Monday, January 13, 2003

The Bull Moose Comments

Rating: 3.5

Down from the purple mist of trees on the mountain,
lurching through forests of white spruce and cedar,
stumbling through tamarack swamps,
came the bull moose
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Alden Nowlan
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Ramesh T A 26 March 2020

Apt poem on bull fight being selected as Modern Poem of the Day by PH! Congrats to the Poet!

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Francie Lynch 26 March 2020

Reminds me of the revellers on the beaches in Florida during this crisis. They too want to shoot we bull moose with covid bullets.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 26 March 2020

A beautiful story is lying behind this beautiful poem composed by Alden Nowlan.

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Dr Antony Theodore 26 March 2020

When he roared, people ran to their cars. All the young men leaned on their automobile horns as he toppled. a fine poem.tony

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Ratnakar Mandlik 26 March 2019

A beautiful story poem reminding to some extent the story of the taming of the bull. Congrats on well deserved modern poem of the Day.

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Mahtab Bangalee 26 March 2019

superb poetic expression............................

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doug scotney 26 March 2019

Instead of going down with a grunt, going down with a bellow

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Edward Kofi Louis 26 March 2019

The purple mist! ! ! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 26 March 2019

This poem is beautifully written. So impressive and moving.

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Dr Antony Theodore 26 March 2019

o they held their fire. But just as the sun dropped in the river the bull moose gathered his strength like a scaffolded king, straightened and lifted his horns so that even the wardens backed away as they raised their rifles. great expressions in a descriptive Poem. than k u. tony

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Pranab K Chakraborty 26 March 2019

" Too tired to turn or, perhaps, aware there was no place left to go, he stood with the cattle." ............... The poem inclines to give a soft stroke of colored brush just to show the difference of verse with prose. Nice.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 26 March 2019

One of the best poems by Alden Nowlan.........

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M Asim Nehal 05 December 2016

Great imagery and fantastic storyline with fine flow....I loved it, Down from the purple mist of trees on the mountain, lurching through forests of white spruce and cedar, stumbling through tamarack swamps, came the bull moose to be stopped at last by a pole-fenced pasture.

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John Richter 10 August 2015

Agreed. This poet is awesome!

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Michael Crawford 28 March 2013

Jesus! This is incredible!

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Matthew P 01 December 2004

This is an absolutely brilliant poem. Symbolism is obvious... just in the first line- down, meaning that he has come from 'up' or power, then purple, which symbolizes royalty, purple mist- somewhat magical.Truely an astounding poem.

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Alden Nowlan

Alden Nowlan

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