Batter My Heart Comments

Linda this is a cut far above other poems on the same subject. Your angled metaphor was brilliant and I applaud you for that. Another thing you did quite well was to avoid being maudlin or having tear-streaked lines. Your questions were all from the head, even though your heart certainly was involved. I applaud you. Raynette

Well, you might not have got yourself into a tangle writing this, Lind, but I'm now a complete mess of knots! ! I like the way the poem races and dances along, as our Hugh observes. And I like the allusion to the Donne piece as well. 'Batter My Heart' is, as young Mr De Faiote would say, a 'battering ram' of a poem (Tomas once said that to me about one of my poems) . Anyway, see you at the Gielgud. What shall we watch? I'll have to check out what NON-OPERATIC shows will be on at the time.: -) Love, Gina.

What a dance it is and it rarely works with our conditioning to paired relationships. You present the quandary well and its emotional toll. Know that the other two points also share the same conflicts. Fine writing. Best and Happy Mother's Day, Hugh

A real Tangle Wrangle. Very good indeed, I loved the read. I'm surprised you didn; t get all mangled up doing this one. Loved it. love Ernestine XXX