The Heart Is Never Empty Comments

(continued) ...to me, joy and happiness are (almost) identical, as are sorrow and sadness, BUT I LIKE the emphasis each pair of words makes for the poem, AND i really like (upon second reading) your usage of '-ness, -ness, -ness! ! ! at first i did NOT like the heart-cup analogy, as a cup may also easily be empty, and probably usually is empty rather than full. but after reading again, i liked the analogy as well! ! ! bri :)

(continued) ..some of MY feelings are so ATROCIOUS that they pass through a kidney and get expelled forever via; well, YOU KNOW WHAT! ...................// a PH friend, Muzahidul Reza, has been peppering me with suggestions to use imagery in my poems. i guess you NEED not be peppered! ! ! nice images! to MyPoemList. (to continue) ...

i would not readily rush to read a poem with this title. i had left myself a note to read another of your poems, and i said to myself: go to her second page of titles and read the 'second from the bottom (title) '. so i DID. i like it. my feelings, when i have any, flow through my spleen and liver; they, the feelings, have to be cleaned up before reaching my heart (if they, the feelings, can FIND a heart) . (to continue) ..