Sesquipedalia Verba Comments

Climbing the thin air, yet walking down the of your life, down. Amazing utterance for when we are oblivious of what's true! Old content, yet everfresh. Thank you.

The photo reminds me of a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci. The words spoken by this unnamed person have had their effect on you, for sure. It is true that 'A judge can be/ easily bought'. I like your metaphor, ' walking down the / of my own life'. A memorable poem.

a beautiful poem with a deep meaning. and i have also learnt a new word, sesquipedalian))

I loved the quote, 'Dont judge yourself..., but is it borrowed or just part of the conversation?

I really do enjoy your work. You are a true craftsman. Keep on sharing

i have enjoyed very much your work! and from your beautiful poem i ha've also learned that sesquipedalia comes from Horace)) 2 lessons about literature))

Two resders called this a nice poem. When Shakespeare used the word NICE it meant lustful. Oh, my, how that word has been drained of meaning for us. It can mean inoffensive (NICE SERMON, PADRE) or comfortable (MY NICE LAWN CHAIR) or enjoyable (NICE POEM) . But nice is simply inadequate to identify the impact of this poem. I do not think it was written to be a nice poem. It is meant to be disturbing, to burrow into your mind and haunt it. I do not want to rush ahead with my view of it. I want to live with it for awhile, indeed to let it haunt me for awhile. More later, , , ,

I MISTOOK YOU FOR MY OWN SHADOW - What a brilliant openning line! But even to the poem's speaker it can mean a variety of things. It could suggest a shared identity. Or a shadow being without substance it could mean a false sense of shared identity. These are opposite views which creates a creative tension in me. THE SHROUD OF THE HORIZON brings in a word associated with death (and if you didn't intend that connection you would have written THE GARMENT OF etc.) . Then words spillout of the person's EYES, not their mouth, which startled me. Finally, that's when you woke up - I didn't realize you were asleep. These observations show how masterfully dense this stanza is (Dense to me is a positive word - ordinary speedch is lean, poetic speech is dense) .

interesting title. Nice poem

it is a very nice poem. I like it very much.