La Alegria de la Danza
For Carlos' girl...34 total reviews
Comment from RGstar
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Good to see something with a difference.
Even better to see you writing again dear author.
Beautiful the colours, and I don't only mean the image, I mean within the psyche, the minds eye. This projects an imagery vibrant as it is bright, and colours embed by themselves.
A lovely thing, from a favorite writer and person.
Keep rising.
My best.
RG
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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Good to see something with a difference.
Even better to see you writing again dear author.
Beautiful the colours, and I don't only mean the image, I mean within the psyche, the minds eye. This projects an imagery vibrant as it is bright, and colours embed by themselves.
A lovely thing, from a favorite writer and person.
Keep rising.
My best.
RG
Comment Written 09-Dec-2021
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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Thank you so much. That image gave me issues...would not shrink!
It was nice to try something new.
Your comments lift me up!
Karenina
Comment from damommy
Wow! You did a great job with this. I could see this and hear it in my mind's eye. I love the sound of castanets. When I was a little girl, I saw a movie with Carmen Miranda and she was playing the castanets. I remember I tried to make some from Coke bottle tops. lol.
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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Wow! You did a great job with this. I could see this and hear it in my mind's eye. I love the sound of castanets. When I was a little girl, I saw a movie with Carmen Miranda and she was playing the castanets. I remember I tried to make some from Coke bottle tops. lol.
Comment Written 09-Dec-2021
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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Clever you! Carmen Miranda! The lady with the fruit on her head! Lol...
I enjoyed trying a Spanish form. Thanks!
Karenina
Comment from Robert Zimmerman
Hello K.
I know nothing about the style, but the poem reads well, and the description of the Flamenco dance is done well. I don't even do two step anymore so the Flamenco would be a BIG stretch.
Z
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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Hello K.
I know nothing about the style, but the poem reads well, and the description of the Flamenco dance is done well. I don't even do two step anymore so the Flamenco would be a BIG stretch.
Z
Comment Written 09-Dec-2021
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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Hey Z! I'm with you. Can't dance. Love the voice branch and raw passion of the Flamenco dancers though! Thought a Spanish theme for a Spanish form would work well.
Thanks! K
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You're welcome K. I used to dance but I stopped at my niece's wedding in 2018. I was asked to stop... by her. HAHAHA
Z
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Do you reme!her the character "Elaine" on Seinfeld? Lol. I dance like her...
Kind of a Seizure/stumble step!
K
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Oh yeah, I remember Elaine. Nobody dances like that, do you??? I am a good dancer, but I gave it up in 2018.
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I did! If you can call that dancing! Then I saw a video of myself. I sit them all out now...
K
Comment from Gert sherwood
.Wish I knew how to read
La Alegria de la Danza
karenina your poem Carlos' Girl..
was fun to read,
I could picture in my mind and hear
castanets click-clicked in time...
as
she stomped each note into the ground.
One thing karenina,
You image of the dancing girl can be changed to a different size so it won't look blurred. ( try Medium )
Gert
so blurred
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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.Wish I knew how to read
La Alegria de la Danza
karenina your poem Carlos' Girl..
was fun to read,
I could picture in my mind and hear
castanets click-clicked in time...
as
she stomped each note into the ground.
One thing karenina,
You image of the dancing girl can be changed to a different size so it won't look blurred. ( try Medium )
Gert
so blurred
Comment Written 09-Dec-2021
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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Thanks'. I tried to change the darn size! Not sure if it was my computer or the site but nothing doing! I will attempt again!
Karenina
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karenina,
I hope that you were able to change the size of your font.
Gert
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Yikes! My FONT? I've been trying to diminish the size of the (kind of blurry) photo. Does the font need changing as well? It looks fine on my laptop. Sigh...
Karenina
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karenina Just looked at the the font is perfect with the clever you have the lines in a different colors
Gert
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Thanks. Still working on decreasing the size of the photo!
K
Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose
La Alegria de la Danza
by karenina
Katerina! I'm so happy to hear from you. You know what? I'm from Spain so I'm delighted with your poem choice. Beautiful presentation, darling. I would try this form but I don't do rhyme.
Well done!
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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La Alegria de la Danza
by karenina
Katerina! I'm so happy to hear from you. You know what? I'm from Spain so I'm delighted with your poem choice. Beautiful presentation, darling. I would try this form but I don't do rhyme.
