tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161549.post5751729438690655028..comments2023-10-30T18:49:00.753+08:00Comments on The Great Unknown: OctPoWriMo Day 23: Atomic Non-BlondeShukuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11258042395311417934noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161549.post-17090915002723043392018-10-24T21:57:24.257+08:002018-10-24T21:57:24.257+08:00Rod: Yes it made sense, and thank you SO much - it...Rod: Yes it made sense, and thank you SO much - it really encouraged me no end to hear that. I'm so glad you liked it; I kept being afraid it would be hard to understand and muddled up.<br /><br />Cara: Wow. That's...wow. I knew about the fallout shelters and all, but I didn't know about the drills - it's not something we had here (What we did have was Darurat - the Emergency, Shukuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11258042395311417934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161549.post-22384083215526723742018-10-24T16:51:15.836+08:002018-10-24T16:51:15.836+08:00This is an incredible write!
I'm a cold war ki...This is an incredible write!<br />I'm a cold war kid, born in 1965. I never had to do the silly "duck and cover" drills that they did back when my mother was in school. By the time my generation came along, we knew that it was "bend over and kiss your ass goodbye."<br />Living in that era affected the way I write and the way I think. As a child who wanted to live, I fearedOrnery Owl of Naughty Netherworld Press and Readers Roost https://www.blogger.com/profile/07596105116325246476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161549.post-34710837365068935532018-10-24T05:31:55.376+08:002018-10-24T05:31:55.376+08:00Shuku, this was really awesome! It is macabre with...Shuku, this was really awesome! It is macabre without being dark. I hope that makes sense. Great writing!Rod E. Kokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09228018212394353255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161549.post-60036286792802067042018-10-24T03:21:28.760+08:002018-10-24T03:21:28.760+08:00Jade: The video was really something, it was thoug...Jade: The video was really something, it was thought-provoking and terrifying in so many ways. Short clip, only about 4 minutes long, but it was like a punch to the gut. Thank you so much! <3 I'm always a little antsy putting up poems like this, I sometimes think they're too much of a self-indulgence.<br /><br />Sunita: Thank you so much for the kind words Sunita! There's always Shukuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11258042395311417934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161549.post-50723897016444719062018-10-24T02:34:09.873+08:002018-10-24T02:34:09.873+08:00Wow, so deep and powerful!❤Wow, so deep and powerful!❤Richahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06970131012397978121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161549.post-46527313100009995112018-10-24T02:26:14.255+08:002018-10-24T02:26:14.255+08:00This is indeed deep. Poignant, painful and there i...This is indeed deep. Poignant, painful and there is that collateral damage to the human soul. Visceral. Powerful write, Shuku :)Sunitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08770605152492469334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161549.post-3856114973020696422018-10-24T01:54:48.440+08:002018-10-24T01:54:48.440+08:00"Under the bone is where the skeleton of my t..."Under the bone is where the skeleton of my thoughts lie." I don't like to say I'm glad you watched that video, but I am as it inspired this poem. The last line, in context of the rest, knocks me over.ms_lilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999098267891256848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161549.post-87577685071922651102018-10-24T01:35:30.483+08:002018-10-24T01:35:30.483+08:00Thank you so much for reading it <3 I always wo...Thank you so much for reading it <3 I always worry about if the piece will actually say something worth saying to someone, and I am so happy it CAN be read without seeming like something incomprehensible.Shukuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11258042395311417934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161549.post-47844156153569555712018-10-24T01:17:49.161+08:002018-10-24T01:17:49.161+08:00This is fantastically powerful.This is fantastically powerful.paeansunpluggedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15076601569836498915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161549.post-11014609991435972018-10-23T23:47:50.322+08:002018-10-23T23:47:50.322+08:00Thank you so much Esther! I'm fascinated by an...Thank you so much Esther! I'm fascinated by anatomy and forensic anthropology, and they tend to muscle their way into my writing, at the risk of being utterly incomprehensible. I'm glad you liked it!Shukuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11258042395311417934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161549.post-25862953904077515242018-10-23T23:39:50.739+08:002018-10-23T23:39:50.739+08:00"Go deeper." At risk of sounding derivat..."Go deeper." At risk of sounding derivative, this is deep. There's so much here.Esther Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07688983385593428361noreply@blogger.com