tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113327012084450817.post9037072118922377015..comments2023-10-26T15:29:27.753+01:00Comments on Written In Exile: Old Woman Seen from the BusIsabel Doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974989548030799086noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113327012084450817.post-2366736965024586322011-11-02T10:13:43.096+00:002011-11-02T10:13:43.096+00:00How sights and tastes evoke memories - sometimes g...How sights and tastes evoke memories - sometimes glancing, not quite caught. I liked this, Isabel.jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113327012084450817.post-12005271848433764092011-11-01T17:05:40.222+00:002011-11-01T17:05:40.222+00:00Thank you for your insightful and detailed comment...Thank you for your insightful and detailed comments Mr Murdoch, I do appreciate them.<br /><br />The line you questioned - the spent sticky sperm - I always hesitated over - but I kept it because of its sibilants - I wanted the spitting sounds. I don't see her particpating in oral sex - not because I'm a prude either but the man I saw in my poem might have been, in that way anyway.<br />Isabel Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974989548030799086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113327012084450817.post-7017119215762986202011-11-01T16:54:37.194+00:002011-11-01T16:54:37.194+00:00Madame Raven, thank you for all your kind comments...Madame Raven, thank you for all your kind comments. Yes it is meant to be an honest reflection.<br /><br />Deletion - always dangerous! But I'm glad I made you laugh, I always aim to please.<br /><br />Best wishes, IsabelIsabel Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974989548030799086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113327012084450817.post-3702280487482870062011-11-01T15:44:42.296+00:002011-11-01T15:44:42.296+00:00The first poem I ever saw published in America bac...The first poem I ever saw published in America back in 1989 was a reimagining of a William Carlos Williams poem. I have been a fan a long time. On the whole I like this reworking. I certainly like the <i>idea</i> of it. The image of the sperm is an interesting one, especially when the “pregnant’ plum is rejected later. I don’t particularly like the line ‘like spent sticky sperm on her thigh’ not Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113327012084450817.post-55474100731232156232011-11-01T14:55:03.470+00:002011-11-01T14:55:03.470+00:00"Ejects to the gutter" what a wonderful..."Ejects to the gutter" what a wonderful line, what a wonderful phrase. I like this poem for its honesty. You made me laugh Isabel. In your latest comment about my blog photo! I literally lost the other one altogether. You know what happens when one insists upon hitting the delete button. Ah well.Liz Rice-Sosnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705708193546909432noreply@blogger.com