tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884360193624478106.post3471339293875170913..comments2024-01-27T20:35:40.798-05:00Comments on Inside Out Poetry: The Stray (Conflation)Ginny Brannanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15298060016652737538noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884360193624478106.post-86046387298366653072011-11-19T20:35:56.956-05:002011-11-19T20:35:56.956-05:00beautiful and sweet.
;)beautiful and sweet.<br /><br />;)Maggie Patti Barbara Frankford-Waltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02102841132897972874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884360193624478106.post-69004248094103770162011-11-18T18:11:50.299-05:002011-11-18T18:11:50.299-05:00the conflation is actually seamless here. Excellen...the conflation is actually seamless here. Excellent job in choosing and crafting the two Narratives so they relate to one another in the grander scheme. 'finagled' is a wonderful word too. I never heard it before; thanks for a new one!<br /><br />warmest<br /><br />LukeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884360193624478106.post-67135246921731162682011-11-17T06:32:20.109-05:002011-11-17T06:32:20.109-05:00This is gentle and sweet.This is gentle and sweet.ayalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243362803799877014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884360193624478106.post-13247606065675660362011-11-16T20:49:10.858-05:002011-11-16T20:49:10.858-05:00Thanks so much to everyone who was kind enough to ...Thanks so much to everyone who was kind enough to comment and share their opinions:-) <br />I really wasn't sure if this would be a true to form in part because half of it is supposed to reveal something about yourself. My "revelation"-- that I'm a pushover for cats! No big dark secrets in this. The fact that it is two separate stories is true, one about animals, and one about a person known through my work at a nursing home. Perhaps some of the similarity comes from the 'voice' and tone written in, which is the same. When I wrote, was hoping the ambiguity of the last verse with the word "stray" could reflect either story, depending on perspective, and kind of tie it all together.<br />Appreciate all the kind words, thanks again.Ginny Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15298060016652737538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884360193624478106.post-51360890090198003342011-11-16T19:33:17.489-05:002011-11-16T19:33:17.489-05:00Strays and straying minds, healing and nursing all...Strays and straying minds, healing and nursing all woven so subtly into your poem that there was no clash, the transition smooth, seamless - always caring. Well done.Beachannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08638256396472533685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884360193624478106.post-1128131955744402442011-11-16T18:56:43.508-05:002011-11-16T18:56:43.508-05:00I loved both parts of your conflation, and after a...I loved both parts of your conflation, and after a moment of surprise saw an internal logic.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884360193624478106.post-36765517538413570352011-11-16T06:33:47.164-05:002011-11-16T06:33:47.164-05:00Dear Ginny
Its great... and the story though unre...Dear Ginny<br /><br />Its great... and the story though unrelated gelled with each other so well.. says a lot about the writer... lovely. <br /><br />Shashi<br />ॐ नमः शिवाय<br />Om Namah Shivaya<br />http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2011/11/whispers-where-you-will-go.htmlShashidhar Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752054354309206121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884360193624478106.post-61946697033287886212011-11-15T22:00:15.817-05:002011-11-15T22:00:15.817-05:00I'm no expert on the "rules" of Conf...I'm no expert on the "rules" of Conflation (I'm sure it deserves capitalization), but I know when words become images. Coupled together with heart and talent they make a whole poem. Yours tells two stories successfully wound around the same theme. And it moved me and made me smile. Very nice piece, Ginny!Joseph Heschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217169295029029233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884360193624478106.post-18047258154384097652011-11-15T21:48:12.240-05:002011-11-15T21:48:12.240-05:00What you say below "post a comment" soun...What you say below "post a comment" sounds much like me :) I love your blog and im happy to have found you through dverse, Ginny. Nice stuff here, soft and real. Im a fan!<br /><br />http://magicinthebackyard.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/grace/Kelwal76https://www.blogger.com/profile/16147000194703779929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884360193624478106.post-53084295573259498342011-11-15T19:26:58.066-05:002011-11-15T19:26:58.066-05:00Love the poetry form... the first part about the s...Love the poetry form... the first part about the stray cat was touching. The second part is cleverly added, a "fixture" but still fondly remembered by you. Nice one ~Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330793338813508704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884360193624478106.post-45472652460484029152011-11-15T19:20:40.940-05:002011-11-15T19:20:40.940-05:00smiles...you worked conflation well...the strays t...smiles...you worked conflation well...the strays tugged at me as we have 2 cats..both strays that we made a home for...love the shift to the man in the home as well...a touching write...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884360193624478106.post-35352301753772308232011-11-15T16:34:47.754-05:002011-11-15T16:34:47.754-05:00A wonderful write and you have to know the cat lik...A wonderful write and you have to know the cat liked the feeding of his feline mates..hahaPat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884360193624478106.post-62587258113020881462011-11-15T16:05:59.433-05:002011-11-15T16:05:59.433-05:00The shift here was almost imperceptible--excellent...The shift here was almost imperceptible--excellent job on accomplishing the conflation aspect, and also an excellent and moving poem. As I age, I also feel the untangling of ties and capabilities,to that point where one might become just another stray, depending on others' kindness and humanity.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884360193624478106.post-19646753106639853462011-11-15T16:01:10.605-05:002011-11-15T16:01:10.605-05:00a gentleness in your lines todaya gentleness in your lines todayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884360193624478106.post-8897230729700916362011-11-07T09:05:34.419-05:002011-11-07T09:05:34.419-05:00You sound like a very caring person! This is very...You sound like a very caring person! This is very moving.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.com