Wednesday, June 8, 2005

Side By Side In Auvers. Comments

Rating: 5.0

To seek a bright and perfect light.
We walked along our chosen way
behind that hallowed twisted site;
to seek a bright and perfect light
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Gillian.E. Shaw
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Moriah Cyr 29 June 2005

I liked this one very much. The old world language that you used, conjured a more whimsical feeling. I would never feel confident using the wording that obviously comes so easily for you. Bravo! !

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Simon Zonenblick 21 June 2005

I really enjoyed this and find a spiritual quality not just in this piece but in most of your poems on Poemhunter. I like the brave use of contrasting adjectives (ie ''hallowed, twisted'') and feel this adds to the overall atomsopheric effect.

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Raynette Eitel 10 June 2005

This is lovely, Gillian. It seems to be a kind of pantoum, although not in four-lined stanzas. I love the repetition of lines. It has a mystical feel about it. Well done! Raynette

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