Well done!
Comment Written 09-Dec-2021
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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I did not know that! You're from Spain! How grand! Glad you enjoyed this. Thanks, Karenina
Comment from Carlos' girl
You wrote a beautiful Quintilla here Karenina. The metre and rhyme scheme is thrilling. Thank you for this wonderful mention of me; I appreciate this.
C.G.
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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You wrote a beautiful Quintilla here Karenina. The metre and rhyme scheme is thrilling. Thank you for this wonderful mention of me; I appreciate this.
C.G.
Comment Written 09-Dec-2021
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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I was happy to hear of this form when you mentioned it...I enjoyed writing of these dancers. Happy to dedicate it to you!
Thanks, Karenina
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That form.has a great casence to it. Your subject matter was so well-suited k
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Cadence)
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Oh thanks! I'm the queen of typos so it's nice to know someone else hits a wrong key now and then!
K
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Thanks...Love to watch those dancers!
K
Comment from tfawcus
Lovely. Perfect rhythm that simulates the sound of the Spanish dancer. I could just see her in my mind's eye! Great visual image of the little children mimicking the dancer, too. So much enjoyed! You took me back to Spain again. My wife lived there for a while - actually just my girlfriend in those far-off, halcyon days!
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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Lovely. Perfect rhythm that simulates the sound of the Spanish dancer. I could just see her in my mind's eye! Great visual image of the little children mimicking the dancer, too. So much enjoyed! You took me back to Spain again. My wife lived there for a while - actually just my girlfriend in those far-off, halcyon days!
Comment Written 09-Dec-2021
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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Loved those halcyon days! God bless happy memories, right? I appreciate your very kind comments!
Karenina
Comment from Anne Johnston
So nice to see something from you again, Karenina. This looks like an interesting poetry style and you have done a great job on it. Nice picture to illustrate your words.
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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So nice to see something from you again, Karenina. This looks like an interesting poetry style and you have done a great job on it. Nice picture to illustrate your words.
Comment Written 09-Dec-2021
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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Thank you! Always nice to try something new! The picture is oversized, sadly have tried several times to shrink it. I will try with fresh eyes tomorrow.
Karenina
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You are very welcome, Karenina
Comment from lyenochka
Love the way you described the mesmerizing dance with the sound of castanets and stomping "notes into the ground." How great that children are drawn into the dance!!
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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Love the way you described the mesmerizing dance with the sound of castanets and stomping "notes into the ground." How great that children are drawn into the dance!!
Comment Written 09-Dec-2021
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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Thanks! I can't dance for beans, but I love watching others! Especially these passionate Flamenco dancers! Karenina
Comment from Theodore McDowell
Well done fitting the content within an interesting form. A very nice image is created and I liked the red lines. Question: what is the core meaning within the poem that triggered you to write about the Spanish dancer?
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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Well done fitting the content within an interesting form. A very nice image is created and I liked the red lines. Question: what is the core meaning within the poem that triggered you to write about the Spanish dancer?
Comment Written 09-Dec-2021
reply by the author on 09-Dec-2021
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If you have to ask (and you do) I failed. Really, since it was a Spanish poem/format and I love the passion of Spanish dancing the theme just came together for me. Good point though. It's more an exercise of form than of deep introspection. Sometimes I just like to play on my mood swings! (grin)-- Thanks for your comments Tim.
Karenina
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lol. Nothing wrong with earning your chops in terms of poetic forms and structures. Sometimes I think I may be too intense and expect a deep dive from a poem. But this one is delightful in its image of festive dance, the joy of life, the reverie of Going with God. That is the "meaning" for me in the fine poem.
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I get it. I do! I love the depth and profound nature of your work. I try to emulate it, albeit in poetic form...though I strayed perilously close to free verse, in my post previous to this one! Still--it's poetry "lite" I suppose. Sometimes I want red meat...sometimes I want a fluffy dessert!-- Glad you culled a meaning out of it that worked for you. In the end that's what really matters.
Karenina
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I have so much more I want to ask you, my kindred spirit about your thoughts on poetry, but I can tell that I'm pushing too hard. Some things are lost in translation in emails. By no means do you do anything "lite."
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I would welcome...and pray we stay in touch via email.
Please?
You never push...
K
