tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post4497766496774563272..comments2023-10-18T02:56:30.291-05:00Comments on Psyche Connections: QUESTION TO POETS AND WRITERS......When will the rain be gone?........When can I see clearly?......Is there a Santa Claus Virginia?..........Linda S. Sochahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03281672541959206302noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-71484555423370946542009-03-23T06:21:00.000-05:002009-03-23T06:21:00.000-05:00I am in a bit of an awe coming here to paste my 1s...I am in a bit of an awe coming here to paste my 1st comment on your blog...<BR/><BR/>Your following has wow-ed me into wondering, whatever would make you doubt your own potential?<BR/><BR/>Words are beautiful things that we find pleasure in coining into phrases - those that reflect our soul and sometimes end up warming the hearts of those reading them. With words we share experiences, and all you need to do is say it as it comes out. If you write for yourself 1st, I believe it always comes out best.<BR/><BR/>One simply cannot force life into words just to please another. Warmth comes from feelings felt 1st... Therefore I'd suggest, write as and when it comes to you, and I totally agree with those who said, ''BLAAAH'' to the rules ;)<BR/><BR/>I wish u the best.. I shall be coming back to read more of your previous work, from time to time and look forward to visiting your thoughts :)Hayaahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17587119715699668322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-4577349496071439292009-03-21T16:15:00.000-05:002009-03-21T16:15:00.000-05:00you are already poetic... it is the disciplined an...you are already poetic... it is the disciplined and playful attention to words and form that moves you into something that feels/looks/sounds like a poem..,<BR/>your site is poetry...Harlequinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964772119118368322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-48534684743749847522009-03-20T05:28:00.000-05:002009-03-20T05:28:00.000-05:00Poetry is kind of like cheese: once you cut it, an...Poetry is kind of like cheese: once you cut it, and smell it, you know you've got something.C.J. Kosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04888698171810876492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-87109878379538280672009-03-18T08:57:00.000-05:002009-03-18T08:57:00.000-05:00what a wonderful listing of questions.... have you...what a wonderful listing of questions.... have you thought abut playing with how you form the questions?? could you ask them in a way that asks a question within the one you are asking? <BR/>or use a question to respond to the question you just asked<BR/>or, see if you can shrink your questions down to fewer words<BR/>or verbs only....<BR/>so. all this is an example of working poetically<BR/>you are already poetic<BR/>now, you begin to work with the ingredients,,,, words, and form...<BR/>loved this post and the responses...<BR/>HarlequinHarlequinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964772119118368322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-185193117675446092009-03-17T23:49:00.000-05:002009-03-17T23:49:00.000-05:00Hello Linda Socha, the recent conduct of my busy, ...Hello Linda Socha, the recent conduct of my busy, do not have access to your blog, I enjoy your blog very much appreciate your concern and appreciation for my ceramic work. I wish you a healthy and happy!Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408363268926905638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-36622336438521473342009-03-17T22:26:00.000-05:002009-03-17T22:26:00.000-05:00You are all a gift of the very best kind to my lif...You are all a gift of the very best kind to my life ...real , honest caring and willing to put forth ideas and concepts sacred to you. <BR/><BR/>I am blessed today to have access to this kind of beauty and direct response. This post response so speaks to me of the diversity of this blog community.....and the willings to share that it encompasses...THANK YOU. I am working on direct response to this manifestation of sharing...<BR/>LindaLinda S. Sochahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03281672541959206302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-7837381975254850382009-03-17T20:35:00.000-05:002009-03-17T20:35:00.000-05:00You, my love, are fascinating. Have you read the n...You, my love, are fascinating. <BR/><BR/>Have you read the novel Violin by Anne Rice?<BR/><BR/>Perhaps consider taking up watercolor. In watercolor it is immediately evident which poems work and which are forced.Athelashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15341111936295857571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-78553607877326415492009-03-17T19:52:00.000-05:002009-03-17T19:52:00.000-05:00I like The Pink Cowboy's comment, Linda. Especiall...I like The Pink Cowboy's comment, Linda. Especially about poetry being a sacred place.Raph G. Neckmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02468502742144495020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-85654627094649815292009-03-17T06:02:00.000-05:002009-03-17T06:02:00.000-05:00Some can and others, myself amongst them, cannot.Some can and others, myself amongst them, cannot.Lozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10513517402604501840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-38841570398984559432009-03-16T11:09:00.000-05:002009-03-16T11:09:00.000-05:00Thank you for visiting Linda, and what a great blo...Thank you for visiting Linda, and what a great blog you have here.Non-imaginaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874973013159581343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-48604241924681495592009-03-16T09:49:00.000-05:002009-03-16T09:49:00.000-05:00If you ask the question "Am I..." then you are not...If you ask the question "Am I..." then you are not. If you state the fact "I am..." then you are.