Walkie-Talkie

This really grabbed me

and now I want to read more of your poetry. Glad I read it! :-)

I agree with Angeline. This shows imagination from the get-go. In the age of the internet and e-poetry, there's no excuse for not quickly looking up a word. I had to do that with "Junoesque." I should say if the reader has to look up too many unfamiliar words, that on the other hand is not good, but when I understood Junoesque and how you contrasted it with "or fat/depending upon your mood," I was hooked. In other words you made me the reader work a little and I discovered meaning from it. IMO, that what good poetry should do.

The use of a walkie talkie as a metaphor for how limited the communication is was remarkable, and the refrain of "Do you read me?" is the icing on the cake.

One of the more imaginative poems I've seen on Literotica.

1. Too snobbish for my liking.
2. "Junoesque": What a latinized vulgarity for magnificent goddess Hera!

Brave

A fairly brave poem to write – assuming my interpretation of the poem is correct. Hence the anonymous response. It is odd, many poems express a feeling that is only a partial or even inaccurate representation of the writer. A poet can write of a murderer’s feelings in the act or on death row without being a murderer – yet we react to this as being precisely your outrage that people do not (all) like your poems.

And of course, we ARE all outraged that everyone does not like our poems. Er, well, I mean to say – it is not just me is it then?

I love the

structure of this. Excellent read.

Interesting...

...the range of responses this poem has received. I appreciate all of them, even the unkind anonymous responder who finds my tone "snobbish". I'm not sure I see snobbery in it, but perhaps the anonymous responder feels slighted by something that may have hit too close to home? Who knows? It's not my job, or my desire, to read meaning for others into my work. And "latinized vulgarity"? Wow...NOW who's being snobbish? LOL!

And would you believe, this wasn't about the Internet and impersonal interactions at all. But I am thrilled that someone saw that possibility and brought it to my attention. It's why I publish my work -- I love to see what others see that I wasn't even thinking of. Thank you!

while reading old posts

I came across a rec for this work. Normally, your quotes would be distracting, but are absolutely necessary in this poem. I enjoyed it and well, it spoke to me. Glad I found you and I will read more. Keep up the good work!

~maria