tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post5136656375509807335..comments2024-03-22T07:52:09.997-04:00Comments on Another Porch ...A Poetry Blog: Of Things Phantom...Janet Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-79658515113589882142012-07-04T19:46:06.727-04:002012-07-04T19:46:06.727-04:00There really is no tomorrow, will be no tomorrow! ...There really is no tomorrow, will be no tomorrow! Today, only today to be and live and love.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-81884518976833960412012-07-01T22:35:23.743-04:002012-07-01T22:35:23.743-04:00Your words are deeply appreciated, one and all! Th...Your words are deeply appreciated, one and all! Thank-you.Janet Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10126248666972072628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-71083296423680265692012-06-30T22:42:13.775-04:002012-06-30T22:42:13.775-04:00YOU should be writing lyrics for music! WOW, this ...YOU should be writing lyrics for music! WOW, this is beautiful and haunting~ I love both of yoursEllahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-79149104509197540982012-06-30T09:46:15.245-04:002012-06-30T09:46:15.245-04:00I like this one a bit more, also. Feels like a dar...I like this one a bit more, also. Feels like a dark walk. Promise as "a phantom excuse" is lovely and "mist on my tongue" as a tinge of hope, as I see it. Very nice! :)Archna Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14838906796617874529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-48181812150071244152012-06-30T02:20:22.707-04:002012-06-30T02:20:22.707-04:00I like this one even better than your first - this...I like this one even better than your first - this is new thinking.vivinfrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388722600118753457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-84642808321780453112012-06-29T16:24:52.892-04:002012-06-29T16:24:52.892-04:00Tomorrow is merely
A phantom excuse
For as surely ...Tomorrow is merely<br />A phantom excuse<br />For as surely as I lunge<br />At the hem of its frock<br />It is mist on my tongue<br />At twelve o’clock<br /><br /><br />Love this in its entirety but especially this portion is so smooth. Well written,Janet and so nice to see you around the garden!!Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-60921648968124100482012-06-29T13:26:40.349-04:002012-06-29T13:26:40.349-04:00... "Oh, I believe in yesterday" is the ...... "Oh, I believe in yesterday" is the lyric replaying in my mind that your poem inspired in me TODAY ...Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-64901161868377024912012-06-29T12:30:15.080-04:002012-06-29T12:30:15.080-04:00...and "I Got You Babe" on the clock rad......and "I Got You Babe" on the clock radio?Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-90266854475917336102012-06-29T11:52:46.179-04:002012-06-29T11:52:46.179-04:00Oh that phantom our heart reaches for only to elud...Oh that phantom our heart reaches for only to elude and make us live in the repetition of the same pain another day. Your poem is so moving..it puts into words what I have felt many times over the last year and a half.Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-7698894037264212522012-06-29T10:44:46.680-04:002012-06-29T10:44:46.680-04:00"but all I ever get is today"......oh so..."but all I ever get is today"......oh so true. Love the leaping at the hem to the mist on the tongue.......this is a wonderful poem to read. One resonates with every line:)Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-73899464238695606192012-06-29T08:16:31.879-04:002012-06-29T08:16:31.879-04:00This is a wonderful piece of poetry: self-containe...This is a wonderful piece of poetry: self-contained and deeply layered. Fine thoughts within the original images.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-20757233635526741152012-06-29T07:37:11.624-04:002012-06-29T07:37:11.624-04:00oooh i love "vapor hoorays." and now i&#...oooh i love "vapor hoorays." and now i'm thinking about the downside of only getting todays. hmmm.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027954226798117530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504381264366497570.post-80544769664067845242012-06-29T01:12:45.587-04:002012-06-29T01:12:45.587-04:00"For as surely as I lunge
At the hem of its f..."For as surely as I lunge<br />At the hem of its frock<br />It is mist on my tongue<br />At twelve o’clock"<br /><br />How true! Reaching seems pointless! Great juggling with the todays.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.com