tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post6599859704245130227..comments2024-03-08T07:03:12.909-05:00Comments on Life at Willow Manor: biteTess Kincaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-54359211637704839172011-07-19T13:27:25.959-04:002011-07-19T13:27:25.959-04:00Thanks for your comments, all. Your encouragement ...Thanks for your comments, all. Your encouragement is most important to me. xoTess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-22907257918190100012011-07-16T10:13:56.399-04:002011-07-16T10:13:56.399-04:00gritty...i like it...had a tooth once they cracked...gritty...i like it...had a tooth once they cracked it into pieces with a pry bar to get it out...about the worse thing i have ever felt...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-84789974936065243792011-07-16T03:22:39.965-04:002011-07-16T03:22:39.965-04:00hey tess-- i'd like to know if link is working...hey tess-- i'd like to know if link is working-- left comment on this yesterday-- plse let me know-0-xxxjJenne' R. Andrews https://www.blogger.com/profile/15744946229300234443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-29210707037601798452011-07-15T17:37:44.870-04:002011-07-15T17:37:44.870-04:00I love the horror and fear lurking in this, and th...I love the horror and fear lurking in this, and the inevitability. Great poem!Zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16929674746784140738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-46537059736305661382011-07-15T12:55:46.613-04:002011-07-15T12:55:46.613-04:00This is a very powerful piece - says a lot about p...This is a very powerful piece - says a lot about pain and hopelessness to me.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-4245440820091737382011-07-14T17:58:26.249-04:002011-07-14T17:58:26.249-04:00Amazing, focused, intense-- thanks so much for lin...Amazing, focused, intense-- thanks so much for linking at new meme--<br /><br />When I think of breeching something I think of crossing, overcoming, getting past, coming through... and to me this seems, allusively, lyrically to be about a painful moment, the death of an expectation... beautifully ambiguous-- the new poetry pundits all say ambiguity is good. And good thing you didn't call it "Bite Me"--:) -- love these lines:<br /><br /><br />the impulsive breech <br />so naively embraced<br />is like sugar borrowed<br />from a neighbor<br /><br />when it is time<br />to return the favor<br />only a handful<br />of detritus remains<br /><br />sometimes things are beyond repair and all we can do is bite down.. xxxjJenne' R. Andrews https://www.blogger.com/profile/15744946229300234443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-88603083630339745762011-07-06T16:43:06.595-04:002011-07-06T16:43:06.595-04:00The picture creeped the crap outta me - but the po...The picture creeped the crap outta me - but the poem - beautiful. I loved the last stanza.Chronicles of Illusionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168156674895078729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-25748297932596302892011-07-06T06:04:14.264-04:002011-07-06T06:04:14.264-04:00I can see the identity of you with your work.I can see the identity of you with your work.newarkhttp://www.autoglassguru.com/nj/newarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-40157875616897474462011-07-02T11:02:49.581-04:002011-07-02T11:02:49.581-04:00I don't want to talk about teeth as I am still...I don't want to talk about teeth as I am still suffering from my root canal.<br /><br />If this post is about impending premonition of death or loss, it's cleverly written.Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330793338813508704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-70382257557575594652011-07-02T04:54:57.314-04:002011-07-02T04:54:57.314-04:00What's in word? And in rows of them?
