Still. (Hanging Around)

Speachless ..and Breathlessly sad Beki ... (HHHHHUUUUGGGGGG) after a write like that one you deserve it ... Much love Jayne x x

I love the way you are able to mix in a bit of perhaps confused anguish with loving gratitude, patience, and understanding. Thank you for sharing this. Might I urge you to correct "hung yourself" to "hanged yourself"? With respect.

An awesome emotional write that is just right instead of being overly dramatic. You have the real stuff going for you here. It really touched me. Always, Cat

this piece is incredibly moving. I have just had a conversation with a friend whose childhood sweetheart killed himself. May I show this poem to her? Sometimes it helps to know that we are not alone... we feel we are singled out by our past grievances too often... as if no one would be able to understand our pain... Healing hugs coming your way. More love, ~Nina

Hey beautiful woman. Love that you are in spotlight review... This is a hard read for me so I am not going to comment on it, only to congratulate you & tell you what a gorgeous picture that is of you with Omi (I'm assuming)... really beautiful. Cheers & love to you, hope you are feeling better each day, has your bug cleared up? Anni~ "A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket". ~Charles Peguy

Its like on the bike or walking Im overdo for being struck by a motorcar or Lorry distracted by all that im taking in and thinking I can feel the motion sense the course of collision and was saved once by a freind who yanked me back this has been the year of conclusion this poem this hanging is in a sequence for me of thought and consideration Your poem is constructed careful and clear "You tinge me all all my now.." im going over that particular line its striking and meaningful I think you are poet!! as for hung hanged for me its not a distraction I think Hung is correct but this imperfection gives this poem flavour even if its potent and reflective

Congratulations on evolution ... Hope you and Omi are Both feeling better ... Much Love & hugs Jayne x x "We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. Lynn Hall" ...

When I first found this poem just a few hours after you submitted it, I knew it was very special on several strong levels. I'm pleased it has since been discovered by others here to give it the attention it's been deserving. I'm also happy to see you wanted to get it right and that you've raised the quality substantially with the correction I early suggested. (Anyone still confused on that can have a peek in any good dictionary for proof.) Again, thank you for writing down your thoughts so well and for sharing this poem with all of us. It's powerful yet gentle, and surely important.

... the way to go in your context here (an overall context, I must add, extremely well crafted, with just the right amount---and choices---of words): The Eleventh Edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary states it (succinctly) in no uncertain terms: "2 (past and past part. hanged) kill by tying a rope attached from above around the neck and removing the support from beneath the feet (used as a form of capital punishment). > be killed by hanging." Sorry for the bluntness in the quote. But ... sad to say, most people get it wrong. Another favorite peeve of mine is the constant misuse of "lay" for "lie." Is there no rest for those of us who too easily hear the grammar glitches? Even news anchorpeople (all too often) fall prey to the seductions of popular misuse(s) in these and like regards. A difficult subject, I know, for you. Delicately, gracefully, artfully put together. Much appreciated, Chuck

this is profound and heartfelt I know the feeling here. you are a strong person I feel anyone who experiences huge loss develops a strength that can be felt all around you I thank you for your words beki. -diatom shells

Pretty powerful stuff, my friend. I must admit that I am not a big believer in grief - I was once, but time and tide and much understanding from experiencing the fleeting nature of life have all worn away the sharp corners of my sadness - but what you share here is simply wonderful. Your depth of feeling for this man, your sadness and growing fondness of his memory, the way you use the cadence to accentuate the emotions, all is 5-star my friend. Not to mention the suspense you build in the first part, to the hard and intense revelation of his death, and the aftermath of your feelings for him. Absolutely wonderful. If this was not in the spotlight, it should have been, but congrats on evolution, your work is where it deserves to be. Respectfully Jim "Laws and rules don't kill freedom: narrow-minded intolerance does" : Race