<BR/><BR/>If you think "Is this..." then it is not. If you think "This is..." then it is.<BR/><BR/>I am a poet and I write poetry for an audience. Everything beyond that is only germane to my self.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-48037407233611764572009-03-15T12:51:00.000-05:002009-03-15T12:51:00.000-05:00Sometimes we have to define for ourselves what it ...Sometimes we have to define for ourselves what it means to be a writer. I used to dismiss the idea because of the economic strain...then I just wrote for myself (creative)...then I got some things published and felt validated a bit...but I think your question is more like the Idea of the Writer...which is your own...that's for sure. Maybe...the blog posts make us writer-communicators...a kind of writer. I look forward to your answer, Linda! <3Cynthia Pittmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12656761837022197235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-82760442971984786892009-03-15T11:30:00.000-05:002009-03-15T11:30:00.000-05:00Do not worry, the rain just stopped:) I am passing...Do not worry, the rain just stopped:) I am passing a sisterhood award to you for having such a warm blog :) (and it magicaly unblocks the writer's block..pinky promise..lol)<BR/>Check the award on my blog :)Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00724418706506236830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-85988132857012286702009-03-14T20:18:00.000-05:002009-03-14T20:18:00.000-05:00Linda, j'ai rajouté sur mon blog un traducteur qui...Linda, j'ai rajouté sur mon blog un traducteur qui cette fois devrait fonctionner !<BR/>Bises.<BR/>Mathilde PrimaveraMATHILDE PRIMAVERAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02023799090386165792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-38594680152821575132009-03-14T08:03:00.000-05:002009-03-14T08:03:00.000-05:00Oh Linda, la traduction google aussi approximative...Oh Linda, la traduction google aussi approximative soit elle m'a permis je pense de bien comprendre votre sentiment que je partage !<BR/>Faut-il intégrer un groupe, un atelier d'écriture pour que ce que nous ayons envie d'écrire soit validé, accepté ? Je me suis posée la question avant de créer mon blog et ma réponse est non. Si on a envie d'écrire, si on éprouve le besoin d'écrire, il faut écrire. Idem avec toutes les autres disciplines ! L'envie, le désir de créer, de faire...ne doit pas être arrêtés par des "juges", de toute façon nous ne pouvons pas plaire à tout le monde ! Et puis, l'envie d'écrire, d'être poète ne donnent pas la prétention de devenir célèbre ! Si un éditeur a envie de vous publier tant mieux ! Mais ce n'est pas le plus important. L'essentiel est de s'exprimer de tout son saoul, avec son bon vouloir sans freins, sans contrainte, sans complexe et surtout sans frustration ! <BR/>Exprimez-vous Linda, vous en avez le droit et certains de vos amis connus ou inconnus dans la vraie vie trouveront toujours du crédit à ce que vous écrivez de toute façon ! Alors...continuez sans vous poser de question !<BR/>(la photo est très belle aussi !)<BR/>Je vous embrasse !<BR/>Mathilde Primavera.MATHILDE PRIMAVERAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02023799090386165792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-75161687159337572652009-03-14T07:43:00.000-05:002009-03-14T07:43:00.000-05:00just let the rain shower down onyour poetic soul ....just let the rain shower down on<BR/>your poetic soul ...Nadegehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04165880447473013492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-54707306402314790572009-03-14T07:22:00.000-05:002009-03-14T07:22:00.000-05:00do what you have the motivation to do....do what you have the motivation to do....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047696858755347818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-17668679710220571302009-03-14T01:27:00.000-05:002009-03-14T01:27:00.000-05:00Hi Linda - WOW! You have put my musings and though...Hi Linda - WOW! You have put my musings and thoughts and questions into writing - so you have arrived! You are a writer - who is read. Wilbur Smith's publisher once told him to write only for himself and not for the publishers. Yes it would be nice to be published - but you need not be published to have arrived - I think. Have a nice day!Gerda Du Plessis-Snymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10827164118363905395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-67786152833019114152009-03-12T14:04:00.000-05:002009-03-12T14:04:00.000-05:00i strongly feel even the greatest of the poets wou...i strongly feel even the greatest of the poets would've struggled all their lives to write smthing surreal, smthing that they can call "poetry" and while struggling to reach and attain that something, they wrote many verses, which today we've labelled as "great poetry by the great men".