Proud to be on Dodging The Rain today. Thank you, Neil Slevin!
MELINDA’S LONG SCARF SYNDROME
Melinda stores memories inside chickens – uncaring birds.
Buys groceries.
Eats. Cleans. Makes a cup of tea.
Sitting by her window she knits long scarves. Hobbies are a good thing.
It all feels like calling home and speaking in a foreign accent, or like a strange cat sitting on her armchair.
Melinda used to have her rooms full of nightingales. Sometimes she flashed them at people. Well, she is only human.
But counting nightingales before they sing all their songs is a cheater.
It comes as a missed train, as rain inside the brain; as unequal exchange, torn page, minimum wage. It comes as derealization, depersonalization, as minding the gap but still getting your foot stuck in it; as varicose vein, chest pain, not so sweet martha lorraine. It comes as blue, to paint blue the heart; as human factor, x-factor, max factor. It comes as…
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My morning breathless, once more reading the genius of you!
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Thank you so much, Eric. You are among the people that make it worthwhile.
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… as are you for me, Basilike.
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☺️
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I left a comment at Dodging The Rain site, Basilike but suspect I’ve ended up in their spam – all too often the WordPress default nowadays!
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Thank you very much, Eric! I am smiling as if I read it!
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I’m so happy to see u here. You made an excellent decision sending out these gorgeous poems to Dodging… I’m sure they’ll love their new home.
Way to go, B.
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I am very happy too. I love how they presented them, and N is great.
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Oh B, this absolutely made my day!!! It is so wonderful to see your work in DTR and to read your brilliant writing again. I have been away too long to catch up on what has happened in my absence, but I am super excited to read what comes next! All the love!
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Thank you, Susan! Big hugs!
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Incredible work.
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Thank you!
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You’re welcome.
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Three amazing reads, Basilike. Your imagery and the way you use language and structure are sublime.
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Hey, Diana! Welcome back, and thank you very much! You are the sweetest!
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I am back! I had to pop out today, but only for a few hours, not for 4 days. ❤
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Ha ha! I see you are a lady of adventure!
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Love the last paragraph of the incredible piece, where you had used tales and a little bit of rhyme.
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I am glad you do. Thank you!
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Great piece with incredible wordplay and structure!!
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Thank you very much!
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Is it ok to say that Melinda’s Long Scarf Syndrome is my favourite of the three pieces, Basilike? I loved the various scenes you created around Melinda, the mood, the emotions, and her syndrome.
Wrong Twin’s Lullaby reminded me of Virginia Woolf’s The Waves. Both your works puzzled me, in an intellectual way… Love.
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It’s more than ok! It’s one of my favourites as well. I am honored Lullaby reminded you of Woolf, and that they had an impact. Much love, B.
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Your works have that magical force, which makes my brain go the extra mile. Sometimes I succeed, and sometimes I fail. Either way, the process is an enjoyment itself. Much love, Isabelle
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You are so great, Isabelle! I’m sending all my love!
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❤️❤️
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Three fascinating, and beautiful poems. Loved them all, but Watch was the one that snuck up on me.
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Thank you, Cath! Watch has a way of doing that…
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I love your writing style!! You write so awesomely. It’s hard to write with such a quality of earthiness when levitating in the beauty of literature but my god, what skills you have!! How can anyone contain such capability within themselves. It’s a mystery for sure.
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Watt, a few more compliments like these and I’ll stop recognizing my face in the mirror! But thank you, sincerely. You made my night!
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I wrote this comment on the link you posted:
“Basilike, what a genius writing of surrealism and the structure of your writing is
perfectly composed like a cinema of language co-existing with the universe.
🙂 Miss reading your work. 🙂
I’m so proud of you and you got me thinking now and I’ll be writing some interesting poems on my end. 🙂
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Thank you, Charlie! Such a wonderful comment!
I missed reading you too. Whatever you write will be a delight, I’m sure!
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You are welcome my friend. 🙂
This poem is one of your best and I’m glad you got me thinking and feeling something for me to write based on your influence. 🙂
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When you are ready to publish it, let me know. I’ll want to read it!
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I’ll let you know for sure. 🙂
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Yes please!
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While I enjoy them all (and I’m positive I’ve read Watch before), I absolutely love Wrong Twin’s Lullaby. The rhythm of it, the repetition, the staccato nature of the dashes. The whole thing is so hypnotic and lulling me and drawing me closer in.
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Thanks so much, Sean!
I am glad it makes you feel this way. I was aiming for those things you describe. It’s one of my favorite pieces too.
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Well, you succeeded!
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😊
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Sorry, slashes.
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Got it!
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