tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577091962812282559.post2927003857957434465..comments2024-03-29T03:01:54.922-07:00Comments on bloginafog: First - the 'Hearing Impairment'.Woflhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10215884001340285492noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577091962812282559.post-86935011841477876552014-02-04T02:22:14.413-08:002014-02-04T02:22:14.413-08:00An Anonymous commenator (first name Marcus) wrote:...An Anonymous commenator (first name Marcus) wrote:<br /><br />"My quarterly- to-your-site visit has been enhanced this time by discovering your poetry, especially the magnificent Zen poems. (www.beyond-the-pale.co.uk/zen.htm)<br /><br />So what gives (or takes) in this poem? Not irony, and never humor in your case! I practiced Zen for ten years and am now a Bon Buddhist. Remember old age is one of the four "sufferings" that is this human life. To read your phenomenological narrative on masturbation with all the incredible body experiences you are still experiencing I would say you have little reason to complain. That aside--high blood pressure is serious business. Take wisdom where it presents itself, even in modern medicine. I'll be commenting on the rest of these poems as time permits. There is such intelligence and life in them."<br /><br />I had intended this poem to be humorous. Maybe my humour is too "black" ? My life has gotten much better in recent years, partly due to Duloxetine, and partly due to living half the time in France.<br />Woflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10215884001340285492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577091962812282559.post-57299899192860592202014-02-03T18:05:33.245-08:002014-02-03T18:05:33.245-08:00My quarterly- to-your-site visit has been enhanced...My quarterly- to-your-site visit has been enhanced this time by discovering your poetry, especially the magnificent Zen poems. I haven't read the Diogenes piece, but wasn't he a Stoic of sorts? So what gives (or takes) in this poem? Not irony, and never humor in your case! I practiced Zen for ten years and am now a Bon Buddhist. Remember old age is one of the four "sufferings" that is this human life. To read your phenomenological narrative on masturbation with all the incredible body experiences you are still experiencing I would say you have little reason to complain. That aside--high blood pressure is serious business. Take wisdom where it presents itself, even in modern medicine. I'll be commenting on the rest of these poems as time permits. There is such intelligence and life in them. Marcus Billson, California, billsoniii@aol.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577091962812282559.post-54657500367987563652014-02-03T02:12:08.234-08:002014-02-03T02:12:08.234-08:00Oh no, Karl: "It's being so cheerful tha...Oh no, Karl: "It's being so cheerful that keeps me going." <br /><br />[This is a WW2 catch-phrase from, I think, the popular radio show ITMA (It's That Man Again).]<br /><br />But the day will come, probably sooner rather than later...Woflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10215884001340285492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577091962812282559.post-43696322959349776072014-02-03T00:53:23.198-08:002014-02-03T00:53:23.198-08:00I hope this isn't your online suicide note, An...I hope this isn't your online suicide note, Anthony!Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16333013979246343381noreply@blogger.com