tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310561639547971922.post5020454433448860552..comments2024-01-08T08:43:29.509+10:30Comments on roslyn ross - small stones and other poems: The EndRoslyn Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700960108357035957noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310561639547971922.post-76658207457115336862017-08-03T22:40:02.894+09:302017-08-03T22:40:02.894+09:30Roslyn: it is hard to respond to platitudes and st...Roslyn: it is hard to respond to platitudes and standard theological banners. Sabio Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12963476276106907984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310561639547971922.post-25337457836261371192017-08-03T08:13:54.810+09:302017-08-03T08:13:54.810+09:30We think there are beginnings and endings but ther...We think there are beginnings and endings but there is only consciousness expressing through eternity as this material world. Birth and Death are merely moments in that process, neither beginnings or endings.Roslyn Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15700960108357035957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310561639547971922.post-26679475693083893182017-08-03T08:12:53.478+09:302017-08-03T08:12:53.478+09:30All is consciousness, all is meaning.All is consciousness, all is meaning.Roslyn Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15700960108357035957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310561639547971922.post-73137118646742418212017-08-03T06:13:22.850+09:302017-08-03T06:13:22.850+09:30Love all the sea imagery as it relates to time, es...Love all the sea imagery as it relates to time, especially "sculling through foaming minutes. Nice!Nosainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05807730653175525468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310561639547971922.post-54058539089610834072017-08-03T03:14:37.648+09:302017-08-03T03:14:37.648+09:30I liked that "eternity
of bright and shining ...I liked that "eternity<br />of bright and shining imagination" at the end and the birds darting through clouds like a dance of life in the sky.Frank Hubenyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058591172624203875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310561639547971922.post-5454885330187419702017-08-03T03:08:48.461+09:302017-08-03T03:08:48.461+09:30A feast of delightful phrases ... although I admit...A feast of delightful phrases ... although I admit the last stanza left me a bit puzzled. Great write.indybevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05505539407819784525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310561639547971922.post-66017996285253586842017-08-02T23:20:46.182+09:302017-08-02T23:20:46.182+09:30"bubbled / beginnings, and frothing ends,&quo..."bubbled / beginnings, and frothing ends," Love this. Individual life may seem as insignificant yet behind each life there's a boundless ocean of consciousness to give it meaning. Lovely thought (I read it this way).Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310561639547971922.post-79815592526257305072017-08-02T20:28:35.957+09:302017-08-02T20:28:35.957+09:30Beautiful exposition of the macro through the poet...Beautiful exposition of the macro through the poetic lens of the micro.Thanks for dropping by at dVerse.Paul John Dearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976172444697072142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310561639547971922.post-4858857052708950912017-08-02T16:46:46.120+09:302017-08-02T16:46:46.120+09:30I love the movement in your poem, which you have c...I love the movement in your poem, which you have conveyed so precisely through verbs. I especially enjoyed:<br />sculling through foaming minutes,<br />'they wash upon life's sandy feet;<br />crumbled careering of bubbled<br />beginnings, and frothing ends'<br />and <br />'dance of life which has no end,<br />and yet which, in truth, has never<br />begun, for all is caught: an eternity<br />of bright and shining imagination'.Kim M. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668459794787447606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310561639547971922.post-54812188761832773232017-08-02T14:45:06.952+09:302017-08-02T14:45:06.952+09:30You made me laugh. Life as an ocean of consciousne...You made me laugh. Life as an ocean of consciousness - all is imagination. No beginning and no end.Roslyn Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15700960108357035957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310561639547971922.post-20535003621520754192017-08-02T14:11:17.547+09:302017-08-02T14:11:17.547+09:30Nice images here.Nice images here.Sarah Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06548593069470592148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310561639547971922.post-60448454189179066202017-08-02T11:40:38.492+09:302017-08-02T11:40:38.492+09:30I enjoyed that. I did not understand it, but enjo...I enjoyed that. I did not understand it, but enjoyed it. The first part seemd to show life as jostled and spun but wasn't sure if the ending is "all is a dream" or "life is Lila (Hindu concept)".Sabio Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12963476276106907984noreply@blogger.com