You are ice and fire, The touch of you burns my hands like snow. You are cold and flame. You are the crimson of amaryllis, The silver of moon-touched magnolias. When I am with you, My heart is a frozen pond Gleaming with agitated torches.
I don't know what that means exactly, no point of reference. It's nice to know that you like something, but what makes reading you interesting is why you like or dislike something. One liner replies are frustrating for me when they don't sufficiently convey the intent of the author. I know you. I like you. I get frustrated reading you. That's just me.
On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 9:54:34 AM UTC-5, Hieronymous707 wrote:
> I don't know what that means exactly, no point of reference. It's nice to know that you like something, but what makes reading you interesting is why you like or dislike something. One liner replies are frustrating for me when they don't sufficiently convey the intent of the author. I know you. I like you. I get frustrated reading you. That's just me.
That's what you always say, no time right now. In fact, there is no time but right now. Every other time is either memory or projection, past or future, not "real" time. Can you at least please explain why you have time for so many one liner replies to so many different posts, but not enough time to respond to one post well, which is to say completely, honestly, and in your own words? Thanks.
I don't know what that means, Will, you reckon. It's not a contest,
and you removed the context of my comment in order to say what you
said. Why do that? I don't get it.
> > respond
> > completely, honestly, and in your own words? Thanks.
> I did exactly that at the start of this thread:
No, you honestly didn't, and now you've removed the context of my
previous comment. Why do that? Why not just say why you like the way
she writes like I asked instead of all this round and round stuff
which has nothing to do with the poem? Why not just talk about why you
like the poem? Why is that such an apparently inappropriate question?
I still don't get it.
On Nov 13, 12:42 pm, "Will Dockery" <will.dock...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hieronymous707 wrote:
> > No, you honestly didn't
> I say I did, you say I didn't.
> Now which of us do you expect me to believe, Corey?
> I gave my comment, /twice/, it turns out:
> >> What do you like about it?
> > The way she writes.
Why do you insist on making this sound like an argument? It's not. I
simply asked you why you like the way she writes. That's all. You
still haven't answered. Why?
> I simply asked you why you like the way she writes. That's all. You
> still haven't answered. Why?
I like her style, I like the way she uses images and phrasing, and I like the way she puts it all together into a poem.
Like I said... mighty fine.
> You are ice and fire,
> The touch of you burns my hands like snow.
> You are cold and flame.
> You are the crimson of amaryllis,
> The silver of moon-touched magnolias.
> When I am with you,
> My heart is a frozen pond
> Gleaming with agitated torches.
> > I simply asked you why you like the way she writes. That's all. You
> > still haven't answered. Why?
> I like her style, I like the way she uses images and phrasing, and I like
> the way she puts it all together into a poem.
> Like I said... mighty fine.
> > You are ice and fire,
> > The touch of you burns my hands like snow.
> > You are cold and flame.
> > You are the crimson of amaryllis,
> > The silver of moon-touched magnolias.
> > When I am with you,
> > My heart is a frozen pond
> > Gleaming with agitated torches.
Can you be any more generic and less specific? Why do you make asking
you what you think about a poem feel like pulling teeth? Shouldn't it
be something you like to do, especially here?
Right. That was at 9:58 this morning, and you've posted I don't know
how many times sense then. It's now early afternoon and you're still
saying you don't have time right now. I don't understand that. What
kind of time do you need to put a couple of detailed thoughts together
and into words here? Why the one liners? What not write a complete
paragraph?
We all multi-task, Will. We all have busy lives. You don't think I've
been patient with you? Really? Do you really think I'm not doing as
much as you in terms of other activities, or that my life isn't as
full of other people and things as yours? Do you really mean to make
other people, like me, feel small and unimportant to you despite the
time they spend? That's what happens. Why do you do that?
I don't know about "we all", but I sure do, although I usually don't tend to post about it.
When I do get a chance, there's several things I'd like to mull and figure out for myself about "Opal", such as the obvious homage/parody of Frost's poem comparing fire & ice (which is in turn a reference to the Norse Ragnarok, Twilight of the Gods, Frost Giants, Surtur, and so on)... or is his the homage/parody? I know he and Ezra Pound were sometimes known to be up to these shenanigans.
When I get time... what I'm getting from Amy's poem will take me a few moments, and there's not eough time or energy for it right now.
On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 9:54:34 AM UTC-5, Hieronymous707 wrote:
> I don't know what that means exactly, no point of reference. It's nice to > know that you like something, but what makes reading you interesting is > why you like or dislike something. One liner replies are frustrating for > me when they don't sufficiently convey the intent of the author. I know > you. I like you. I get frustrated reading you. That's just me.
Okay, I apologize for that, and have a slight bit more time to explore this fascinating and, I admit, difficult to /pin/ down poem... I like the poem as-is, as a stand alone, and I like the poem for the memories of other poems and memories of fire and ice, and similar imagery, myth and so on.
But mainly, as I wrote earlier, I like the way she writes, the way she puts all that together, mighty fine.
