Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Walking Through Autumn Comments

Rating: 4.6

September

Powerlines along my path bristled
with electric fire, scorching
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COMMENTS
Tan Pratonix 16 November 2018

High class poetry. Touching last lines. You have a way with words. I hope you got your poems published. God bless you, Daniel. Rated 10.

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Robert Murray Smith 22 April 2018

Daniel, your imaged filled poem delights those who love nature.

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Nudershada Cabanes 22 February 2018

Excellent narrative with rich and vivid imagery. I can see the scene in my mind as I read along.

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Bharati Nayak 23 November 2017

The images of different seasons are so vivid and so lively as if I am experiencing them myself..Every line has a seasonal flavor to it.Absolutely amazing poem.I hope it gets to the front page of Poem Hunter.

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Smoky Hoss 13 November 2017

What a fantastic poem; absolutely loved it.

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Daniel Brick 13 November 2017

Thanks Smoky. This is one of my favorite poems. It was meant to throw a wide net and pull in all of autumn.

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Glen Kappy 14 September 2017

i wanted to explore some of your earlier poems, daniel, and picked this one not knowing i had already commented on it. no matter. i enjoyed reading it again, reading of scenes you summoned so that they are familiar. i don't know that i've ever seen a bergamot plant. i know the scent from earl grey tea, and it intrigues me that its scent is so strong you can smell it before seeing it. -glen

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Daniel Brick 14 September 2017

Actually it was my neighbor's dog who SMELLED the bergamot plant and led us to. Then our human sense of smell caught the scent. The dog went wild over it. then all it a sudden stopped and walked away. Go figure

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Glen Kappy 13 June 2017

I stopped raking to watch them disappear into thick clouds, no longer winged things but just dots, like crooked ellipses, sinking into the depths of heavy paper, whatever message they were spelling by their flight, smudged, then erased, lost in whiteness.... cool extended metaphor, daniel. -g

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Tom Allport 24 May 2017

a wonderful poem of describing the autumn months and their decay and of the every day human wanderings? waiting for the snow! ..............superbly written.

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Daniel Brick 24 May 2017

This is one of my favorite poem because in it I focused in my favorite season Autumn which us the most poetic season of the year.

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Rebecca Navarre 15 April 2017

Wow! ! ! ! ! Feel Like I've Just Seen One Of The Most Beautiful Movies! ! ! ! ! Your Poem Does Flow With Such Depths! ! ! ! ! And Beauty! ! ! ! ! Thank You! ! ! ! ! So Much For Sharing This Unforgettable Poem! ! ! ! ! Many Many10S! ! ! ! ! +++++Such Beautiful Poetry! ! ! ! !

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Chinedu Dike 18 January 2017

I didn't know you're a prose writer as well. This beautiful narrative piece of poetry is such a delight to read. Lovely indeed. Thanks for sharing sir.

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Kathy Van Kurin 13 October 2016

Daniel Brick, Your careful and progressive walk through changes in seasonal time and life cnanges was done beautifully here. I really could feel the sober and aching loveliness of vulverable nature needing to be affirmed. I love it so much................Blessings to you. I am a very new writer so this was encouraging...................kathy

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Anne Yun 30 August 2016

Serenity ran through me when i walked through your autumn, everything emerged with another as softly as summer replace autumn and autumn turn to winter, you were there, emerged with everything.

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Daniel Brick 30 August 2016

I love your comment Anne - it highly poetic even though you're writing in prose. You clearly grasp the them, that walking in autumn makes you a participant in the season and not just an observer. EVERYTHING EMERGED WITH ANOTHER - that's the poem's theme.

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Denis Mair 23 February 2016

It's an unabashedly contemplative poem which watches nature and self- the way each is discovered through the other. The personal details of an examined life come through, such as your nostalgia for the time when you wrote massive missives. The intrinsic value of thought is respected in such a memory, and also in anticipating the volume of Goethe under a single bulb. There is a habit of watching for signs of things to come in nature; it is a way of attuning to the flow of time. .

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Daniel Brick 24 February 2016

Tank you, Denis. Your comment goes right to the heart of this poem. This is one of my favorite poems and it's one that I hope people will read and enjoy. Emily Dickinson called her poems my letter to the world. That's how I see this one and to have it so thoroughly appreciated makes me proud.

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Susan Williams 22 February 2016

This is the magic called literature. If I were not so stunned, I could probably write a thousand words about your piece but I am [almost] speechless. You are now on my speed-dial for important poetry to read. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.

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Daniel Brick 22 February 2016

I just saw your comment this afternoon. I am happy with your description of the magic called literature. That is a wonderfully rewarding comment to receive. It makes me want to keep doing the hard work of writing to achieve that magic. And I'm stunned to be a speed-dial poet.

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Dimitrios Galanis 09 February 2016

A great composition.I had in mind Vivaldi's four seasons while treading through its musical lines.Starting to read it I had a feeling that it needs patience to reach to the end.I wished it was cut into pieces.Each for every month.I do noy still know, or better I can not imagine how many of its readers would wish it.I was pleased at the end that it was so planned and offered.A great present.

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Daniel Brick 22 February 2016

I just now found your comment, Dimitrios (2/22/2016) Yes, music has inspired me in writing about autumn, especially Brahms's chamber music. I played his clarinet quintet often during the time I wrote these poems.

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Bojoy Barredo 21 January 2016

i was amazed by this poem...bravo :)

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Terry Craddock 24 December 2015

'Powerlines along my path bristled with electric fire, scorching the raised brow of September' incredible lines surging with electrified meaning

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Kim Barney 06 December 2015

I get a peaceful feeling reading through this poem. My favorite lines: The scarecrows were all fast asleep. (I tried to imagine them otherwise!) I stopped raking to watch them disappear into thick clouds, no longer winged things but just dots, like crooked ellipses, sinking into the depths of heavy paper, The sunroom is without light. You slouch in a big chair, wrapped in a dark blue blanket. Your brown eyes are the brightest spots to be seen Loved it. I will read some more of yours later.

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Bharati Nayak 18 November 2015

Oh, your narrative of October, November and December, so beautiful! It is really fantastic how you co-relate the inner and the outer perspective.I would love to quote from your poem about December-' The sunroom is without light, You slouch in a big chair Wrapped in a dark blue blanket - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - in front of me clouds fold into each other and a deluge of snow is poised to fall all winter long.

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Daniel Brick 22 February 2016

Thanks for your appreciation Bharati - I just saw your comment today three months after you wrote it! And you expressed the heart of this poem in speaking of a union of outer and inner. That is a theme I find in the great literature of India. I just today bought an abridged translation of the Mahabharata - it will be my summer reading for sure.

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Sranisha Francis 18 September 2015

Yes, These word are very beautiful. i like it. Ages ago, you stopped counting our steps. We walk. side by side, in an 'andante' rhythm, as if we have nothing else to hope for.

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