Thanks

[vaneramos]

This morning's poem was intended to be additional to my regular daily post, but I'm deeply grateful for the warm response to it and find I have little else to say today. I don't expect poems to receive more than two or three comments, even if they're good, even if they're what I like writing the most.

For music buffs, on the way to the gym the "Saturday Night Waltz" from Aaron Copland's Rodeo, an old favourite, came on the radio and struck me at once as the perfect companion for the poem. The same sense of sublimated longing. Okay, it's schmaltzy.

Now I have to go finish cleaning, because Danny's coming.

Comments

[dakoopst.livejournal.com]

Well, two things:

1) You expressed so much in that poem, I think you are right to feel you don't need to express much else.

2) Your last sentence conveys an inherent sense of excitement, so we can feel where you are. :)

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Stephen. The first comment is kind, and the second is helpful. The problem with poetry is it's so irrational, expressing things inexpressible. I'm glad this one worked.