Saturday, November 19, 2011

I Go Back To May 1937 Comments

Rating: 3.5

I see them standing at the formal gates of their colleges,
I see my father strolling out
under the ochre sandstone arch, the
red tiles glinting like bent
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Sharon Olds
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Khairul Ahsan 15 November 2020

'Do what you are going to do, and I will tell about it' - that's the way to do it. Congratulations on your poem's selection as the 'Modern Poem of the Day'!

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Mahtab Bangalee 15 November 2020

strike sparks from them, I say Do what you are going to do, and I will tell about it. /// it's a poem where the remembered past nowadays comes out as a history where are appended the happiness and sorrow of life, the struggle, the conjugal life; the benumbed feelings of real-life and many others things of life; it's really stupendous writing; I enjoyed

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Susan Williams 15 November 2020

Now that was a powerful read! ! ! The intensity of a mystery novel and the emotion of a well-crafted poem. I have got to read more by this extraordinary writer! ! ! !

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simply beautiful and grandeur

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Deluke Muwanigwa 15 November 2020

Great poem. It leaves one to fill in the puzzle. Bang them together at the hips. Thats a unique artistic way of talking in public about procreation. Great stuff.

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Paul Amrod 23 November 2017

A very dynamic warning exhibiting the necessity of personal thought before actions are taken, I am also a propagator of self-thinking. Thank you for your wonderful poem, Paul

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Ravi Kopra 23 November 2017

I take them up like the male and female paper dolls and bang them together at the hips, like chips of flint, as if to strike sparks from them, .... And then you come into the world enchanting everyone with poems of life and love. People bang, sparks fly and they see shining stars in daylight. You did pretty well, Sharon. There were sparks with lightening. Thunderous clouds gathered and rained till the parched, dry earth could drink no more.

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Edward Kofi Louis 23 November 2017

I will tell about it! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Deepak Kumar Pattanayak 23 November 2017

She revives the remembrance of what is now so painful to her but bold enough to face it fearlessly..............candidly expressed...........thanks for sharing

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Bernard F. Asuncion 23 November 2017

Such an interesting write, Sharon....... a huge 10+++

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Kumarmani Mahakul 23 November 2017

Stupendous write. Congratulations dear Sharon for being selected this poem as the member poem of the day.

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Subhas Chandra Chakra 23 November 2017

A great blow in a few lines, nice penning Sharon, Congrats for the modern POD.

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Kim Barney 29 November 2014

Holy cow! This poem hits hard and pulls no punches. A fantastic job!

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Colleen Courtney 15 May 2014

Nicely written and told from an interesting perspective. Well done.

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Troy Ulysses Davis 29 November 2012

I enjoyed the perspective of the narrative.

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Dave Walker 19 November 2011

Really like this, a really really good poem. Enjoyed reading it. May i invite you to read my new one. Called, Indian Brave.

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Sharon Olds

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