Comments for Ian Barker http://omahapoet.com Poetry and prose Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:42:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Wilderness by admin http://omahapoet.com/poetry/wilderness/comment-page-1/#comment-487 admin Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:42:29 +0000 http://omahapoet.com/?p=815#comment-487 That's excellent. I'm glad she liked the poems. I try to put a lot of thought and depth into what I write and it's good to hear people getting something from them. I don't know if you've seen it yet but the service was videoed and the recording is available on the internet here: <a href="http://vimeo.com/37416953" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://vimeo.com/37416953</a> The performance of the poems is about 7 minutes into the recording (and you are at the start of it too!) That’s excellent. I’m glad she liked the poems. I try to put a lot of thought and depth into what I write and it’s good to hear people getting something from them.

I don’t know if you’ve seen it yet but the service was videoed and the recording is available on the internet here: http://vimeo.com/37416953 The performance of the poems is about 7 minutes into the recording (and you are at the start of it too!)

]]> Comment on Wilderness by Nancy Light Johnson http://omahapoet.com/poetry/wilderness/comment-page-1/#comment-486 Nancy Light Johnson Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:07:44 +0000 http://omahapoet.com/?p=815#comment-486 Oops, sorry.... I( meant to link her blogsite so you could take a look if you like: it is: rosewindowlight.blogspot.com Oops, sorry…. I( meant to link her blogsite so you could take a look if you like: it is: rosewindowlight.blogspot.com

]]> Comment on Wilderness by Nancy Light Johnson http://omahapoet.com/poetry/wilderness/comment-page-1/#comment-485 Nancy Light Johnson Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:04:45 +0000 http://omahapoet.com/?p=815#comment-485 One more comment.... My daughter is a pastor at University Place Christian Church in Champaign IL .... she asked about our service and I sent her a bad photo of my painting and a link to your blog.... She is doing a blog especially for Lent, and her post for today includes the picture and a link to your blog... She really loves the poems. One more comment…. My daughter is a pastor at University Place Christian Church in Champaign IL …. she asked about our service and I sent her a bad photo of my painting and a link to your blog…. She is doing a blog especially for Lent, and her post for today includes the picture and a link to your blog…
She really loves the poems.

]]> Comment on Friend by admin http://omahapoet.com/poetry/friend/comment-page-1/#comment-484 admin Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:14:08 +0000 http://alexsykie.com/?p=385#comment-484 Well I think that's exactly the problem; order amongst the chaos and the big question: why is any of it here at all? Well I think that’s exactly the problem; order amongst the chaos and the big question: why is any of it here at all?

]]> Comment on Wilderness by admin http://omahapoet.com/poetry/wilderness/comment-page-1/#comment-483 admin Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:11:00 +0000 http://omahapoet.com/?p=815#comment-483 Thanks Nancy - it was fun wasn't it? I think my mother would have struggled to paint to the requested theme - not at all easy to do. It was good to see you! Thanks Nancy – it was fun wasn’t it? I think my mother would have struggled to paint to the requested theme – not at all easy to do.

It was good to see you!

]]> Comment on Friend by Nancy Light Johnson http://omahapoet.com/poetry/friend/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Nancy Light Johnson Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:59:14 +0000 http://alexsykie.com/?p=385#comment-482 It all still wrestles with my rational side.............I'm convinced anyone who has all the answers hasn't ever looked at the Milky Way. It all still wrestles with my rational side………….I’m convinced anyone who has all the answers hasn’t ever looked at the Milky Way.

]]> Comment on Wilderness by Nancy Light Johnson http://omahapoet.com/poetry/wilderness/comment-page-1/#comment-481 Nancy Light Johnson Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:45:42 +0000 http://omahapoet.com/?p=815#comment-481 Ian... I so enjoyed reading your poem again, after hearing your powerful reading of it. We share similar thoughts about the "wilderness" of today, I think! It went well with the thoughts I had as I worked on the painting. Thanks for sharing with us... Ian… I so enjoyed reading your poem again, after hearing your powerful reading of it. We share similar thoughts about the “wilderness” of today, I think! It went well with the thoughts I had as I worked on the painting. Thanks for sharing with us…

]]> Comment on Swans by admin http://omahapoet.com/poetry/swans/comment-page-1/#comment-308 admin Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:30:34 +0000 http://omahapoet.com/?p=806#comment-308 Having chatted briefly with Lisa (my wife) about this poem and what it means I thought perhaps I'd explain that, in some ways it is just a pretty off-rhyming poem about swans.. ..and yet it is also intended to be a metaphorical poem: the swans represent "the beautiful people". "Going into the sunset" in poetry is quite often used to represent someone dying or passing away and here the male swan (a famous person) dies leaving his wife behind amongst the 'drab ducks' of the paparazzi, press and fans who feel like they can comment on the beautiful swan's situation in some same way as she might. Also, if you've even seen a Zen buddhist gravel garden you'd understand the comparison between that and the "ripples of peace" in the poem. I know it looks like I write simple stuff...but I rarely do. :-) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_rock_garden" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_rock_garden</a> Having chatted briefly with Lisa (my wife) about this poem and what it means I thought perhaps I’d explain that, in some ways it is just a pretty off-rhyming poem about swans..

..and yet it is also intended to be a metaphorical poem: the swans represent “the beautiful people”. “Going into the sunset” in poetry is quite often used to represent someone dying or passing away and here the male swan (a famous person) dies leaving his wife behind amongst the ‘drab ducks’ of the paparazzi, press and fans who feel like they can comment on the beautiful swan’s situation in some same way as she might.

Also, if you’ve even seen a Zen buddhist gravel garden you’d understand the comparison between that and the “ripples of peace” in the poem.

I know it looks like I write simple stuff…but I rarely do. :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_rock_garden

]]> Comment on The first layer is size by A video in which I talk and wave my hands about a bit « Filth, lies, truth and blame http://omahapoet.com/poetry/the-first-layer-is-size/comment-page-1/#comment-144 A video in which I talk and wave my hands about a bit « Filth, lies, truth and blame Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:10:16 +0000 http://omahapoet.com/?p=741#comment-144 [...] Some video from the Nebraska Writers Collective day event at Barnes & Noble recently. The poem I am reading can be found here: http://omahapoet.com/poetry/the-first-layer-is-size/ [...] [...] Some video from the Nebraska Writers Collective day event at Barnes & Noble recently. The poem I am reading can be found here: http://omahapoet.com/poetry/the-first-layer-is-size/ [...]

]]> Comment on Storm by admin http://omahapoet.com/poetry/storm/comment-page-1/#comment-130 admin Sun, 30 Jan 2011 22:39:11 +0000 http://alexsykie.com/?p=528#comment-130 Thanks Mason - good luck with the homework! Thanks Mason – good luck with the homework!

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