Lilly Negoi

2013-01-18
how one feels his/her age always depends on how much has their life been filled with experiences. and yours, from my point of view, is a fully lived life :).

2013-01-05
i know :) i won't! thank you - great to know that you're ok :)

2013-01-05
I don't know how to comment on this one - in my life so far there have been three beings that left for a different plane of existence. I still believe that I will always be more prepared for my own leaving than for that of any other being in my life. Maybe because the pain of our own departure is not our own, but others', whilst the one of the others' is ours...or maybe simply because.
I like that Chinese legend you talk about. It speaks of circles to be closed and circles to be started. It speaks of life. And so does your poem.
*bookmarked*

2012-12-31
this is so picturesque dear friend! i've always had a weakness for these forms and the way you wrote all these four gems is simply delightful!

2012-12-21
bravo! *applause*

2012-12-20
these are so, so lovely! all of them! very nicely done Mark :)

2012-12-20
beautiful! just beautiful!

2012-12-20
what i absolutely love in this poem is the second stanza. the tone here has a certain sweet bitterness, especially in "I hope to never/ know it", and i can almost hear the crack of the breaking branch. splendid!

2012-12-18
...and a circle closes with that last line reminding of the first. this poem of yours makes me think how big actually is "the smallest" thing (flower or anything else). bookmarked - for that and not only for that.

2012-12-18
the image you describe here is a breathtaking one, and my opinion is that one of the things that contributes to that effect is the way you make use of language and the structure of phrases. it's indeed a beautiful description :) - and the title does perfect justice to it!

2012-12-12
bowing down in front of your mastery :) Frost or no Frost, the outcome is outstanding :)

2012-12-12
this is BEAUTIFUL! and bookmarked!
"My how the rains poured like exploding dahlias
Our eyes filled up like galoshes... "
that is one incredible image Mark... wonderful!

2012-12-12
i'd say you found your words :)

2012-12-12
this is a beauty :) the description of winter is wonderful and "trees of feathery Night" will follow my memory for a long time now :)
and that stanza about the "ships/without crews clogging harbors"...is breathtaking.
bookmarked!

2012-12-06
this one has a certain warmth about it. maybe because of the "then" and "now" condensed in its words, or maybe because of the last two lines (those are beautiful, and so full of meanings...), it's kinda stuck in my heart :).

2012-12-05
:) allow me to inhale your words and to adopt your feeling as mine. what you wrote above is a wonderful image - and i feel flattered that my "wreck" determined you to pen down such a piece of beauty.

2012-12-04
i got goosebumps reading this one - the tone is perfectly chosen and the message goes straight to the heart. this should be read by many more...

2012-11-30
much too easily indeed - this describes perfectly the raw truth...

2012-11-30
this is...honestly i have no idea what would be the proper word to describe how i felt after reading this. it's true though that often the message lies not only in the words, but also in the spaces between words.
bookmarked!

2012-11-29
this is simply beautiful :).
one more or one less word and this would become imperfect.

2012-11-29
utterly delicious :)

2012-11-28
this is simply beautiful. maybe the reason for which it touched my heart the way it did when i read it was the fact that this morning when taking my son to kindergarten i felt mesmerized by an area from a field, covered in dandelions that were all, at their turn, covered in rime. your poem made that image engrave even better in my memory :). thank you!
and bookmarked :).

2012-11-27
i believe this is one of the loveliest (and briefest) conclusions in theology i've ever read :))