tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post2755844311127834367..comments2023-10-03T11:41:21.191+01:00Comments on The Truth About Lies: #693Jim Murdochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-3211350522821936522016-12-10T16:00:10.635+00:002016-12-10T16:00:10.635+00:00I was looking at a blog yesterday, Vito, at a revi...I was looking at a blog yesterday, <b>Vito</b>, at a review of Michael Rosen's <a href="http://www.playingbythebook.net/2016/12/10/what-is-poetry/" rel="nofollow"><i>What is Poetry? The Essential Guide to Reading and Writing Poems</i></a>, a book aimed for kids about the age of eleven it seems. It sounds like a good book, the kind of thing I'd expect from a plain speaker like Rosen. It seems he describes poetry as “a midway point”, a space “between poets and readers.” It's as good a definition as any, a good starting point in any case. And then I read Ken Armstrong's blog which he opened with the following sentence: “If this blog ever had a subtitle I think it might be something like, 'Writing Really Obvious Things in a Roundabout Sort of a Way.'” I'd add that to any definition of poetry I might come up with. Love your poem BTW.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-33562792583282091172016-12-08T01:02:18.619+00:002016-12-08T01:02:18.619+00:00I will sometimes write the occasional "Decode...I will sometimes write the occasional "Decoder Ring" poem which, I think it was you or Carrie who'd coined that phrase and I love it so. As you've said, in a classic Decoder Ring poem the reader would need some crypto-hint to figure out what the poem is about. <br /><br />About a year ago I wrote this poem. . . which I'll probably post on Medium some day. . . I think it goes nicely with "Do You Get It?" <br /><br /><br />The <br /><br />"I liked your poem," <br />she said. "Which one?" I <br />asked. "You know, she said, <br />"the one about the." <br /><br />###<br /><br />I enjoy your how in life, as in your poem, that we can make something "true" by sheer determination. I can feel the point of your poem being thrust into the flesh. I love this play on words and the frustration surrounding. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />vito pasqualehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02647852611654199400noreply@blogger.com