tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post7545166822966029159..comments2023-05-21T13:48:40.461+02:00Comments on The Alchemist's Pillow: Making a rainstick ...Lorenzo — Alchemist's Pillowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07522265816460154722noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-76818545998854151052010-09-14T10:55:28.903+02:002010-09-14T10:55:28.903+02:00I came back again to listen to your recording, aft...I came back again to listen to your recording, after recording my own yesterday. It's not easy to do, to sound the way you want to. I think I erased four recordings I'd begun. I hope you will record more of your poems. There is something tender, and good, about hearing you, and hearing myself, hearing Dylan Thomas, or Robert Frost, speak the words we've written. Thank you for the idea. When you got to the following lines, I loved the rhyme, which seemed like just the right rain stick noise:<br /><br /><i>Fill your earth top with pebbles and beads,<br />grains of rice, beans and pumpkin seeds, . . . </i>Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-10463032910666648002010-06-19T20:57:00.305+02:002010-06-19T20:57:00.305+02:00You rock!!! :)
and roll too!! Wonderful! Thank y...You rock!!! :) <br />and roll too!! Wonderful! Thank you! :)Alekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07514059217994184072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-56295855891220446602010-06-19T17:43:43.303+02:002010-06-19T17:43:43.303+02:00Oh, Lorenzo!
I'm just now getting out into vi...Oh, Lorenzo! <br />I'm just now getting out into visiting my blogging friends, and I find this miraculous poem. I couldn't enjoy your reading, for the audio link is inexcusably black, but I read the work over and over, loving the sound of the words, the images (oh! blind goats!), the emotions it created. Lovely. Just wonderful. You've outdone yourself.Enchanted Oakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815997287116818456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-46682669872202179042010-06-19T07:30:53.381+02:002010-06-19T07:30:53.381+02:00Lorenzo! I've had my head out of the blog rea...Lorenzo! I've had my head out of the blog reading mode this week, and just catching up now.<br /><br />This poem! Evocative, tender, multi-layered. Hard to find the words to express all that is in it. If I were to read it in a college poetry class, we'd dissect it for hours. <br /><br />Enjoyed your reading of it. More of us blog-poets need to consider such an avenue of letting our voices be heard. There is nothing like hearing the author of a poem share their words as they were meant to flow.<br /><br />Never seen the rain sound by clapping video either, until now. A treat.*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-62737832561069432772010-06-17T22:17:40.943+02:002010-06-17T22:17:40.943+02:00Happy? Or sad? Probably the former, but its greatn...Happy? Or sad? Probably the former, but its greatness is in the not being sure.<br /><br />The 'unicorn cloud' and the 'wandering ships' deserve their own poems.<br /><br />And pardon my brain's inclination to think of completely random things, but when I saw this in my reader the "boomstick" scene from <i>Army of Darkness</i> popped in my head.<br /><br />Er... I'll go make coffee now.JeffScapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190641629175438603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-264603957502169942010-06-17T21:02:00.855+02:002010-06-17T21:02:00.855+02:00Make that "every drop".Make that "every drop".Dutchbabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00844296297519447526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-80981784108007956572010-06-17T21:01:08.608+02:002010-06-17T21:01:08.608+02:00I loved every bit of this post. Thank you very muc...I loved every bit of this post. Thank you very much.Dutchbabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00844296297519447526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-50186544963827911982010-06-17T16:35:19.073+02:002010-06-17T16:35:19.073+02:00I want to paint like your words... wow... thanks!I want to paint like your words... wow... thanks!Valeriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621130622153365184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-52882581748340027152010-06-17T16:18:38.545+02:002010-06-17T16:18:38.545+02:00i don't know what happened, but i got your voi...i don't know what happened, but i got your voice this time! very well done!<br />smiles,Jessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11173809658342411265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-34625903516362454562010-06-17T02:21:18.696+02:002010-06-17T02:21:18.696+02:00Lorenzo.
I can't find words.
seriously.
( ...Lorenzo.<br /><br />I can't find words. <br /><br />seriously.<br /><br />( and I've got a peek at Mary Oliver below, which is wildly strange as one of her poems inspired my post. )Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924061349390319473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-2052888518727562422010-06-17T00:01:14.333+02:002010-06-17T00:01:14.333+02:00Where to begin? First of all...hello! It's s...Where to begin? First of all...hello! It's so good to see you again. <br /><br />I LOVE this poem! I'm equally as happy to hear you read it. I turned my control panel way up, so the sound wasn't a problem for me. You have an awesome reading voice and fantastic timing. <br /><br />If I had to pick favorite lines, I'd end up rewriting the entire poem. I am particularly fond of:<br /><br />"With your baby teeth<br />hollow out your gourd<br />from the heart out,<br />until you are as empty<br />as the moon"<br /><br />But then again, I am in love with the ending. Like the rain that comes, your words flow beautifully. I'm having the same reaction as other people have, because I've got to read it (and listen) yet again. Wonderful work!Juliehttp://juliebuff.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-81898047765297975662010-06-16T17:40:06.854+02:002010-06-16T17:40:06.854+02:00I just want to roll around in these words.
