Comments by All Members
- "It just occurred to me - it's so funny and strange - I found your poem today, hours after writing something that totally made me think of you when a couple of lines popped into it. Vibes are funny that way . . ."
Posted by Carmina Gitana on "The Woman Who Wasn’t There" by Stranger
- "I've always loved your verbal transmogrifications of the body. The image of the skeleton seeping into the mattress is disturbing, beautiful and original. The line repetitions evoke the rhythms of post-nightmare breathing patterns. God, I'm glad you're back, even if it's only for this moment."
Posted by Carmina Gitana on "The Woman Who Wasn’t There" by Stranger
- "I like the repetition, while I can't say the subject or conception is all that unique, I think the approach, the style of expression compensates sufficiently. Women... dreams and nightmares... startling and yet somehow serene... the soft imagery contrasts well with the scream... love the paradoxical element there. Welcome back!"
Posted by Unknown on "The Woman Who Wasn’t There" by Stranger
- "hmmm somehow I get the idea that poetry is pain... but I have to agree with mr... whatever the light may hold, I will find the absence of poetry painful. But I like the rather unique concept of poetry being something to get rid of, something deserving catharsis rather than treasure... is it the bond that drives those who never find the light?"
Posted by Unknown on "Forgotten Poets" by Stranger
- "hmmmm well, I say this defines woman in terms of her ability to reproduce, her sex organs, and her attractiveness to the opposite sex. Regardless of the rather brutal and violent images used to implicate the hymen, and loss of virginity, fearful exposure... there is still a sense of inner beauty developed as woman, and it does seem to capture the sociological gendered identity, as well as the stereotypes associated with it. In other words, the inner woman seems attacked by men along stereotypical lines with a societal realness that most would probably recognize. Interesting work, very conflicted and harsh, employing nasty images to very cerebral concepts, but somehow tender and celebratory. "
Posted by Unknown on "Woman" by Stranger
- "i too read this a little more deeply, i think, five years later... aj, you are a poet's poet. thank you for keeping a bit of yourself here. "
Posted by Jonas on "Woman" by Stranger
- "Yes, yes, I agree with this. Having been deep within that trembling place, and having caused others to tremble in my wake, I appreciate this on a whole new level."
Posted by KittyStryker on "Woman" by Stranger
- "I thought this was a masterpeice when i read it the very first time and my opinion has not changed in the past 5 years. the imagery is great and leaves just enough to the imagination,
I miss you"
Posted by Aurora_Light on " R.E.A.L." by Stranger
- "what makes this evencrazyer for me is the fact that my nickname is moon. and all of this is rue to me. i loves it. ^_^ great write"
Posted by Unknown on "Strange Moon" by Stranger
- "I enjoy the dance between illusion and emotion, the unveiling of human intrigue. Is the magic the trickery?... or our inner fascination?...even be it dark."
Posted by Aunty Depressant on "The Magician" by Stranger
- "brilliant..... a rare backstage view from the voice in the spotlight. profound insight."
Posted by elisa on "The Magician" by Stranger
- "I agree with Carmina the cricket verse is wonderful. The entire write is vivid and creates a smokey sexuality that I couldnt help losing myself in...indeed you should post more ~kristy"
Posted by Sin on "This is Longing" by Stranger
- ""They are two halves of a whole" a perfect ending for this work
welcome back by the way"
Posted by Aurora_Light on "Musing" by Stranger
- "Hurray, Stranger's really back! :) (takes 2 to make me believe it) Intense and palpably sexy as always. Love the metaphor of the clock, and the comparison to the cricket is beautiful and very clever. Overall, it doesn't merely describe longing - it evokes"
Posted by Carmina Gitana on "This is Longing" by Stranger
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