Shoot straight, you bastards—don't make a mess of it!

[sovay]

Ave atque vale, Edward Woodward. I have no idea what he was like in private life, but I will remember him always as a year-king or a soldier-poet, a sacrifice, and singing.

Eric and I are off to New York City in pursuit of The Red Shoes (1948). I think this will be a good thing.

My poem "Anakatabasis" has been accepted by Not One of Us.

Comments

[larryhammer]

My less Latin and no Greek has me wondering: "a going in and down"? or ... ?

---L.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

Such a conflicting post. My best to the spirit departed, and to your quest and success (and I need to send something to John, again, soon).

[clarionj.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the acceptance! I've been reading the last issue of Not One of Us in between other things. I liked Patricia Russo's piece (as always), a nice metaphor for how we can get used to/stuck in anything--love how well she evoked the place and time. Reading your poem beside Tentchoff's made me think how well the images take us into another time as well as being. Wow, I really felt the hammer clang in your poem and love how the feeling of the lines shift with the later "laurel leaves" and "coronal of her hair." I also loved Lingen's story; the dialogue was fun, tight, and real, and the characters so likable. I love how she unfolded the story with a great play on the date relationship and extraterrestrial passion and connection in general. Germain's story really captured the trapped, restless feeling (the gerbil going around in the confined space, her pacing, all of it). A real sense of disconnection in a consistent piece.

But that's as far as I've gotten!

[whiskeychick.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[ericmarin.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the acceptance, and have fun in New York!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

"A sacrifice, and singing."

That's it exactly!

(I get the impression- from what I've read- that he was a good man- and well loved.)

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the acceptance! Enjoy the film!

And thanks for letting us know about Edward Woodward, may he rest in peace. I'd forgot that he was in both those films. A fine actor, in any event.

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

Yay poem! Yay New York; have fun!

[seajules]

Congratulations on the poem! I hope you enjoy New York.

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

makes me want to dig out the eppie of B5.. the spinoff.. where he and his son were in it.

[gwynnega]

Congratulations on the poem acceptance! Have fun in New York.

[4nt1g0n3.livejournal.com]

Wow! Congrats on getting your poem accepted! It's a good one :) You'll have to teach me how to get poems accepted with in 48 hours of writing them :p

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

It's the Leonids tonight. *hugs* Miss you.

[jackal-lies.livejournal.com]

Heard a great deal of good things about The Red Shoes. I think I remember Martin Scorcese praising it. Good luck in your pursuit.