tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post2772903181118520352..comments2023-11-10T23:19:49.002+00:00Comments on Straight talking street talking sweet...: Monday Poetry Train Revisited #11Andy Sewinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-88112816950901994662009-01-23T15:38:00.000+00:002009-01-23T15:38:00.000+00:00Seems so familiar...clearly fadingSeems so familiar...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2009/01/clearly-fading.html" REL="nofollow">clearly fading</A>gautami tripathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-52131694927583197802009-01-22T09:41:00.000+00:002009-01-22T09:41:00.000+00:00Hi Stan, sometimes you have to change the name to ...Hi Stan, sometimes you have to change the name to protect the innocent... I worked with Frankie in the Isle of Man - real character, fictional name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-494617575470352632009-01-22T07:42:00.000+00:002009-01-22T07:42:00.000+00:00I remember the name but was never sure if he was a...I remember the name but was never sure if he was a fictional character.Stan Skihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963655096635414472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-15691437736491422202009-01-21T23:18:00.000+00:002009-01-21T23:18:00.000+00:00Hi Gel. It was a long time ago - but these things ...Hi Gel. It was a long time ago - but these things still happen.<BR/><BR/>Hi Carole, so young, so sad! <BR/><BR/>I didn't make it to the Sale Poetry night either, as I've come dome down with a stinking cold.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-426858211459297262009-01-20T20:57:00.000+00:002009-01-20T20:57:00.000+00:00I didn't see what what coming. It's always sad whe...I didn't see what what coming. It's always sad when this sort of thing happens, now or 20 plus years ago.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Sorry I'm not able to be in Sale, Cheshire tonight. I was cool once.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-41300055242706923342009-01-20T20:26:00.000+00:002009-01-20T20:26:00.000+00:00Hi Sweet Talking Guy,I think I read at Poetry Trai...Hi Sweet Talking Guy,<BR/>I think I read at Poetry Train that this poem is in memory of a friend of yours? The style here of 2 or 3 words/stanza emphasizes his short life as well as the brutality of living on the streets. (with spare belongings, minute by minute, not even day by day ...at times)<BR/>I'm sorry you lost your friend. It sounds like this was a long time ago.<BR/><BR/>Hugs,<BR/>gelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-32127090688040262172009-01-20T08:58:00.000+00:002009-01-20T08:58:00.000+00:00Hi Danika, many thanks for that!Hi Danika, many thanks for that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-9306313282997476582009-01-20T08:56:00.000+00:002009-01-20T08:56:00.000+00:00Hi Julia, I tried to make them like newspaper head...Hi Julia, I tried to make them like newspaper headlines, I think...<BR/><BR/>Hi Jeeves, you're old at twenty if you don't make twenty-one.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Artpredator!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-66335194452972216402009-01-20T08:55:00.000+00:002009-01-20T08:55:00.000+00:00yes, AP, and the curt end couplets create an odd s...yes, AP, and the curt end couplets create an odd sing-song that works.Danika Dinsmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472222686878922186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-18790574856911963492009-01-20T07:02:00.000+00:002009-01-20T07:02:00.000+00:00short lines like the short life of your friend...a...short lines like the short life of your friend...<BR/><BR/>a well done tributeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-67062773694173376942009-01-20T05:55:00.000+00:002009-01-20T05:55:00.000+00:00Old at twenty. Sad!!!Old at twenty. Sad!!!Jeeveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059095696768768954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-19465338470248915522009-01-20T01:53:00.000+00:002009-01-20T01:53:00.000+00:00The short lines with no breaks really drives the i...The short lines with no breaks really drives the imagery with the same relentlessness as discovering the news 24 years ago.Julia Phillips Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15392455413201190775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-67903163730430326802009-01-20T00:39:00.000+00:002009-01-20T00:39:00.000+00:00Thanks Floreta, you're spot on!Thanks Floreta, you're spot on!Andy Sewinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023449074796269533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-38501654948201313542009-01-19T23:58:00.000+00:002009-01-19T23:58:00.000+00:00this reads like an obituary.. short, maybe fitting...this reads like an obituary.. short, maybe fittingly so..floretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18220834824793299258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-68519143648929550772009-01-19T23:29:00.000+00:002009-01-19T23:29:00.000+00:00Hi Tony, it was September 1984!Hi Tony, it was September 1984!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042258266471605061.post-58242522800714140672009-01-19T22:45:00.000+00:002009-01-19T22:45:00.000+00:00Tragic, but increasingly likely.Tragic, but increasingly likely.anthonynorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06680944720744601697noreply@blogger.com