tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post6857984896719272799..comments2023-10-24T06:55:48.859-07:00Comments on HERE, WHERE I AM: DESCENT: My new manuscriptKathryn Stripling Byerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17867152753841610044noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-30718868846888985882009-02-26T11:35:00.000-08:002009-02-26T11:35:00.000-08:00oh my. I keep finding the most breathtaking thing...oh my. I keep finding the most breathtaking things here in both images and words.<BR/>i love it here.Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-49650419402291094352009-02-17T06:59:00.000-08:002009-02-17T06:59:00.000-08:00I'm a little late in responding, but I'll add my e...I'm a little late in responding, but I'll add my enthusiastic agreement with the other comments. Even on my monitor, the painting has such vivid colors and depth. I have no doubt that it looks more so in person. It will be the perfect cover for your deep and vivid poems. So very glad I got to hear you read some of them. Can't wait for the book. <BR/><BR/>"Down" also sparked a memory for me. I was only three when my brother's twin died at 11 months, so I don't have a clear picture of events, but I DO remember.karenhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03547218457294196281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-39137347085024095392009-02-14T06:28:00.000-08:002009-02-14T06:28:00.000-08:00That's a marvelous idea for a cover. I know I'll ...That's a marvelous idea for a cover. I know I'll like the poems - goes without saying. I'm anticipating the book even more.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10074374606569366608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-79661765636269390192009-02-12T07:50:00.000-08:002009-02-12T07:50:00.000-08:00What a beautiful poem, Kathryn. And the cover is ...What a beautiful poem, Kathryn. And the cover is good, too. Hope your book is accepted quickly. Best, HelenDeadMulehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01209584859435270113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-57660893753737062092009-02-11T17:02:00.000-08:002009-02-11T17:02:00.000-08:00Hi Cindy, thanks very much! I'm heading to Ga. to...Hi Cindy, thanks very much! I'm heading to Ga. tomorrow and will pick up the painting at my mother's. I love looking at your artwork. It really does connect me with whatever that mystery is that makes me want to respond. K.Kathryn Stripling Byerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867152753841610044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-9155640914229348172009-02-11T16:55:00.000-08:002009-02-11T16:55:00.000-08:00Very kind words about the painting, BUT I too like...Very kind words about the painting, BUT I too like the poem more! Can't wait for the book!Cindy Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15494870184983643049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-10726108628939735582009-02-11T12:15:00.000-08:002009-02-11T12:15:00.000-08:00Vicki, thanks for the thumbs up. I worked on paci...Vicki, thanks for the thumbs up. I worked on pacing a over many drafts for this poem so that the ending would seem just right. I'm so glad you think it worked!<BR/> And thank you , anon., for your good words. I'm just back from a fabulous Coffee with the Poets, sponsored by Netwest, over in Hayesville. I'll be posting the poems I heard on my laureate site or on both sites. What a great group!<BR/> Mindy, your renga is up on the laureate blog now.Kathryn Stripling Byerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867152753841610044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-34899287802578679452009-02-11T06:20:00.000-08:002009-02-11T06:20:00.000-08:00Kay,It will be a beautiful cover for a much antici...Kay,<BR/><BR/>It will be a beautiful cover for a much anticipated book. I love the poem "Down" and am inspired by it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-51565036291884371292009-02-10T17:54:00.000-08:002009-02-10T17:54:00.000-08:00A fine cover and an even finer poem! The final fou...A fine cover and an even finer poem! The final four lines are absolutely perfect.