Lines Written On The Back Of A Wendy's Bag A Few Stories Above 9th Street On Returning to the City October 1976 I had lunch on the window ledge Double Cheese ...
Welcome Randy! I'm Dee. Many others will soon chime in. Just wanted to extend an offer to introduce yourself to the group. We have a variety of writers...
Hi Randy! I like the over all content here. What worked for me was the poems intent and what it said. What I thought might have helped me feel more connected...
Josh, Dude check your email! I sent you an evite to the party...to those that gave me their home addresses I mailed a hard copy invitation to you. You should...
Hi Randy and welcome to the group. I enjoyed this poem greatly. You have used strong verbs and no adverbs [those nasty 'ly' words]--good job. The flow is...
Hey I like this! Not sure I grasp all you're trying to give... Explain? ... From: stmaryscountywritersgroup@yahoogroups.com ...
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Hm.... Explain? ... From: stmaryscountywritersgroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:stmaryscountywritersgroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of randybridgeman Sent:...
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wow. These are great--intense and intriguing. Dee mentioned more sensory words; I find plenty of visual images, not so much sound, smell, and taste, but the...
I have to work tonight! I'll try to catch everyone next time! G ... From: stmaryscountywritersgroup@yahoogroups.com ...
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Hey all, I'm Randy Bridgeman. I was born in and grew up in the Pacific Northwest. After a 26 year naval career I settled here in Southern Maryland where my...
Explain, sure! When I wrote this poem on one level, I was thinking about my father, an idealist, an optimist at heart, (he would have never admitted it), even...
This is a reply to Wordsworth's Tintern Abby. His poem uses the juxtaposition of the country with the city. In his poem he returns to a cliff above his...
Hi, I have never understood why one has to explain poetry--there is so much of it that is on emotional level, a level of understand that means so much to one...
That's a great pt Ms Dorry! I think it's a double-edged sword here. It has in the past prevented me from drawing my own understanding, and other times, as this...
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Ms. Dorry and James, One of things about poetry, or prose, is that it gives us the ability as writers to share the human experience. It's about sharing our...
Here's a poem from my first collection, South of Everywhere. Landlady Sometimes she'd lie in bed for days, this woman strangled by memories. I'd mow the lawn,...
Dorry and Randy I think it is just that kind of subjectivity in poetry that makes the reader wonder what the poet was thinking about when he/she wrote it. And...
"...if what I intended and what you as a reader took away from the poem is completely opposite of the intention in the work; well I'd like to know that,...
Very powerful story, Randy. Nicely done! This I can connect with. The story unfolds slowly and steadily. You make the reader feel for you and the woman. The...
I was going to be at this last meeting but had over slept. I hate these crappy shifts. I have been working on something and getting excited about another...
Thanks Dee, I'm a narritive poet at heart. r/Randolph ... The story unfolds slowly and steadily. You make the reader feel for you and the woman. The imagery to...
Dee, I thought I deleted the first post because I was typing it from memory and wanted to edit it but I still left a she and a couple of as out that Dorry...
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