tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post3410975571984711409..comments2024-03-26T14:40:52.346+00:00Comments on magpie bridge: BARCELONAPaul Tobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14732771806819029077noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post-35058582949018859872011-10-04T08:48:59.405+01:002011-10-04T08:48:59.405+01:00Thanks Peggy. I presented the poems chronologicall...Thanks Peggy. I presented the poems chronologically but on reflection I think they would have worked the other way round. This is the sort of insight you only get when you are interacting with other writers.Paul Tobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732771806819029077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post-64489175886435033712011-10-04T06:13:47.758+01:002011-10-04T06:13:47.758+01:00I love how you linked the two poems into two diffe...I love how you linked the two poems into two different parts of the same story. Brilliant!Peggy Eddlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241451940725996650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post-31518746217532518342011-10-03T12:24:44.969+01:002011-10-03T12:24:44.969+01:00Golden Eagle: I'm glad I'm not the only on...Golden Eagle: I'm glad I'm not the only one who does not switch off, I thik having a good memory helps but I do need to write things down, partly it's the act of writing them down that makes me remember.<br />There is something in just observing people and letting their actions be the basis of a story. Glad you like the poems, I've just got the setting of my poetry book to proof read, this is very exciting.<br />Doralynn: The idea of the second woman becoming the first only occured to me as I wrote the post, I have to say its an interesting one. On the point of whether or not it is her marriage troubling her, who know? I just took a psychodynamic perspective that if she is playing with her ring it could be her subconscious saying her marriage is troubled-pure pop psychology on my part.Paul Tobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732771806819029077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post-17008258510637462022011-10-02T20:20:15.675+01:002011-10-02T20:20:15.675+01:00Interesting speculations. I think that's what ...Interesting speculations. I think that's what makes for great stories. And your poems are great stories. I am not as jaded as I probably should be, though. So to me, I would just see a distracted, worried woman who is fiddling with her ring without even realizing it until she drops it... it could very well be that the thing that is worrying her is her marriage, but it's hard to tell as an outsider. However, I like the idea of the second woman becoming the first... from the point of view of a story.Doralynn Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828906983819258042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5387667238687975467.post-14944087185239220842011-09-30T19:30:17.727+01:002011-09-30T19:30:17.727+01:00I don't think I ever really switch off, either...I don't think I ever really switch off, either. I'd be afraid of missing some detail that I could use in my writing.<br /><br />Wonderful poems. I like the way they were taken from actual observations; they make me wonder about the greater story behind those moments.Golden Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721520451194318436noreply@blogger.com