Pleased to Meet You
A persona introduces himself7 total reviews
Comment from irishauthorme
Had to give this poem a six, it is a penetrating look at the complex, human genome. It is my belief that we are indeed, pure spirits trapped in human bodies. Being such, we suffer from all of the instincts learned through millenniums of survival.
"Lost in teeming categories and Endless desire." Wow, that kind of sums up the creative writing portions of our tortured souls!
Several famous authors of note, including Hemingway, claimed that sex was the primal driving force, and I am inclined to agree.
Great work!
irish
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2022
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Had to give this poem a six, it is a penetrating look at the complex, human genome. It is my belief that we are indeed, pure spirits trapped in human bodies. Being such, we suffer from all of the instincts learned through millenniums of survival.
"Lost in teeming categories and Endless desire." Wow, that kind of sums up the creative writing portions of our tortured souls!
Several famous authors of note, including Hemingway, claimed that sex was the primal driving force, and I am inclined to agree.
Great work!
irish
Comment Written 24-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 24-Aug-2022
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I'll thank you here for all your kind and insightful words. I get disappointed on FS whenever I enter a contest; "pleased to Meet you got no votes in a contest themed "Who are you?" I was truly surprised, because I like that poem too. Author or not!
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Hi, Frank, I think contests on FS are won in some cases by whoever has the largest following, regardless of the quality of the submission.
For that reason, I do not enter. The only contests I've been in were Poem Of The Month, a submission made by FS.
Also, many FS'ers seem to have trouble understanding inuendos, and plain 'reading between the lines.'
Ce la guerre, Ce la vie.
irish
Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose
Excellent entry for the "As I Am writing prompt Contest".
I enjoyed reading your poem. I also enjoyed your unique style and well chosen words.
Good presentation Your writing flows and it's easy to understand.
Gypsy
"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason".- Novalis
reply by the author on 21-Aug-2022
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Excellent entry for the "As I Am writing prompt Contest".
I enjoyed reading your poem. I also enjoyed your unique style and well chosen words.
Good presentation Your writing flows and it's easy to understand.
Gypsy
"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason".- Novalis
Comment Written 21-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 21-Aug-2022
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I'm sometimes implied to be eccentric in the words I pick. To be told my "writing flows and is easy to understand" is a solid affirmation - so thanks!
Comment from Tom Horonzy
The challenge of getting through your entry is the stop and go use of a dictionary. Satiety and quiescence were a reach for me but Roget's pulled me through. Who does that and expect to place? Still, I wish you the best of luck.
reply by the author on 21-Aug-2022
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The challenge of getting through your entry is the stop and go use of a dictionary. Satiety and quiescence were a reach for me but Roget's pulled me through. Who does that and expect to place? Still, I wish you the best of luck.
Comment Written 21-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 21-Aug-2022
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Language makes the man, who rarely shows up as his unmodified self. Hence, a tension between a capacity and a solution is created.
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It?s not a weakness. I like new words. I am introduced to them daily via the internet, as well as Words with Friends, a-scrabble like game, and now you. Thanks.
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Got it. It's a warm, gentle night here in the Catskills. I just checked my moth light, and there are about ten or fifteen Hemlock Loopers alight on the sheet. I don't know how the photos came out, but I'll know tomorrow when I check them.
Comment from Carol Clark2
This is such an interesting introduction! I like the contrasts you express, such as ecstacies and nightmares, and the lumbering clodhopper and disciple of Aristotle. You used many wonderful metaphors. Best wishes in the contest.
reply by the author on 21-Aug-2022
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This is such an interesting introduction! I like the contrasts you express, such as ecstacies and nightmares, and the lumbering clodhopper and disciple of Aristotle. You used many wonderful metaphors. Best wishes in the contest.
Comment Written 20-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 21-Aug-2022
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Thank you, Carol. In general, my writing is not sentimental enough to do well in FS contests. But....
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Sentiment is good, but there's much to be said for good construction and poems that make the reader stop to think. Have a great week.
Comment from Theodore McDowell
nice response to the prompt. I love this phrase: maelstroms of
Words, ecstacies, and nightmares. I also love the lingering sarcasm in the last lines about the cocktail. Well done.
reply by the author on 21-Aug-2022
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nice response to the prompt. I love this phrase: maelstroms of
Words, ecstacies, and nightmares. I also love the lingering sarcasm in the last lines about the cocktail. Well done.
Comment Written 20-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 21-Aug-2022
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Thanks, Tim. I don't do well in FS contests. If I took my FS status more seriously, it would cost me. Anyway, be well.
Frank
Comment from Katherine M. (k-11)
You have dug deep here to flesh out a complex sculpture of your soul. If I were listening to your words, I would say it was a cacophony, but as it is I would describe it as having the aspect of a plate of spaghetti. A tangled mass of intermeshed threads. Kate xx
reply by the author on 20-Aug-2022
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You have dug deep here to flesh out a complex sculpture of your soul. If I were listening to your words, I would say it was a cacophony, but as it is I would describe it as having the aspect of a plate of spaghetti. A tangled mass of intermeshed threads. Kate xx
Comment Written 20-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 20-Aug-2022
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Well, I like spaghetti, even if it is chaotic. And I think it captures at least one hemisphere of me. Thank you. Frank
Comment from prettybluebirds
Geez, couldn't you introduce yourself in words we can understand? Lol. Just kidding, I think you have done an excellent job with the writing prompt. I wish you worlds of luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 20-Aug-2022
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Geez, couldn't you introduce yourself in words we can understand? Lol. Just kidding, I think you have done an excellent job with the writing prompt. I wish you worlds of luck in the contest.
Comment Written 19-Aug-2022
reply by the author on 20-Aug-2022
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Thank you. I wanted to present myself in a different and hopefully amusing way.