It's like
not quite
but almost
coming close to
approaching
sort of but
sort of but
virtually
approximately
similar to
metaphorically
juxtaposing it with
a quasi
semblance
verging
on
vagueness
© 2010 by Kathryn Feigal. All rights reserved.
© 2010 by Kathryn Feigal. All rights reserved.
Better than way past and beyond, over the hill and gone!
ReplyDeleteHi Kass,
ReplyDeleteI love this post and its picture!! The way you play with the words is funny and smart.
Meaning can be mean indeed!
loveNlight
Gabi
Is it better to refrain from commenting or to say that this piece doesn't work for me?
ReplyDelete(shaolin soccer quote time: "...creative work is highly subjective.")
Admittedly, in asking the question I enact an answer.
Well, I say it bearing you no ill will and in full appreciation of some of your other pieces.
Cookie, you are certainly keeping up to the one-a-day commitment. I admire your prolific poetry production.
ReplyDeleteAnd what I mean to say, I mean, is that I get the meaning of this one, and it's not mean in the least. I don't think you've got any mean in you.
DAVE - Exactly!
ReplyDeleteGABI - Glad to see you back. I guess sometimes I get tired of people saying, "It's like...I mean..." -
and also how in so much of creative writing something is like something else. The wind is like a lion. Sure, it has its place, but sometimes I just want things to be what they are - but then again, they never are...
ALESA - I trust your opionion all the more now.
LESLIE - I knew you would get exactly what I meant. Thanks.
well, I think it is a very clever and funny post and picture. Juxtapose is an excellent word.
ReplyDeleteI think it's delightful. Will you shout at me though if I offer a suggestion? Rather than 'nothing' say 'nothing much'. Everything else in the piece is vague but 'nothing' is absolute. Just a thought.
ReplyDeleteOh, and a great picture to go with it.
JULIE - Yes, I like juxtapose a lot too.
ReplyDeleteJIM - The trouble with me is I NEVER shout. I can type furiously, though. I like your suggestion. How about 'verging on vagueness' instead of nothing much? That keeps it really cyclical and inane.
It's your poem, Kass. It was just what jumped out at me If it feel right then go with it.
ReplyDeleteOh, I love this ~ it is just SO Valley Girl! Use the pretty egg ... can't wait to see what you do with it. I imagine great things.
ReplyDeleteHELEN - I don't know if I can write anything delicate enough for that painted egg. I'll try.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, the whole, "I mean...it's like..." gets so tiresome. I mean like, reallllly!
ahem ... "excuse me?????"
ReplyDeleteS. ETOLE - You got it. Exquooooooze Me!
ReplyDeleteHa ha! Is it bad that I totally understand what I think you may have said? You are showing what a talent you have for diversity as well as poems!
ReplyDeleteSort of but...
ReplyDeleteExactly! you nailed it. I guess you changed it after Jim's suggestion, but I like your verging on vagueness
ReplyDeleteThis pretty much covers it, doesn't it? What else is there left to say? Perhaps Congress can borrow your speech.
ReplyDeleteVICKY - Thank you, but I wish I could write something as tender as your last post.
ReplyDeleteAJ - Oh, I forgot those 3 words. Can I steal them?
TAG - There's more verisimilitude in verging on vagueness, don't you think?
MARIE - Busted! I did steal that from a congressman.
Argh. Spit it out woman!
ReplyDeleteThis could become an anthem for so many of us!!
ReplyDeleteBeyond excellent!!!
ERYL - Argh is right!
ReplyDeleteP. J. - An anthem. Ha! Raise our flags high!
Ah, you are so creative - I love it!
ReplyDeleteLoved the photo, Kass. Thanks for the chuckles it provided.
ReplyDeletePOETIC & JOHN - Thanks.
ReplyDeleteHello there!
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