Wow, just wow...there is no review I can offer that can do justice to this undisputed epic...you continue to outdo yourself and blow me away in the process...I have no lines to single out, for every one is absolute perfection...of course the title hooked me on impact, but the poem that followed is one of the best things I've read in a long time...even the clip is perfect...you know I love elemental imagery, and the clash of fire and ice right out of the gate was enough to leave me awestruck...it will be a criminal act if this does not appear on the top of every meaningful list on the site...this felt like a visit to a coffee shop on Mars, but I could go to Mars myself, and not in my wildest dreams would I come back with something like this...'raven and the butterfly had a pity party at the peanut gallery'...I suppose this line is the unofficial cornerstone of the poem, but how can one truly pick out a cornerstone in this feast of poetic brilliance? I can say nothing more, I am out of superlatives...this is phenomenal poetry from the most phenomenal poet I know...you're a pretty phenomenal person too ;) This should be in an Oxford anthology, and would not be out of place amongst the grandmasters of any era, and I have lots of anthologies...again, I can only offer an unequivocal wow...xo
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10 Years Ago
Wow, just wow yourself Benji, you just blew me away sweetie! I'm speechless reading your review, and.. read moreWow, just wow yourself Benji, you just blew me away sweetie! I'm speechless reading your review, and you know Mrs R is hardly at a loss for words most time....since this was written even before you knew where this one came from, I'm double wow'd. Thanks so much my dear friend. xo
You're so welcome Mrs.R...I've read it another few times since leaving the review and it still sends.. read moreYou're so welcome Mrs.R...I've read it another few times since leaving the review and it still sends chills up my spine...whatever you do Mrs.R, never lose this poem, cuz if you ever did decide to try publishing, this is a prime candidate ;) xo
10 Years Ago
I'm never going to come down off the ceiling if you keep this up BEnji! :) x
10 Years Ago
Haha I'll keep you company up there Mrs.R...I might get vertigo but I'll take it ;) x
David Bowie and his spiders were from Mars, but while they may have drunk coffee, don't think they would hang out in Maleficent's dark forest.. It's hard to keep true to our dreams Frieda, there is too much ungly reality in life to allow us the illusions and/or allusions of our younger years... Most are destroyed in realities crumbling castles and bloody suns, and even when there is a happy ever after it is tainted with these nightmares...
I love your stumbling left turns while veering right... and the thing about life is that it always holds out possibilities of third or fourth times. And... I don't think you could sit quietly, you have way too much to say and while you say "random rumbling's ramble", well maybe, but seems from reading there is nothing random nor rambles here in these words... just sharp arrows directed at the realities of life's inequalities.. Beware those Krakens!!!
~~redzone xxoo
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10 Years Ago
Oh I think they probably live/love Maleficent's darkly colored forest Curt! Always love your review.. read moreOh I think they probably live/love Maleficent's darkly colored forest Curt! Always love your reviews, you put your heart into them, grazie mille my sweet friend. x
Wow, just wow...there is no review I can offer that can do justice to this undisputed epic...you continue to outdo yourself and blow me away in the process...I have no lines to single out, for every one is absolute perfection...of course the title hooked me on impact, but the poem that followed is one of the best things I've read in a long time...even the clip is perfect...you know I love elemental imagery, and the clash of fire and ice right out of the gate was enough to leave me awestruck...it will be a criminal act if this does not appear on the top of every meaningful list on the site...this felt like a visit to a coffee shop on Mars, but I could go to Mars myself, and not in my wildest dreams would I come back with something like this...'raven and the butterfly had a pity party at the peanut gallery'...I suppose this line is the unofficial cornerstone of the poem, but how can one truly pick out a cornerstone in this feast of poetic brilliance? I can say nothing more, I am out of superlatives...this is phenomenal poetry from the most phenomenal poet I know...you're a pretty phenomenal person too ;) This should be in an Oxford anthology, and would not be out of place amongst the grandmasters of any era, and I have lots of anthologies...again, I can only offer an unequivocal wow...xo
Posted 10 Years Ago
2 of 2 people found this review constructive.
10 Years Ago
Wow, just wow yourself Benji, you just blew me away sweetie! I'm speechless reading your review, and.. read moreWow, just wow yourself Benji, you just blew me away sweetie! I'm speechless reading your review, and you know Mrs R is hardly at a loss for words most time....since this was written even before you knew where this one came from, I'm double wow'd. Thanks so much my dear friend. xo
You're so welcome Mrs.R...I've read it another few times since leaving the review and it still sends.. read moreYou're so welcome Mrs.R...I've read it another few times since leaving the review and it still sends chills up my spine...whatever you do Mrs.R, never lose this poem, cuz if you ever did decide to try publishing, this is a prime candidate ;) xo
10 Years Ago
I'm never going to come down off the ceiling if you keep this up BEnji! :) x
10 Years Ago
Haha I'll keep you company up there Mrs.R...I might get vertigo but I'll take it ;) x
Nice!!! This reminded me of a musician by the name of Renee Lusier where he will present cards and the singers will say this phrases that would come to them under what seeimingly is chaotic for he uneducated. That's how I feel when I read this "uneducated" enough to pierce through so I can only go by and impressionist view. It is woven in such way that at the end it leaves you thinking "ecstasy's debacle'd brambles were twice forsaken" that for me was the firestarter.
There is only one Frieda (football(soccer) holligans chant)
Thankyou
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10 Years Ago
Never heard of him, I'll have to google that one...jazz'd you enjoyed my brambles....!
I grok this! (Sorry, Micheal Valentine Smith is the only person I know from Mars) Beautiful flowing words weave a lovely story within a story for me. 'once upon a dream and pomegranate wine's zephyr'd promises,' promises much and delivers. (Pomegranate wine appears more than a few times in your writing... I must get some of this potent libation if it produces such amazing metaphors and beautifully turned phrases. I haven't seen the movie (though I did watch your proffered trailer), but I suspect this piece sums it up nicely. Great work!
Posted 10 Years Ago
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10 Years Ago
Ha so glad, that's my first grok as a review !! You only know one person from Mars, you must be spe.. read moreHa so glad, that's my first grok as a review !! You only know one person from Mars, you must be special....thanks J.K.!
If you want to know me, read my poetry, it's all in there. I am a mother of three sons (my finest moments) a sister, a survivor and a little bit crazy. I lost my beloved sister to suicide, so you'll.. more..