sometimes.Conalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16889569309629404143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-8271820628625172142009-12-10T15:51:44.490-08:002009-12-10T15:51:44.490-08:00Kashmir is a very beautiful place. So many wish th...Kashmir is a very beautiful place. So many wish they had been there. So you and I are the lucky ones to have. <br /><br />I am one of the many other things, technically. But a greeting is a greeting - whether it's a hello or wazz up! or Salaam aleicum... so <br /><br />Salaam alekhum. :)Vinishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844541289154080544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-42726185668848317772009-12-08T13:24:23.774-08:002009-12-08T13:24:23.774-08:00ROTFLMAO!! Glad I could give you a good laugh.ROTFLMAO!! Glad I could give you a good laugh.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-79820328056797913842009-12-08T13:17:06.110-08:002009-12-08T13:17:06.110-08:00You're right, Christopher and Karen. None of t...You're right, Christopher and Karen. None of the women I see here are arty-farty. You have to realize I live in Salt Lake City, Utah (the home of glass grapes and scrapbooking) and I started blogging with family and locals, and then slowly expanded as I 'caught on.'Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-44461718578724312392009-12-07T18:58:39.717-08:002009-12-07T18:58:39.717-08:00Karen, what's really cool about the Beatles do...Karen, what's really cool about the Beatles doing that was they were fuckups in so many of the ordinary ways...check out behind the scenes with musicians in general and you will learn that they don't have to be wise in any way to have the most amazing musical instincts.<br /><br />As for arty farty, you can trust me on this...I think I know what Kass is talking about and I don't think anyone in my circle is doing this. You're not anywhere close to it.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-42495162771743642552009-12-07T18:23:55.432-08:002009-12-07T18:23:55.432-08:00Oh, and if I ever get arty-farty, just smack me.Oh, and if I ever get arty-farty, just smack me.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-40294139125598456072009-12-07T18:23:09.214-08:002009-12-07T18:23:09.214-08:00This makes me think of a line that's been runn...This makes me think of a line that's been running through my head a lot lately. An old Beatle's song from an old Beatles fan:<br /><br />"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."<br /><br />Period.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12003379181294550035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-3454490115016346302009-12-07T10:25:22.974-08:002009-12-07T10:25:22.974-08:00ROTFLMAO!! I am not sure I actually measure up to...ROTFLMAO!! I am not sure I actually measure up to this, Kass, or if all the women fit your category. I certainly have several I visit regularly who don't fit arty farty so much as they fit raw and real. Those are the ones I like best, even love if there is any way that love can happen across the internet. I think so and say so.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-83827736637086353392009-12-07T06:50:48.033-08:002009-12-07T06:50:48.033-08:00OK, I've been reading blogs for about 3 months...OK, I've been reading blogs for about 3 months now and I think I have it figured out. Most of the women go around displaying their arty farty wares, their kids pictures or their deep psychological wounds and the few men that really put it 'out there' like you, just say, 'F___ it, and they do. They pierce to the heart of the matter. And if we're smart enough, we see that we should be out there F___ing the life (in a good way) out of EVERYTHING.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-63794556131388755522009-12-06T19:02:44.810-08:002009-12-06T19:02:44.810-08:00Cherie, sometimes I imagine that I have enough mon...Cherie, sometimes I imagine that I have enough money and then I go around the world catching up with all my on line buddies. I bet that would be just a killer vacation. I have got all the continents covered now. But one of the best ones would be the visit I would have with you. You could show me Texas, the part you're in, not Midland and Odessa, though I would go through there on purpose.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-35781665129627140862009-12-06T15:59:43.357-08:002009-12-06T15:59:43.357-08:00Christopher ~ I love you absolutely. This poem mad...Christopher ~ I love you absolutely. This poem made me cry and in a good way..*hugs*Cherie/ Butterfly Dreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806998106057806030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-83363384264495866572009-12-05T22:45:24.925-08:002009-12-05T22:45:24.925-08:00{{{Michelle}}}{{{Michelle}}}christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-74396446792605123522009-12-05T22:42:36.864-08:002009-12-05T22:42:36.864-08:00If I had a poem in me today I would have liked it ...If I had a poem in me today I would have liked it to be this one. It is so what I want to say right now! <br /><br />Namaste!<br /><br />xxxMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816138640432897870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-92033967900750920502009-12-05T22:33:27.894-08:002009-12-05T22:33:27.894-08:00Namaste, Vinisha, or Urdu suggests, Salaam aleicum...Namaste, Vinisha, or Urdu suggests, Salaam aleicum, but then you may be Christian or many other things too. Anyway, welcome. I never made it to Mumbai or much else in India but spent two years in Bangladesh before it was independent, and so East Pakistan.<br />I visited Nepal twice, staying for a while on the way to India, to Delhi and Agra, and then to Lake Tal and Srinagar in Kashmir.<br /><br />Nepal was the only way to India from Bangladesh in those days.<br /><br />Thank you for your comment.<br /><br />Shanti, shanti, shantihi.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-77939151861398273302009-12-05T21:47:11.079-08:002009-12-05T21:47:11.079-08:00Wow! your poem just put a huge crack through my he...Wow! your poem just put a huge crack through my heart without breaking it :)<br /><br />Indians hear a heart touching 'shayari' (Urdu poetry) and say, "Wah Wah!" <br /><br />So... wah wah!Vinishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844541289154080544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-46493913515488060202009-12-05T20:58:57.126-08:002009-12-05T20:58:57.126-08:00:D Thank you, love. Oh yes, I forgot angels. I ...:D Thank you, love. Oh yes, I forgot angels. I can possibly write love poems to angels. What's really cool, angelgoddeswoman, I write them to you sometimes.christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201537517464996231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2377252801421681569.post-22454632519588729592009-12-05T20:48:17.363-08:002009-12-05T20:48:17.363-08:00Christopher, I am bursting with this one. BURSTIN...Christopher, I am bursting with this one. BURSTING. Sometimes I look around at all the people...usually when I'm in the States and not here, 'cause really, there just aren't many here. But there, I see them all and I become overwhelmed and I wonder at how we all feel our lives so important and our feelings so deep and complicated<br /><br />when really<br /><br />we're just a whisp of smoke.<br /><br />So yes, while we are here, let us love. Love love love. What else is there to do? Oh sure, we could fight, and point out each other's weaknesses, or hey, there's always the money grab. I'd rather love.<br /><br />And your prologue. Fuck. You are grand in all the right ways.<br /><br />xo<br />erinWoman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.com