Posted by spoc on May 6, 2004, at 10:10:05
In reply to Re: Spoc's story becomes found poetry » spoc, posted by noa on May 5, 2004, at 21:23:48
WOW!! Noa, this has made me feel good and important, as I see my words are full of imagery and meaning even when I am talking about regrouting bathroom tile! ;- )
Very creative work and editing -- did you use one of those translator sites? It's intriguing that so many "powerful" words, from which meaningful poetry could be written, came up in conjunction with caulking! Hey, if I write my *real* story in German, will you make it into a poem too? Ha ha. Now, watch that version turn out to be the one with nothing but mundane translations popping up!
My German post started out with a paragraph saying something to the effect of "Karen, why are you spending your life studying German, when obviously your talents lie in caulking bathroom tile?" Then I surfed for a nice dull article (there being no relation to Karen there of course!); then I finished up with something about the Singulair girl I believe. Very interesting exercise to see how even that could end up with a message about life! But all due to your skill of course, not what I wrote!
You're talented! I haven't been to the writing board yet, but I bet you can be found there too, no? I also had been wanting to tell you I loved your description of the place where sand crabs roam free! I lived in such a place for many years, and often wonder why I left; and think about how complicated, especially for a terminal procrastinor (amongst plenty of other things) it would be to ever get back there. I miss so many things about it. There were also these tiny, multi-colored clams that would dig into the wet shoreline when you disturbed them, and of course the adorable chameleons, and vibrant, colorful foliage and flowers.... Ahhh, enough, the grass is always greener (although in this case that's literal).... Back to work! But thanks again for the poetry! : D
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