tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post115506452016389795..comments2024-03-18T20:41:39.140-07:00Comments on C. E. Chaffin's Blog: On the Eve of the Day of the DeadC. E. Chaffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02639448512282317750noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-1155185337031059362006-08-09T21:48:00.000-07:002006-08-09T21:48:00.000-07:00Hey CE! I enjoyed your last few posts.Hey CE! I enjoyed your last few posts.Jeanninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419593830749483323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-1155176843539358752006-08-09T19:27:00.000-07:002006-08-09T19:27:00.000-07:00CE, enjoyed this one. Glass puppet through glass, ...CE, enjoyed this one. Glass puppet through glass, very nice....<BR/><BR/>Interesting essay on BC too. Though I admit, I was among those who thought you were going to skewer him. He's not one of my personal favorites. I guess I'm just not convinced that being the Seinfeld of poetry is enough, somehow. But maybe.<BR/><BR/>--DDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01901598815872779086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-1155138667048096022006-08-09T08:51:00.000-07:002006-08-09T08:51:00.000-07:00LOL! Thanks, Rus. You can join my chorus line of...LOL! Thanks, Rus. You can join my chorus line of glass puppets but you'll have to shave your legs first.C. E. Chaffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02639448512282317750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-1155136342740880752006-08-09T08:12:00.000-07:002006-08-09T08:12:00.000-07:00Love the poem, C.E., the writing beyond the metaph...Love the poem, C.E., the writing beyond the metaphor. I was wondering if that was what life feels like. Is it? Well is it?Rus Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-1155130183802756802006-08-09T06:29:00.000-07:002006-08-09T06:29:00.000-07:00I like your idea of writing about poets. They don'...I like your idea of writing about poets. They don't get written about enough... unless found by some arrogant university professor.<BR/><BR/>LOLCyn Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404416186783891402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-1155126462983309142006-08-09T05:27:00.000-07:002006-08-09T05:27:00.000-07:00Not at all, Twitchy dear. Sometimes I express my ...Not at all, Twitchy dear. Sometimes I express my opinions too forcefully. I hereby make you an honorary member of the bipolar league.<BR/><BR/>And Crazy: the hard part is that a cocktail that may have worked for years can be overcome by the disease, and then you have to go through a trial of various meds until you find the right cocktail again.C. E. Chaffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02639448512282317750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-1155123083086574532006-08-09T04:31:00.000-07:002006-08-09T04:31:00.000-07:00"Give us a break on the self-medication."Did I off..."Give us a break on the self-medication."<BR/><BR/>Did I offend? I was trying to empathize...mareymercyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407666873261385487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-1155117284157098702006-08-09T02:54:00.000-07:002006-08-09T02:54:00.000-07:00That's why I hate it when bipolar folks are slamme...That's why I hate it when bipolar folks are slammed in news stories for going off their meds. No one stops taking stuff that's working. I've watched the struggle my two bipolars have had -- we've been mixing up meds for several years trying to get everything right.Crazy In Shreveporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00388023018756133461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-1155095588785958732006-08-08T20:53:00.000-07:002006-08-08T20:53:00.000-07:0060% of bipolar Is abuse alcohol or drugs or both.I...60% of bipolar Is abuse alcohol or drugs or both.<BR/><BR/>It worked for my dad for 62 years. Then he killed himself.<BR/><BR/>Have you ever had three voices talking in your head at the same time, say you, the Devil and God? And then someone asks a question in the meat world and you go, "Huh?"<BR/><BR/>Give us a break on the self-medication. Get the medication right and the person won't have to go there unless they have a separate problem...most cases are admixed, admittedly. (God, I'm beginning to sound like an effin' doctor.)C. E. Chaffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02639448512282317750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-1155081746125593692006-08-08T17:02:00.000-07:002006-08-08T17:02:00.000-07:00I agree about the glass puppet, and the other glas...I agree about the glass puppet, and the other glassy imagery as well, the razor-sharp dark, the crystalline commentaries. Very cold and also fragile.<BR/><BR/>My best friend is bipolar, interesting what you say about self-medication. I've seen the same thing with her, problem is she's had a hell of a time kicking the stuff after the mania wears off. Then it just keeps her depressed.mareymercyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407666873261385487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14879983.post-1155067888585691952006-08-08T13:11:00.000-07:002006-08-08T13:11:00.000-07:00I like your idea of the 500 words on poets. Pleas...I like your idea of the 500 words on poets. Please go with it. I enjoyed your focus on Collins.<BR/><BR/>After Sara Kearns' post, listing her 100 (actually closer to 90) favorite American poems, I've been trying to sort through my own list. I'm wanting to blog an anthology of my favorite poems, writing about each poem -- 300-500 words or so. I was thinking about only writing about my favorites that most likely would not be found on someone else's list -- like Larry Levis' “There Are Two Worlds". I've written one and will post it eventually --<BR/><BR/>Hope you keep going with yours, CE.sam of the ten thousand thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378206265831223396noreply@blogger.com