Comments on: The Angel’s Missing Wings

By: Barbara S

Barbara S — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:39:57 +0000

Cheers Dick, lovely to see you back!

By: Dick

Dick — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:13:08 +0000

I loved it, root and branch.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:51:38 +0000

Thanks for commenting Jim. You wouldn’t be the only one wondering about that last stanza.

By: Jim Murdoch

Jim Murdoch — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:53:45 +0000

I have to confess I missed the word ‘scringe’ completely the first time I read this piece but I found myself drawn back to the poem which is a sign of something. I’ve read it several times now.

That said, the last stanza wherein lies the punchline, lost me a little. And the question there is whether the problem is with the author or the reader. Being who I am I tend to take the blame upon myself; it’s a bit too easy to blame the author, we readers have our part to play too. Anyway, for whatever reason, this one doesn’t really work for me but the fact that I kept returning to it says a lot.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:40:21 +0000

Cheers Dale – glad to be in such illustrious company. ‘Scringe’ is a curious word; I first heard it used by a masseur in relation to those noises made when massaging muscular tissue that has been torn and reknitted badly – esp. in the back/shoulder region. I think it might be an Irishism.

By: Dale

Dale — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:09:54 +0000

Wow. Terrific poem. Is “scringe” a real word? The only definition I can find is “cringe,” but I’m thinking you mean that little slippage when connective tissue isn’t quite as tight as it should be.

Anyway. Wonderful. Thank you.