tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post395633715813145172..comments2023-09-29T15:38:34.435+05:30Comments on rooted: ode to imsomniagautami tripathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-5845980499723407832010-04-16T16:47:54.426+05:302010-04-16T16:47:54.426+05:30You nailed it with this one. Just thinking of the ...You nailed it with this one. Just thinking of the wrinkles of the sheets and the times I have remade my bed only to try again. Insomnia leaves me lonely and frustrated.SandyCarlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752798823532580733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-28349822862209133792010-04-13T07:45:22.138+05:302010-04-13T07:45:22.138+05:30Ouch. Insomnia is rough - you've portrayed it ...Ouch. Insomnia is rough - you've portrayed it well.Tumblewords:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-15693391335014319552010-04-12T07:56:18.614+05:302010-04-12T07:56:18.614+05:30I guess, I wouldn't wish...when it's all s...I guess, I wouldn't wish...when it's all sorrows and pain?<br /><br />And those vivid dreams frighten me a lot, though I had some also, I would wake up catching my breath and too frightened to sleep without lights anymore!Amityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222122594130598313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-74340900465164469972010-04-12T05:47:17.504+05:302010-04-12T05:47:17.504+05:30nicely done Gautaminicely done GautamiWayne Pitchkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15376196523487344143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-27546012618091052222010-04-12T05:43:53.876+05:302010-04-12T05:43:53.876+05:30Phew, I don't know a thing about sleepless nig...Phew, I don't know a thing about sleepless nights, I sleep like a log. But I do like the bit about the railroads of steamy tears! <br /><br /><3 AndyAndy Sewinahttp://sewina.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-81018384795014542562010-04-12T05:11:01.654+05:302010-04-12T05:11:01.654+05:30I totally relate. ^_^ Wonderful metaphors and imag...I totally relate. ^_^ Wonderful metaphors and images throughout this one, a clever way of taking on the prompt!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-12841432752839007612010-04-12T00:52:45.463+05:302010-04-12T00:52:45.463+05:30Nicely woven tale!
PamelaNicely woven tale!<br />Pamelaflauberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18424439866515694972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-61262144388532149392010-04-12T00:29:37.280+05:302010-04-12T00:29:37.280+05:30i like your use of vicarious
sometimes even our ow...i like your use of vicarious<br />sometimes even our own lives can feel that way, like we are watching. <br />Such an interesting poem, thank you.Tammie Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09018402134070834516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-15850760010449716552010-04-11T23:39:08.846+05:302010-04-11T23:39:08.846+05:30Tami, I would be afraid that scarf would be a remi...Tami, I would be afraid that scarf would be a remind me of my tears. <br />Unless that is, I needed a reminder. Then the scarf I'd wear as a reminder of the worst of times and how somehow, perhaps by the grace of God, I got through.<br /><br />I've not done odes for their form so I can't judge yours on form. <br />But your poem certainly is wonderful and one to which I can relate very much. Thank you.<br />..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-33864623429666914572010-04-11T23:09:36.538+05:302010-04-11T23:09:36.538+05:30interesting images.....!!interesting images.....!!Sandra.ifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861930312460679629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-37877553896246072972010-04-11T23:05:18.847+05:302010-04-11T23:05:18.847+05:30I am glad to say, i have never suffered from such ...I am glad to say, i have never suffered from such insomnia! :D<br /><br />Good work here.Aayushi Mehtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360324719537614250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-1767402615249647652010-04-11T22:02:03.708+05:302010-04-11T22:02:03.708+05:30Well, I really wish it could be knitted into a sca...Well, I really wish it could be knitted into a scarf. Enjoyed this oneJeeveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059095696768768954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-64165717609740429082010-04-11T21:51:49.335+05:302010-04-11T21:51:49.335+05:30Oh I have soooo been there. You describe it perfe...Oh I have soooo been there. You describe it perfectly. The biting wrinkles, the flashes of not-light... all of it.Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03498213932233245032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-39064936312473629692010-04-11T21:50:40.820+05:302010-04-11T21:50:40.820+05:30That's an excellent last line.That's an excellent last line.anthonynorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06680944720744601697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-7253595121792822092010-04-11T18:01:45.788+05:302010-04-11T18:01:45.788+05:30It seems like every little wrinkle, noise, or thou...It seems like every little wrinkle, noise, or thought can be annoying when we cannot sleep.Loch Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10912194134878544461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-91616837673089577922010-04-11T17:26:20.753+05:302010-04-11T17:26:20.753+05:30Hi Gautami,
I see your vicarious dreams as all th...Hi Gautami,<br /><br />I see your vicarious dreams as all the things you might have done, lives you might have lived. Loved the ideas of the creases in the sheet biting into your skin, and the all-consuming itch.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861397533660827678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-79219782421001643782010-04-11T16:43:46.937+05:302010-04-11T16:43:46.937+05:30Makes insomnia come so horrifically alive (hopeful...Makes insomnia come so horrifically alive (hopefully I'll never be affected by it!).<br /><br />Please note (don't want to be teacherish, just point out):<br /><br />a<b>n</b> itch<br />but <b>to</b> no avail<br /><br /><a href="http://worldsowide.blogspot.com/2010/04/one-night-in-addis-abeba.html" rel="nofollow">One night in Addis Abeba</a>World So Widehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03080438999368983042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-58874840403594266782010-04-11T13:34:36.051+05:302010-04-11T13:34:36.051+05:30Nice touch with the last couple of times - I wish ...Nice touch with the last couple of times - I wish I had something so distractingly simple to take my mind off sleeples nights.Stan Skihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963655096635414472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-40091732327232878612010-04-11T13:29:05.314+05:302010-04-11T13:29:05.314+05:30Nice poem of lament and sorrow for which I pray yo...Nice poem of lament and sorrow for which I pray you relief -- very moving Gautami... <br />...rob<br /><a href="http://www.image-verse.com/napowrimo-11-play-ball" rel="nofollow"><i>Image & Verse</i></a>robkistnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08166835029205143266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-12059731057895119602010-04-11T05:33:16.717+05:302010-04-11T05:33:16.717+05:30world has been demolished during the dark hours,
...world has been demolished during the dark hours, <br />and remade again during the daylight, <br />by the single breadth of one tear, <br />repeated over and over, <br />and multiplied by billions of times.<br />every night it is deconstructed<br />but every dawn the rebuilding starts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14317831523155115391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-25820659162549582192010-04-11T00:15:48.473+05:302010-04-11T00:15:48.473+05:30I think you want to say "to no avail" (L...I think you want to say "to no avail" (L. 13), and I'm not sure in what sense you're using "vicarious." The dreams are your own, aren't they?<br /><br />You've caught how it feels, though.<br /><br />sleepless . . .<br />the changing rhythms<br />of the rainBillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-22526084719261791972010-04-10T21:35:04.754+05:302010-04-10T21:35:04.754+05:30loved "railroads of steamy tears"
not do...loved "railroads of steamy tears"<br />not done any visiting for a long time - ironic that omne of my first ports of call is another insomniac :)<br />cheersflootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530734765701940680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-68297528188991976502010-04-10T16:39:43.299+05:302010-04-10T16:39:43.299+05:30Those threads may leave you if someone would make ...Those threads may leave you if someone would make a scarf...I wish it for you, <br />ps Kathy who visits me is awesome at knitting feelings ...;)<br />What a poet you are!<br /><br />Word Verifc is predr, short term for predator...well it sounds like it to me!Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14667955555940467301noreply@blogger.com