Comments | black_dog: it could get the railroad for these workers

black_dog

it could get the railroad for these workers

Apr 19, 2016 14:51

Belated Poetry Month greetings to any friends still around!

I owe a couple of apologies to people who commented on my last post - I sort of disappeared due to a personal adventure and I’ve always had trouble resuming threads after a break. It was nice to hear from pauraque and shezan. Um, last fall ( Read more... )

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pauraque April 21 2016, 13:48:42 UTC

Good to see you again! You really don't have to apologize; replying is always optional. :)

black_dog April 22 2016, 03:56:29 UTC

Hey, back to you! And no, I'm genuinely sorry, not least for my own sake, selfishly. :) It is a nice thing to maintain the connection, in whatever intermittent form.

I hope things have been going well with you. I suppose we've all drifted away from LJ but there is still the occasional tug on the thread. I saw you posted a couple of months back, and smiled to see HP fic -- enjoyed reading your Argus/Snape, with your always-present sympathy and insight into a character's vulnerability and loss.

The description of the painting's surface at the end of your piece makes me think of Wallace Stevens, which is always a dangerous thing during Poetry Month, and may prompt a further post . . .

Anyway, nice to hear from you again!

bookshop April 22 2016, 03:07:54 UTC

BD! I always miss you, and I am sorry that I didn't comment on your last post, for reasons I can't really recall but which probably had to do with being overworked and distracted.

At the moment I am feeling very zen in part because I just listened to this piece and really enjoyed it both for all the reasons you mentioned and because i love the idea that the same it that could get the railroad for these workers could also be a red balloon, could also get some wind for the sailboat, could also be what it is and all those numbers. I am also feeling very zen in part because I've been listening to wikipedia, and because I was going to (after opining that I miss poetry month on Livejournal, when my friends list used to teem with poetry, as opposed to now in a tumblr-enforced wasteland when yours is the only celebratory poem i've encountered all month, which is sad and lonely even though it is a lovely poem and i'm really happy I read it and heard it and also that it came from you) say that you could do worse than signing up for charlotte ( ... )

black_dog April 22 2016, 04:19:55 UTC

!!! *glomps* [is that the word? I can barely remember . . . ] Hello to you! And congratulations on new employers and new ventures. The Fanspeak thing sounds brilliant, and I hope you make disgusting piles of money and retire and write and write. Or whatever you want! And thank you for the poetry links. I sometimes think I am striking a ridiculous pose by posting poetry into the void now and then, but look who flashed a signal back! It's nice to reconnect.

(Did you notice that Remus player posted a tantalizing update on nraged?)

These are the days, my friend; it could be very fresh and clean, it could be Frankie, it could be Frankie . . .

black_dog May 1 2016, 01:03:24 UTC

Hey, you - I wanted to come back to this and give you a slightly less rushed reply, now that I have gotten through a crazy week and have a bit of time. No need to reply, I know you’re swamped too, but it was a treat to hear from you so I didn’t want to leave this crossing of paths behind, with just 2 minutes of facetiousness on my part. Also, you know, Email Debt Forgiveness Day ( ... )