tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836883051275395430.post4834012416689574207..comments2023-05-07T23:04:41.733+12:00Comments on Winged Ink: Getting back to blogging, getting back to writing, getting back to myselfHelen Rickerbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10652318704387476082noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836883051275395430.post-29075566675670427992008-12-14T11:44:00.000+13:002008-12-14T11:44:00.000+13:00Helen, thank you!Harvey, thanks for your comment -...Helen, thank you!<BR/><BR/>Harvey, thanks for your comment - and you must not ever pack in poetry. For me, it doesn't drive me crazy - it just makes me feel bad sometimes: when I'm not writing, when I'm not writing enough, when I don't think what I'm writing is very good, when I fell like I'm not getting the ok stuff I write out into the world enough, and so on and so forth. But the delight in writing poetry, and sometimes getting it right, and having something to show for my life, makes it worth doing. I'm sure you don't <I>really</I> wish you could pack in it - you'd lose too big a part of yourself. And for one am really looking forward to seeing where you and your poetry are off to next.Helen Rickerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652318704387476082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836883051275395430.post-43242005083952318082008-12-14T11:24:00.000+13:002008-12-14T11:24:00.000+13:00Well, I like both sections of the book. What I li...Well, I like both sections of the book. What I liked was that the personae section doesn't completely dominate the book. It's hard balancing the personal with the mask, eh? On the one hand I think "write what you're feeling, not what you're thinking" and then on the other hand I think "write about what you think about the feeling" and then I write and wait for something to take hold where I'm not <I>thinking</I> that much but <I>writing</I> so I can spend months polishing what comes through in that space which opens when I've thought too much and then stopped thinking. Poetry drives me crazy, I obsess about poetry, I wrestle with poetry, I'm utterly besotted and in love with it, I wish I could pack it in, no, I'd never pack it in now, you know?Harvey Molloyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168420609485849643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836883051275395430.post-65920161016151635992008-12-09T22:17:00.000+13:002008-12-09T22:17:00.000+13:00Good luck! xxGood luck! xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com