| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 12/05/08 at 04:30 PM The shape lends itself perfectly to this. "if only the fog could lift so easily from the stupor of my mind" - my fav lines. |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 12/07/08 at 11:17 PM Adds a whole new meaning to "morning epiphany" George. A truly great spiritual poem constructed from concrete images. |
| Posted by Charles E Minshall on 12/10/08 at 09:04 PM Well done George. I got a kick out of the first four lines....CharMin |
| Posted by Tony Whitaker on 12/11/08 at 04:40 AM One river I always wanted to canoe as a young man was the beautiful and wild Chattahoochee at its headwaters. Reading this I see Sydney Lanier smiling, "down from the hills of Habersham down the valleys of Hall". |
| Posted by Ken Harnisch on 12/11/08 at 10:33 PM Favorite lines abound, beginning at one and going on till the very last...ode to a river you make me want to visit, George! |
| Posted by Cassandra Leigh on 12/11/08 at 11:26 PM Wow, this is beautiful! I grew up in Metro Atlanta, and spent a lot of my childhood running around and playing in the Chattahoochee River. I love the form of this piece. Really nice job. |
| Posted by Melissa Arel on 12/12/08 at 02:59 AM Any poem that talks about coffee gets 5 stars from me! :) Its really a very beautiful poem, George. Very well done indeed. |
| Posted by A. Paige White on 12/12/08 at 02:38 PM The form of this truly adds a touch of lifting fog to the thoughts it contains. Very nice to see it climbed to the top of the top 10 pyramid! |
| Posted by Laurie Blum on 12/12/08 at 05:25 PM I also think the format really adds to this piece ... like a terraced waterfall of thought! Excellent sentiment too! |
| Posted by Laura Doom on 12/17/08 at 06:38 PM Always good to see a pertinent visual display (is there a term for this (the optical equivalent of onomatopoeia)?
Also interesting to note the contrast in roles of coffee and natural water - stimulation v purification. Most refreshing. |
| Posted by Dave Fitzgerald on 12/17/08 at 10:03 PM That really is a great write. It's a painting in words. Brilliant. Thanks. |
| Posted by Kate Demeree on 04/18/09 at 01:15 AM Thank you for posting this... it brings the Chattahoochee back vividly. And I do so understand about the coffee! |
| Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 01/15/15 at 03:17 PM I think we are making it increasingly more difficult for Chattahoochee or any river to purify what we need purified as a simple matter of survival. This ode is not unlike the Chattahoochee in its hayday or any a purification system. Having read it, I feel cleansed and refreshed. |