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-80000236403729950032009-02-10T13:01:00.000-08:002009-02-10T13:01:00.000-08:00Hi Nancy and "Evening Light," I think the sun coul...Hi Nancy and "Evening Light," I think the sun could be either setting or rising, but I see it as setting, and the spirit coming up out of the forest, the land. I want the title to connect in several ways, first with lineage (descent), the descent literally of a culture a place, as well as other literal "descents,"but also descent into the worlds beneath as in Native American mythology, the 3rd and 4th worlds where the light is different, everything blooms, and so forth. Again, I want the creative ambiguity of the word to work throughout the book and the painting captures the dark, the light, the haunting of the world I come fromt.Kathryn Stripling Byerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867152753841610044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-91806221135191374952009-02-10T12:03:00.000-08:002009-02-10T12:03:00.000-08:00Kay, When I first saw the painting I thought it wa...Kay, When I first saw the painting I thought it was of the moon. Then after reading your poem "Down" I saw that it is the sun. The painting is a bit dark as Evening Light said, especially with the black cloud coming to cover the sun,but it is perfect for the manuscript title DESCENT. I want the book. I look forward to its publication.Nancy Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06468975663711270696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-63167458212989423012009-02-09T20:24:00.000-08:002009-02-09T20:24:00.000-08:00I can't wait until this is published! I've been re...I can't wait until this is published! I've been reading with great interest the poems that you've been posting from this manuscript. I think the painting fits beautifully..I don't know there is something menacing and haunting about it, a bit dark. Perhaps I am the only one who sees this? I read a mystical tone to your poems.Evening Light Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13704137042390161733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-3184483914408928522009-02-09T17:57:00.000-08:002009-02-09T17:57:00.000-08:00Hello, Hello. I like the painting and like your p...Hello, Hello. I like the painting and like your poem more. You can't begin to know the joy and pride in my heart when I read the conversation between you and Lynn.Nancy Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06468975663711270696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-11687791731021060512009-02-09T15:35:00.000-08:002009-02-09T15:35:00.000-08:00Isn't it strange how we can remember the most minu...Isn't it strange how we can remember the most minute of details when we, as kids, stumbled into chaotic circumstances? I suppose even then, the "someday" poet in you was taking mental notes and jotting them down for safe keeping somewhere in your memory banks. I LOVE that about this piece. It's like a snapshot a child would take with a grownup camera. <BR/><BR/>It inspired a memory of my own and my latest piece called "Grandmas' Remedy". Thanks for that!Lynn ...https://www.blogger.com/profile/07382971041901122845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-64592641412172909642009-02-09T14:53:00.000-08:002009-02-09T14:53:00.000-08:00Hi Susan, yes, I posted some of Cindy's work back ...Hi Susan, yes, I posted some of Cindy's work back in the summer. I'm delighted that you saved it to your desktop. Cindy would be very pleased to know that. You should order a print of it. That's what I'm looking at right now. At one point she even had this painting on some of her totebags she was selling through cafepress (I think she's changed her "venue" since then.). Lynn, you always make my day with your comments. This poem is from a memory of the afternoon my uncle died suddenly of a heart attack while at my grandparents' farm. The details are pretty much real in terms of narrative. I had been, of course, orderd to "pray," but I mostly stood mute and scared out by the cedar tree, watching the sun set and dreading my mother coming back with the news.Kathryn Stripling Byerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867152753841610044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-52824627799059689632009-02-09T13:22:00.000-08:002009-02-09T13:22:00.000-08:00Kathryn ... I agree with Susan, the artwork is ama...Kathryn ... I agree with Susan, the artwork is amazing, but your poem is really moving! Again you've taken me back to a similar time and though it's hazy, you helped part some clouds of the day my grandmother died and the chaos surrounding those first knowing moments. You have captured a moment few of us ever really stop to think about, but what a defining moment in our lives. I love your work. Truly.Lynn ...https://www.blogger.com/profile/07382971041901122845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7357199451052416763.post-1207957353523548742009-02-09T13:13:00.000-08:002009-02-09T13:13:00.000-08:00I remember seeing that work some time back. Don't ...I remember seeing that work some time back. Don't remember if it was you or Vicki Lane who pointed me there, but I do remember that this was my favorite of all her works. Lucky you for grabbing that one up. I'll have to be satisfied with the copy I saved to use on my computer desktop. <I>*sigh*</I>Susan M. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02925109035133133812noreply@blogger.com