Here, bri...What's in word? And in rows of them?<br />Here, brilliance! (And no need to brush!)<br /><br />Happy Fourth of July, Tess!Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-48371518364051012082011-07-01T21:07:03.640-04:002011-07-01T21:07:03.640-04:00Macabre, existential, dark, compelling,
turgid, an...Macabre, existential, dark, compelling,<br />turgid, and takes us into a strange<br />catacombs within, where we begin<br />to get a glimpse of life in lesson,<br />and get a whiff of rarified air.<br />And it is good not to understand<br />the direction of some poetics, like<br />taking a roller coaster in the dark.Glenn Buttkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-56335765468224123242011-07-01T11:56:52.130-04:002011-07-01T11:56:52.130-04:00The nightmare is like teeth grinding something sol...The nightmare is like teeth grinding something solid like wood to dust? Or waking from it to find the remains of the nightmare have been chewed up and lost in the scream?Strangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09740116535206060176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-20322803465177445242011-07-01T09:51:29.005-04:002011-07-01T09:51:29.005-04:00Well this has my mind going for sure - it is great...Well this has my mind going for sure - it is great to read again and again to unlock!Karen Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05237709619829345687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-60820069170172340132011-07-01T08:34:40.514-04:002011-07-01T08:34:40.514-04:00Rene, you picked up my drifting earworm!Rene, you picked up my drifting earworm!Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-82533962525227827632011-07-01T02:44:49.220-04:002011-07-01T02:44:49.220-04:00Wonderfully odd, just my kind of thing, Tess.
Btw...Wonderfully odd, just my kind of thing, Tess.<br /><br />Btw, I called my dentist office just this morning to schedule a cleaning. Seredipity? Perhaps.*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-32723402847242024982011-07-01T02:21:47.704-04:002011-07-01T02:21:47.704-04:00Even though you say it isn't about teeth, I qu...Even though you say it isn't about teeth, I quite often have dreams about my teeth falling out. I wake up with them feeling loose and painful. I once did a collage that I named "Fear of". Reminds me of that Tess.Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13046623774704584939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-38826656997117334492011-06-30T22:44:05.098-04:002011-06-30T22:44:05.098-04:00Now I'm singing that Eurythmics song...
Bad d...Now I'm singing that Eurythmics song...<br /><br />Bad dreams are made of teeth<br />Who am I to disagree?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05088944123595868347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-86281039314946575682011-06-30T22:03:03.999-04:002011-06-30T22:03:03.999-04:00Tess -- you lost me on this one -- hear rumblings ...Tess -- you lost me on this one -- hear rumblings of a tragic relationship but really don't know?Folkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-27805716789716355132011-06-30T21:04:10.975-04:002011-06-30T21:04:10.975-04:00aggghh--just got back from root canal....so trueaggghh--just got back from root canal....so trueC.M. Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06936560662110633442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-36148214111154520352011-06-30T17:22:41.427-04:002011-06-30T17:22:41.427-04:00I have reread it a number of times. It is one of t...I have reread it a number of times. It is one of those poems one must ponder. I like that in a poem. Mine are always so straight forward. "the impulsive breech/so naively embraced" seems central. The accompanying photo is wild for sure.sukipoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351851210507048174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-84109096702322730452011-06-30T16:56:57.493-04:002011-06-30T16:56:57.493-04:00very vivid images. Love the photo, too, incidenta...very vivid images. Love the photo, too, incidentally!A Brush with Colorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07638723986208929476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-55451391005139138892011-06-30T16:41:55.927-04:002011-06-30T16:41:55.927-04:00Bravo!(despite the fact I have toothache today!)Bravo!(despite the fact I have toothache today!)tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-57354149211382180022011-06-30T14:55:47.028-04:002011-06-30T14:55:47.028-04:00I know it's not really about teeth, but it'...I know it's not really about teeth, but it's strong and dark and I'm so glad that I don't have to endure such a hardship.Pat Tilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699973774273291205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-89062393230560022562011-06-30T14:29:59.248-04:002011-06-30T14:29:59.248-04:00...i had only one tooth removed since birth and th......i had only one tooth removed since birth and that was by a sudden accident and carelessness... terrible... i hate it when a part of mine, even the li'l ones, was suddenly taken for no favorable cause... liked the poem. (:<br /><br />Brightest blessings.<br /><br />~Kelvinkelvin s.m.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08116213800655914273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636364949017025470.post-3808356221567672572011-06-30T14:24:38.323-04:002011-06-30T14:24:38.323-04:00Despite the crazy title, this piece isn't real...Despite the crazy title, this piece isn't really so much about teeth.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.com