tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post7088795838685787431..comments2024-03-27T07:48:23.030-11:00Comments on Intelliblog: POETRY JAM - ALONEIntellibloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262938291462934103noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-63515219263106185502014-06-30T15:35:11.217-11:002014-06-30T15:35:11.217-11:00This is beautiful. Your words are lovely, and I l...This is beautiful. Your words are lovely, and I like the contrast at the end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-65412670920872735462014-06-29T06:09:58.821-11:002014-06-29T06:09:58.821-11:00Powerful and intense. I love that intensity of Vio...Powerful and intense. I love that intensity of Violets. Excellents alan1704https://www.blogger.com/profile/16068631142963794991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-81388971673554166662014-06-28T22:05:26.711-11:002014-06-28T22:05:26.711-11:00Yes why indeed do we dread loneliness when solitud...Yes why indeed do we dread loneliness when solitude is a friend. I do enjoy my moments of solitude. Brings me peace. Suzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05337531041006701719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-91371027567760170072014-06-27T19:16:17.266-11:002014-06-27T19:16:17.266-11:00Exquisite poem that encapsulates all good things a...Exquisite poem that encapsulates all good things about being alone and all bad things about being lonely.A'sean'sationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12137051542598281391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-46153825083681615512014-06-27T18:52:47.858-11:002014-06-27T18:52:47.858-11:00. Your solitude permeates your poetry. It is your .... Your solitude permeates your poetry. It is your friend and your essence... a necessary part of good writing in my opinion. How do you know about dragees? Are you French/Greek I wonder. All Greeks live in Melbourne and are called Nick , I believe:) <br />Could relate to and absolutely loved this one.Also loved the pic. Reminds of a Melbourne winter. Sorry to brag but I am looking at a bright blue sky here in Sydney. <br />Cheers!rallentandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980559347805844568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-80387104230495522922014-06-26T15:28:35.577-11:002014-06-26T15:28:35.577-11:00"I wear my solitude like an old shirt" ..."I wear my solitude like an old shirt" Wow! Love where you went with the prompt from Poetry Jam. Good writing!Wendy Bourkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475940407969993348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-57713921809430692012014-06-26T12:46:34.636-11:002014-06-26T12:46:34.636-11:00Being solitary and enjoying it is wonderful, but b...Being solitary and enjoying it is wonderful, but being alone and lonely is hell on earth. Your words capture this doublet so well. I particularly like the image of the dragee turning from sweet to bitter and the violets losing their fragrance...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858737708196542277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-76963075382358674432014-06-26T12:41:19.644-11:002014-06-26T12:41:19.644-11:00Beautiful images: The old shirt, the sweet contain...Beautiful images: The old shirt, the sweet containing a bitter almond, the drumming of the lonely heart, the fleeting perfume of violets... Wonderful poem about solitude becoming loneliness, catching us unwary.JohnDotGarveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07928748850738121068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-13310604133441435492014-06-26T12:11:25.964-11:002014-06-26T12:11:25.964-11:00Wonderful! I love the first and last stanzas, that...Wonderful! I love the first and last stanzas, that question at the end is so poignant and so true... Loneliness should always be welcome, but for some reason we all want it away. Thank you for dropping in at my blog and for posting this lovely poem of yours!mrs-minervahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451177146281209526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-53828997200180053212014-06-26T09:29:33.581-11:002014-06-26T09:29:33.581-11:00I love the image of the 'old shirt', Nick....I love the image of the 'old shirt', Nick. Aren't they just the best? I have a few which have become another skin. You made a fine distinction between solitude and loneliness. You wrote yet another great poem!Gabriellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968615376035959259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-26409840945247182642014-06-26T00:50:08.996-11:002014-06-26T00:50:08.996-11:00Really like this one, Nick! Favorite stanzas are ...Really like this one, Nick! Favorite stanzas are the first and the last. I like thinking of solitude as an 'old shirt' that is very comfortable. And I like thinking about both loneliness and solitude as you described them in the final stanza. Makes me realize that solitude should really never be lonely. It is all a matter of perspective and semantics. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-61638289419567067302014-06-25T17:16:18.452-11:002014-06-25T17:16:18.452-11:00Intense ..... that is the feeling on reading this ...Intense ..... that is the feeling on reading this poem. great writtingartbyraehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04153847801206823450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-38996548868578041022014-06-25T16:06:51.832-11:002014-06-25T16:06:51.832-11:00beautiful imagery in all the stanzas most speciall...beautiful imagery in all the stanzas most specially the third one...an amazing poem so visual and intense...Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-4517769863863252132014-06-25T14:28:00.010-11:002014-06-25T14:28:00.010-11:00I just don't like when
" Alone, I hear my...I just don't like when<br />" Alone, I hear my heart beating<br />Amplified like raindrops on tin roof..."<br />I like the lines, just don't like when it happens!Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-60725565791777975982014-06-25T14:08:12.742-11:002014-06-25T14:08:12.742-11:00I love it, especially the closing stanza which say...I love it, especially the closing stanza which says it all. I cherish solitude. Wonderfully written!Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-24564380277626185872014-06-25T14:00:39.353-11:002014-06-25T14:00:39.353-11:00solitude can be a wonderful companion...i think th...solitude can be a wonderful companion...i think the difference is often in the choice...to be alone...and to the affliction at times of being lonely....love those old comfortable shirts as well...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-73322646997782554152014-06-25T13:27:14.376-11:002014-06-25T13:27:14.376-11:00We may accustom ourselves to solitude and even enj...We may accustom ourselves to solitude and even enjoy it. But when we experience true companionship and a wonderful relationship, being alone after that engenders loneliness. Your poem, I think, is a perfect illustration of this, Nicholas.Penthesilea77https://www.blogger.com/profile/17794263567833606018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-62194685418907507832014-06-25T13:26:37.999-11:002014-06-25T13:26:37.999-11:00This has some really nice images and the photo is ...This has some really nice images and the photo is excellent with it. Yes, solitude and loneliness are certainly different things. So hard to pinpoint when solitude becomes loneliness.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10811244438243200435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-6118575392492843922014-06-25T12:55:00.312-11:002014-06-25T12:55:00.312-11:00Luv the paradigm presented and the posed question ...Luv the paradigm presented and the posed question to end. Thanks for stopping over at my blog. Have a nice Wednesday<br /><br />Much love...Gillena Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191865405561549074noreply@blogger.com