<BR/><BR/>what is that something that an artist's soul thirsts for? where do you find it? inside the poem? inside a painting? in those colors and strokes and music or notes? <BR/><BR/>I think the real poetry comes when everything else is quiet. In a sacred moment full of silence, a poem is born out of ravines of our soul or mystic, which otherwise we ourselves can not venture into in our day to day lives. When all our five senses are dormant, perhaps then. perhaps we're never real poets. there's no real poetry, because we write and still we crave. we crave for more and write. a viscious circle, or is an artist destined to feel this way? for the never ending yearning for perfection, for that drop of divinity, that touch of holiness.. we surrender/sacrifice everything else. is it madness? aren't poets mad and crazy? :) i should give my head sm rest. but poems come in silence, through silence.\....https://www.blogger.com/profile/02437752432890509925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-59201952915290955292009-03-12T11:52:00.000-05:002009-03-12T11:52:00.000-05:00Hi Lovely, I'm really glad to have met you too.) I...Hi Lovely, I'm really glad to have met you too.) I attempted a longer answer to your questions, so many.. lol.. in my last post and added a link to yours, I hope that's ok.)sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937564243594887739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-38039512446131832402009-03-12T10:30:00.000-05:002009-03-12T10:30:00.000-05:00My darling lady!Gonna make some last stops these 2...My darling lady!<BR/><BR/>Gonna make some last stops these 2 days.. i'm coming here to give you a big fat kiss and the tightest hug any petite lady can give you..<BR/><BR/>if there's internet access where i'm going- then i'l probably still come in and leave you some comments, make my presence felt around here..<BR/><BR/>You're part of the reason why i have shared the "face-on" withour dark sunglasses in the Resto pic.<BR/>When you see that pic, remember- you have touched me enough to show a little more of me to the world. Love~Silverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15559987944096301573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-89557537252541762602009-03-11T20:00:00.000-05:002009-03-11T20:00:00.000-05:00Hey Linda!!!! How are you my sweet friend? Thank ...Hey Linda!!!! How are you my sweet friend? Thank you so much for your comment on my sketch!!! I'm really very excited about this project and your encouragement means a great deal to me. :)<BR/>As far as your poetry, I think you write beautifully and poetry should always come from your heart. I'm not a poet, although, I do enjoy reading poetry often. The few times I have written a poem, they were feelings that came straight from my heart, with a very specific purpose. But, I wonder if all poetry must have such purpose? As in art, is there "abstract poetry"? mmmmm, I just don't know.<BR/>But please continue your search, I do believe you will find the answers you are looking for :) take care my dear friend,<BR/>Julian xoxo :)September Sunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115907167681855319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-3492808392196505632009-03-11T16:53:00.000-05:002009-03-11T16:53:00.000-05:00To me it's about an annoying need for self-express...To me it's about an annoying need for self-expression - I've had it all my life in differing forms and now it's poetry. Mostly a blessing though.Diane Vogel Ferrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11982295772104313292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-34853300040232928472009-03-11T10:59:00.000-05:002009-03-11T10:59:00.000-05:00Linda, there are a lot of interesting comments her...Linda, there are a lot of interesting comments here, some good, some not so good and some excellent. I read all of them. I like the Maugham quote, nobody knows the rules, probably becausae there aren't any. And I like the remark someone made that poetry is the "secret art."<BR/><BR/>I would say that nobody sets out to be a poet. Somerset Maugham also said that if you want to be a writer you have to write everyday, even if it's only your name.<BR/><BR/>You have more thoughts, feelings, ideas, impressions, memories, observations and icons in your mind than you could ever possibly write about in 20 lifetimes. Pick one you like and explain it to me. Nature will take care of the rest.<BR/><BR/>DB - The VagabondDBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144446186279708019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968263444433604011.post-83281268114435647492009-03-11T04:24:00.000-05:002009-03-11T04:24:00.000-05:00Linda, I share with you the helpless moments of wa...Linda, <BR/><BR/>I share with you the helpless moments of wanting to write but words can't come out properly. I think our mind, inspiration and creativity are often constrained by the limitation that language imposes. Regardless of expression, know that you are making many differences to others' lives by simply being who you are- a wonderful inspirer. Poem is a tool as well as the ultimate final destination. When such duality is reconciled, no expression is wasted. <BR/><BR/>Much love!<BR/><BR/>ChristineThe Sea Windhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16622630198909569559noreply@blogger.com