tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953699.post4698644770771673547..comments2024-03-01T01:30:03.255-07:00Comments on Genetic Jungle: Whale fall: an assignment of sortsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16532403180123519635noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953699.post-72697271677133056342009-03-09T08:04:00.000-06:002009-03-09T08:04:00.000-06:00Yes! An Orchid poem~Yes! An Orchid poem~Chris Eldinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794946908789120139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953699.post-36962788049635096822009-03-09T08:03:00.000-06:002009-03-09T08:03:00.000-06:00Wow! LOVE the last stanza in particular. I had t...Wow! LOVE the last stanza in particular. I had trouble with the science words in the other stanzas, but that goes to my lack of education and not your writing...Chris Eldinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794946908789120139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953699.post-11588658766768580932009-02-09T14:30:00.000-07:002009-02-09T14:30:00.000-07:00Lisa: Thanks for that vote of confidence. Actually...<B>Lisa:</B> Thanks for that vote of confidence. Actually, this is the first poem I'd ever written in English. My most musical mother tongue is just so much more conducive to poetic thinking, and so all my previous efforts have all been in Afrikaans and quite untranslatable.<BR/><BR/><B>Anon:</B> A very good idea indeed! But what would the <I>story</I> be? I would need to find a good angle with enough drama to keep it interesting.<BR/><BR/><B>Wendy:</B> As are you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16532403180123519635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953699.post-89147124289635208412009-02-09T14:12:00.000-07:002009-02-09T14:12:00.000-07:00It's wonderful. xxxIt's wonderful. xxxWendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922746881893920156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953699.post-22620707428693287382009-02-09T12:42:00.000-07:002009-02-09T12:42:00.000-07:00May we have an orchid poem? There are so few of t...May we have an orchid poem? There are so few of them...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17953699.post-15695032227799581942009-02-09T09:09:00.000-07:002009-02-09T09:09:00.000-07:00Well that first assignment couldn't have been more...Well that first assignment couldn't have been more up your alley, could it? :)<BR/><BR/>So glad to see you back here. I'd been wondering what you've been up to.<BR/><BR/>I think the poem is great, moody, evocative...and I never realized that whale carcasses became condos for other animals. Fascinating.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.com