Comments on: Condensing a poem… http://wordsthatsing.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/condensing-a-poem/ Words about writing, singing, living and loving Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:36:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: durable pigments http://wordsthatsing.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/condensing-a-poem/#comment-450 durable pigments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:10:58 +0000 http://wordsthatsing.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/condensing-a-poem/#comment-450 I just love the condensing of a longer piece int o haiku. What a perfect pairing of image and words here! Love the image of the "onion Valentine." I just love the condensing of a longer piece int o haiku. What a perfect pairing of image and words here! Love the image of the “onion Valentine.”

]]> By: ravenswingpoetry http://wordsthatsing.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/condensing-a-poem/#comment-441 ravenswingpoetry Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:55:08 +0000 http://wordsthatsing.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/condensing-a-poem/#comment-441 I think you condensed the meaning and essence of that poem into your haiku very well. Awesome. -Nicole I think you condensed the meaning and essence of that poem into your haiku very well. Awesome.

-Nicole

]]> By: lirone http://wordsthatsing.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/condensing-a-poem/#comment-438 lirone Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:21:30 +0000 http://wordsthatsing.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/condensing-a-poem/#comment-438 I love the original poem... it works on so many levels, some of which were inevitably lost in the condensation into a haiku. But it really made me focus on what I took from this poem - the honesty about the power of love, for good and bad, rather than its fluffiness and romance. I love the original poem… it works on so many levels, some of which were inevitably lost in the condensation into a haiku. But it really made me focus on what I took from this poem – the honesty about the power of love, for good and bad, rather than its fluffiness and romance.

]]> By: Crafty Green Poet http://wordsthatsing.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/condensing-a-poem/#comment-436 Crafty Green Poet Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:58:04 +0000 http://wordsthatsing.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/condensing-a-poem/#comment-436 I know the original poem quite well and I like how you've condensed it. I know the original poem quite well and I like how you’ve condensed it.

]]> By: mary http://wordsthatsing.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/condensing-a-poem/#comment-434 mary Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:19:09 +0000 http://wordsthatsing.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/condensing-a-poem/#comment-434 I love that last line. How much did you have to change? I guess I should follow the link to see the original... I love that last line. How much did you have to change? I guess I should follow the link to see the original…

]]> By: suburbanlife http://wordsthatsing.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/condensing-a-poem/#comment-432 suburbanlife Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:06:32 +0000 http://wordsthatsing.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/condensing-a-poem/#comment-432 No easy thing to condense the original poem to a haiku - you did it rather effectively. G No easy thing to condense the original poem to a haiku – you did it rather effectively. G

]]> By: suburbanlife http://wordsthatsing.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/condensing-a-poem/#comment-431 suburbanlife Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:04:17 +0000 http://wordsthatsing.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/condensing-a-poem/#comment-431 The onion is a symbol for truthful essence. I have used it as a symbolic image addition to a portrait painting. (See symbolic portraits at gmorrison.ca) shall have to check out the poenm you referenced. G The onion is a symbol for truthful essence. I have used it as a symbolic image addition to a portrait painting. (See symbolic portraits at gmorrison.ca)
shall have to check out the poenm you referenced. G

]]> By: nathan1313 http://wordsthatsing.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/condensing-a-poem/#comment-430 nathan1313 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:12:51 +0000 http://wordsthatsing.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/condensing-a-poem/#comment-430 I'm glad to have been introduced to Duffy's poem and yours. You really do condense the sense of the original. This must have been difficult. I’m glad to have been introduced to Duffy’s poem and yours. You really do condense the sense of the original. This must have been difficult.

]]> By: mariacristina http://wordsthatsing.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/condensing-a-poem/#comment-429 mariacristina Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:49:30 +0000 http://wordsthatsing.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/condensing-a-poem/#comment-429 Cool photo! I'll have to read the original poem to see how you've changed it. Cool photo! I’ll have to read the original poem to see how you’ve changed it.

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