ladyinwaiting, about Green Grass: slow death on both sides without watering... 'twould make it brown and cruchy either place. you must water at least where you are standing.
so good to see you back on the page. we sure have missed you around here.
Ali, about silence: yet another ali masterpiece. this is good! i also keep reading this over and over.
New Blender Digest is here!
A few thoughts:
@twinkle, about One year: I was really bowled over by this work. The balance of detail and abstraction, a sensuality without being explicit, the nuanced emotional tone... just really, really great stuff.
@Angel, about China Cup: this was one of the ones I mentioned I liked better in the original, and I'm kind of glad you didn't overwrite it using the editing system. "china cup heart" is a nice turn of phrase, but I think the work is better without giving the metaphor away quite so much.
@Briana Kassia, about Summerswing: And yours is the other one... even with the original, I'd consider dropping the final line. Or if you think that cuts too much, maybe a line like "twelve again / and innocent / and unmarked"?
The revision... I dunno, it has some positives in adding detail, but I think the power of the original is diluted a bit. It's almost like it's trying too hard to be poetic, you know?
Finally, I'm considering tweaking the "Author, about _title_" feature (which I'm happy to see so many people use) so that it adds the "@" sign, which seems to be a convention on many sites these days. What do people think? Or do they prefer the conversational tone of how it is now?