Comments on: Feline History http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/10/feline-history/ The Poetry of Nicole Nicholson Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:37:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ravenswingpoetry http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/10/feline-history/#comment-366 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:58:10 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-366 Antoine:

Wow! Thank you for the most in-depth comment on Feline History. You are right – sonnets oddly enough have a certain flexibility – the form almost guides my writing.

As far as explaining vs. being concise, I go as the mood takes me. Some poems require snap shots and short form. Some require the lengthy explanation. I love how the sonnet form allows itself to be chained should the need arise.

Thanks for visiting.

-Nicole

]]> By: Antoine Cassar http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/10/feline-history/#comment-358 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:50:27 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-358 Once you become accostumed to writing sonnets and realise just how flexible and malleable they can be, it can become rather difficult to write in longer forms. Paradoxically in fact, today I find the sonnet to be more flexible than free verse! This could of course be a question of temperament – some poets feel comfortable explaining and developing, others prefer to be concise and squeeze gallons of meaning into a small bottle. Take a look at Rilke’s sonnet to breathing, for example, or César Vallejo’s spine-shaking sonnet which begins “I will die in a rainstorm in Paris, / on a day I already remember” (as beautifully translated by Rebecca Seiferle earlier this year in Poetry magazine). The density of meaning created by the poets’ master of form, rhythm and concision leaves the listener gasping for breath.

]]> By: ravenswingpoetry http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/10/feline-history/#comment-318 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:47:26 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-318 Thank you, baby.

-Nicole

]]> By: baby http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/10/feline-history/#comment-315 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:23:20 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-315 Nice website!!

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]]> By: ravenswingpoetry http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/10/feline-history/#comment-173 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:05:47 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-173 Thank you. I feel as if by writing in and exploring more form, I am improving and growing.

Pantoums still kick my butt. One of these days, though….

-Nicole

]]> By: pieceofpie http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/10/feline-history/#comment-169 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:39:36 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-169 excellent.. love form poetry.. it is always a challenge and you did an awesome write… when i think of cats i think of tigers, leopards, lions… here kitty kitty.. it’s a hard line to purring little kitties…

]]> By: ravenswingpoetry http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/10/feline-history/#comment-155 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:49:07 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-155 Thank you all for stopping by and leaving your comments/compliments…

I haven’t had a pet in years. I used to have cats. I’m convinced that there’s a lot more going on behind their watchful eyes than we know…

-Nicole

]]> By: DeLi http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/10/feline-history/#comment-137 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:40:47 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-137 amazing figurine, it really looks powerful and historic!

]]> By: zoya gautam http://ravenswingpoetry.com/2008/06/10/feline-history/#comment-134 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:27:39 +0000 http://ravenswingpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-134 ..thank u for this impressive poem..

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