tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post194116571061360982..comments2024-03-28T03:14:14.588-07:00Comments on Imagine: After-Shock dedicated to my mother Irene Ketover * (a 4 in 1 poem) Dr. Pearl Ketover Prilik (PKP)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15506538737806033824noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-59810967443609381362017-02-25T04:32:25.930-08:002017-02-25T04:32:25.930-08:00Such a beautiful story. Love the narrative, the p...Such a beautiful story. Love the narrative, the poetic images, the messages... A true favorite!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01330699480856746284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-34675327865349929712015-06-02T09:10:23.117-07:002015-06-02T09:10:23.117-07:00What a lovely story ... I could identify with piec...What a lovely story ... I could identify with pieces of the poem and in other parts saw people and events that were just too real for comfort ... but what a beautiful ending. A great read from beginning to end. BastetAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13596079559559123392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-22040091551112984712015-06-01T12:20:20.709-07:002015-06-01T12:20:20.709-07:00Bravo!
I apologize for my absence lately... Gett...Bravo! <br /><br />I apologize for my absence lately... Getting older and napping often. (I think I'm finally paying for my reckless youth :-)<br />ZQZQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521836993023109556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-82556523366661966282015-06-01T04:24:45.671-07:002015-06-01T04:24:45.671-07:00So wonderful. I really love the tenderness this su...So wonderful. I really love the tenderness this subject is handled with. I can see my grandmother in the first three stanzas so clearly.Gen Giggles https://www.blogger.com/profile/13744815023509063722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-66709253406807938922015-05-31T17:17:59.582-07:002015-05-31T17:17:59.582-07:00Hi Audrey - I have three unpublished novels and se...Hi Audrey - I have three unpublished novels and several non-fiction books that were published years ago - also have about a dozen short stories - never submitted... poetry frankly was always something done for "fun" while I worked on longer works until I began to submit and get published poetically .... :)Dr. Pearl Ketover Prilik (PKP)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15506538737806033824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-15294854705482071232015-05-31T15:45:32.089-07:002015-05-31T15:45:32.089-07:00Have you written longer works Pearl? There s a te...Have you written longer works Pearl? There s a tender sense in this that feels palpalbe in your tellingAudrey Howitt aka Divaloungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854425983822589062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-85551269868946889212015-05-31T15:22:09.003-07:002015-05-31T15:22:09.003-07:00This is a great story Pearl. II and IV have powerf...This is a great story Pearl. II and IV have powerful stuff. So true about how our parents usually ignore the effect of slips, falls... totomaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805083472267649276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-11984376531060111722015-05-31T15:09:17.284-07:002015-05-31T15:09:17.284-07:00A wonderful story and so glad your mother is comin...A wonderful story and so glad your mother is coming back even stronger...Donna@LivingFromHappinesshttp://www.livingfromhappiness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-47446497482212880582015-05-31T11:11:59.760-07:002015-05-31T11:11:59.760-07:00You took us right inside her head and her situatio...You took us right inside her head and her situation............the limp, the cane, the children at a distance, the "pestilence of soul" (wow!).....I took as much pleasure and she did in the memory of the ladies and men under the afternoon trees....a simpler time.........a fantastic write, Pearl, and a true gift to your mother as you sojourned inside her head with such empathy.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-48567514006673592972015-05-31T10:53:57.301-07:002015-05-31T10:53:57.301-07:00I love the depiction of the prodigal son and the d...I love the depiction of the prodigal son and the dutiful daughter....so real-to-life :-)C.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16393100446679896378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-3848499493942928132015-05-31T09:03:59.612-07:002015-05-31T09:03:59.612-07:00Oh, man. This is particularly vivid, Pearl:
"...Oh, man. This is particularly vivid, Pearl: <br />"into the hollow between each purple breath" <br />Well done. De Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04798544585779003567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-8906843717675391352015-05-31T07:37:07.708-07:002015-05-31T07:37:07.708-07:00What an absolutely lovely poem! It reads like an e...What an absolutely lovely poem! It reads like an epic :D<br />Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-85848662696369694142015-05-31T07:23:25.073-07:002015-05-31T07:23:25.073-07:00love the flowing story line & specially the en...love the flowing story line & specially the end...Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-57578328629886418002015-05-31T06:10:10.899-07:002015-05-31T06:10:10.899-07:00Not only a poem but a veritable saga!Not only a poem but a veritable saga!Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-61235736504097652392015-05-31T05:29:34.873-07:002015-05-31T05:29:34.873-07:00I like how your poem picks up the pace at the end....I like how your poem picks up the pace at the end.Brother Olliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07506492407482879487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-16853476513028604192015-05-31T05:26:27.605-07:002015-05-31T05:26:27.605-07:00Well you have certainly given us a feast on this c...Well you have certainly given us a feast on this catch-up on four whirligigs. I immediately associated this with hallucinating with the pain and the accompanying drug therapy from the hip pain, operation and recovery. I read it over and over and it still pointed this way for me.Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-44005217496931128542015-05-31T03:03:03.818-07:002015-05-31T03:03:03.818-07:00What a wonderful journey through time and space......What a wonderful journey through time and space...the wonderful thing about alternate realities (an friends) is that age and pain and all the heaviness of reality does become lighter and we can fly and laugh albeit in a powder induced way...but the wise get out before the powder takes grip ;) May hips mend and words never fail us Jae Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11509244123008832611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-37114619735955666962015-05-31T02:04:01.380-07:002015-05-31T02:04:01.380-07:00This read like a short story.. getting old and lim...This read like a short story.. getting old and limping.. the children far away, and those dreams.. what a narrative.. an epic and universal story with many layers of nostalgic poignancy... brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1819558801520044413.post-50276019847827250462015-05-31T01:29:51.879-07:002015-05-31T01:29:51.879-07:00I thought that was a lovely read. Thanks for shari...I thought that was a lovely read. Thanks for sharing!Blogorattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12821621371176285384noreply@blogger.com