Comments on: What We Ate After Passing the Cape of Eleven Thousand Virgins http://qarrtsiluni.com/2008/05/21/what-we-ate/ online literary magazine Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:09:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Lito Tesoro http://qarrtsiluni.com/2008/05/21/what-we-ate/#comment-22492 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:06:43 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-22492 You took me where I cannot go.

]]> By: Joyce http://qarrtsiluni.com/2008/05/21/what-we-ate/#comment-22402 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:45:39 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-22402 Having been a sailor at sea I so identify with this. The Eleven Thousand Virgins is such a symbol of the romanticized legends of sailors and then to juxtapose it with the harsh realities of everyday life on board ship is sheer genuis. Love this!

]]> By: Natalie http://qarrtsiluni.com/2008/05/21/what-we-ate/#comment-8760 Thu, 29 May 2008 12:49:40 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-8760 Luisa, thanks very much. I’ve only just seen your reply as my internet connection has been down for the past few days. My (disguised) email is:
augustine DOT nda NOW PUT IN THE “AT” SIGN blueyonder DOT co DOT uk

]]> By: Mac McKinney http://qarrtsiluni.com/2008/05/21/what-we-ate/#comment-8731 Wed, 28 May 2008 02:37:21 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-8731 Very rich poem in all dimensions, imagery, story, sonorousness, pulling you into the crew’s reality.

]]> By: Mye http://qarrtsiluni.com/2008/05/21/what-we-ate/#comment-8717 Tue, 27 May 2008 17:33:54 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-8717 Made me miss a part of my life I left behind…….
Thanks for bringing back memories.
Love it!

]]> By: Grace T http://qarrtsiluni.com/2008/05/21/what-we-ate/#comment-8616 Fri, 23 May 2008 20:25:38 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-8616 Beautiful work!

As a non-poet, I always think I won’t “get” poetry, but I really enjoyed this narrative. Thanks for sharing it!

Grace

]]> By: Kathleen Burkhalter http://qarrtsiluni.com/2008/05/21/what-we-ate/#comment-8615 Fri, 23 May 2008 19:56:22 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-8615 So beautiful, Luisa. A voyage on a sunlit afternoon, looking at the maple trees.

]]> By: Marly http://qarrtsiluni.com/2008/05/21/what-we-ate/#comment-8607 Fri, 23 May 2008 16:17:34 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-8607 The form is so well-matched to the swells of sea and the long straight horizon line as closure.

]]> By: Luisa Igloria http://qarrtsiluni.com/2008/05/21/what-we-ate/#comment-8606 Fri, 23 May 2008 15:21:30 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-8606 Thanks everyone for the wonderful comments! – and, Christina, for the other water poem.

and Natalie – I’ve just been tooling around on the various sites connected to your blog and I lovelovelove your work! What I’ve seen and read so far, and Augustine and Inertia, has (have :) just blew me away! I tried to send this to your blueyonder dot co dot uk address but I don’t seem to have the correct one.

]]> By: Natalie http://qarrtsiluni.com/2008/05/21/what-we-ate/#comment-8598 Fri, 23 May 2008 10:50:07 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.wordpress.com/?p=762#comment-8598 Marvellous, Luisa. I can imagine this poem set to music.

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