Lovely!...I just want to roll around in these words.<br />Lovely!Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-48088972560582795732010-06-16T16:47:03.030+02:002010-06-16T16:47:03.030+02:00When you write like this I swear I hold my breath ...When you write like this I swear I hold my breath :). I can't take it in line by line. I must look at it word to word. Then line by line. Then overall. Then back to word by word. Absolutely lovely! The imagery is stunning. How do you do it? I wish this was on 10th Daughter. Don't know if there is a theme posted; don't know anything about the latest there, but know this would be hard for another writer to beat in terms of the pure beauty of words.Unspokenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16065870952905767595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-66847389443631816942010-06-16T12:40:45.320+02:002010-06-16T12:40:45.320+02:00I could hear you perfectly...let it not be the end...I could hear you perfectly...let it not be the end of your recording career. <br /><br />Beautiful. <br /><br />And, interestingly, we've been in the 90's for weeks without rain...and today it is raining. Well done. :)<br /><br />Love,<br />LolaLola Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14394765053485642935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-78143374511762164352010-06-16T01:09:08.217+02:002010-06-16T01:09:08.217+02:00I loved this - it had the aura of a spell to me, a...I loved this - it had the aura of a spell to me, and in fact (as we do NOT need any more rain) I was thinking I shouldn't have played the audio - perhaps it won't conjure the rain HERE since you're reading it THERE.The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-79948302232963312052010-06-15T22:11:47.937+02:002010-06-15T22:11:47.937+02:00This is a beautiful poem, Lorenzo. Just beautiful...This is a beautiful poem, Lorenzo. Just beautiful, and conjures time as well as rain. Loved it.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-8884608859726436382010-06-15T19:46:09.435+02:002010-06-15T19:46:09.435+02:00All I can conjure up to say is WOW. I am still awe...All I can conjure up to say is WOW. I am still awe struck from those words.<br />"when she smiles on<br />the sea and jousts<br />with the masts<br />of wandering ships"<br /><br />Chills the skin...The Crooked Tonguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05709055168739611443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-20872863558337132492010-06-15T13:57:06.244+02:002010-06-15T13:57:06.244+02:00Rainsticks are my absolute favourite... until they...Rainsticks are my absolute favourite... until they break!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-16857548882794611112010-06-15T10:13:38.971+02:002010-06-15T10:13:38.971+02:00Lorenzo
Enjoyed hearing you speak your poem -- He...Lorenzo<br /><br />Enjoyed hearing you speak your poem -- Hearing it said aloud by the poet breathes life into the words -- This poem about making a rain-stick is definitely not traditional nor a childlike craft, it is an evocative, whimsical, and mystical piece of poetry.<br /><br />Joannyjoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338150531816845279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-40077828539463490612010-06-14T23:25:00.351+02:002010-06-14T23:25:00.351+02:00Like both the poem and the reading. When I saw the...Like both the poem and the reading. When I saw the title I thought, that sounds interesting, I might have a go at making one... Not sure I can muster the ingredients. :)Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-80518544079920750382010-06-14T20:49:55.206+02:002010-06-14T20:49:55.206+02:00The poem is very sweet and tender and also I'm...The poem is very sweet and tender and also I'm very happy to see a photo from Latoday as the image. Very good choice.. A link to her may help the viewers :)<br />http://1x.com/v2/#/member/37876/marieancoliehttp://marieancolie.jalbum.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-82654808725699296072010-06-14T17:42:30.864+02:002010-06-14T17:42:30.864+02:00ok, have seen the vid before but a great reviewing...ok, have seen the vid before but a great reviewing the verse though is marvelous...hollow it out from the heart with your baby teeth...nice.Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-76044312930004651732010-06-14T16:33:57.219+02:002010-06-14T16:33:57.219+02:00That;s a beautiful recipe.That;s a beautiful recipe.ArtSparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875996639432864367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-52172484897829956062010-06-14T16:28:46.654+02:002010-06-14T16:28:46.654+02:00That first stanza is incredibly earthy and erotic,...That first stanza is incredibly earthy and erotic, L.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308428467776400130.post-46180884373294259592010-06-14T14:31:52.462+02:002010-06-14T14:31:52.462+02:00How beautiful! I so enjoyed that. I'll have ...How beautiful! I so enjoyed that. I'll have to go make one. <br /><br />I enjoyed the clapping, too--I've seen that before--amazing, isn't it.A Brush with Colorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07638723986208929476noreply@blogger.com