Comments on: in the trade http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/02/24/in-the-trade/ online literary magazine Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:09:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: daniela elza http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/02/24/in-the-trade/#comment-18784 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:01:37 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.com/?p=2912#comment-18784 Thanks Peter,

Yes, I guess I can say I have written for a long time. In terms of chronology. I think it may even go back to my childhood, where i remember stitching words in ways I can only describe as poetry, because they were expressions of my awe. Yet, a long time seems like such a relative term where poetry is concerned. When I write, time stops. How can we measure that?:-)

Viva us, indeed. And I would also raise a toast to all the people here who have made this effort to reach out to another and engage in collaborating.

]]> By: Peter http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/02/24/in-the-trade/#comment-18755 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:55:18 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.com/?p=2912#comment-18755 Daniela,

You sound very grounded as a poet. You’ve been writing a long time, yes? I feel like I have. I’ve written a lot of poems so sometimes it’s hard to come up with fresh, new interesting terrain. That’s definitely one good thing about collaborations: they help shake things up.

Viva us.

-P.

]]> By: daniela elza http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/02/24/in-the-trade/#comment-18719 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:54:26 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.com/?p=2912#comment-18719 interesting. I myself do not believe in writer’s block, which is why I suspect it does not believe in me.

I take it as the sign, the time to fill up. New ideas, new experiences. Time to restore the balance. Writing is a kind of emptying. And so it goes. . .
cool

]]> By: Peter http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/02/24/in-the-trade/#comment-18711 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:18:53 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.com/?p=2912#comment-18711 Yes, yes, I’m glad you feel me. If we want to write deep poems there are no shortcuts, we have to live deeply so we can access those levels. I don’t think of the times I don’t write as writer’s block – it’s that I have to live more and get bigger again.

Thanks for pushing me a little closer to the big boy pants…

-P.

]]> By: daniela elza http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/02/24/in-the-trade/#comment-18710 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:07:23 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.com/?p=2912#comment-18710 thanks, peter and colette, for the poem. and the lines that jumped out at me and got me by the throat:

real
only in the way

that small things
can be, our imperfect
worlds hung up

on tired clothes
lines.———

and
can you see me?
I’m prone as a telephone
trading gridlocked

bodies for infinite
rows of dreaming

and I also like the comment you make: “the reason C’s such a great poet is that she’s such a great person.” I do believe we need to live our lives the way we write our poetry. And the two should feed into each other.

]]> By: Peter http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/02/24/in-the-trade/#comment-18706 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:07:41 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.com/?p=2912#comment-18706 Hey Tammy, those were Colette’s favorite lines too. But alas, I Peter Isaac Schwartz of the barely still recognized state of Maine, am the author of them there lines. To me, they refer to our limitations, how so many people get good at their job or family role, and then never shine in other realms. It’s a real temptation to simply live the life you think will be easiest and keep yourself protected but the cost is killing the best parts of your self. The best parts involve risk and opening and being vulnerable to real love, not the kind for sale.

Thank you for attending the Pete Schwartz Questionable Lecture Series, have a great day and breathe like a champion. If Colette were here she’s say something funnier. Peace.

]]> By: Peter http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/02/24/in-the-trade/#comment-18705 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:52:11 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.com/?p=2912#comment-18705 Thanks Deb. I must admit I am weirdly proud of the notes for this poem. A couple months ago I went to the birthday dinner of a 94 year old grandma and her grandson gave a toast that completely honored her legacy of always doing new things and being so kind, it acknowledged how lucky their whole family was to experience her, to love her. This really got me thinking how most of us don’t actively honor people very often. So since Colette is the greatest human being on the West coast (provable with DNA and chi levels) I decided I’d let the world (or at least the readers of this site) know that the reason C’s such a great poet is that she’s such a great person. Thanks again for the comment, rock on.

]]> By: tammy http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/02/24/in-the-trade/#comment-18692 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:08:43 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.com/?p=2912#comment-18692 I love the poem too. It deserves multiple readings.

I like these lines:

“I’m pretty in this—
my little prison
of the obvious”

Who wrote them? Peter or Colette?

]]> By: deb http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/02/24/in-the-trade/#comment-18689 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:13:33 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.com/?p=2912#comment-18689 I love the poem. I adore the process notes.

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