Comments on: The Silence of the Fall http://publicliterature.org/2008/09/23/the-silence-of-the-fall/ Only the finest in online classics Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:50:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dawn Wilson http://publicliterature.org/2008/09/23/the-silence-of-the-fall/#comment-317 Dawn Wilson Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:16:37 +0000 http://publicliterature.org/2008/09/23/the-silence-of-the-fall/#comment-317 Thank you, Rick for your reading and commenting. Thank you, Rick for your reading and commenting.

]]> By: Rick Belden http://publicliterature.org/2008/09/23/the-silence-of-the-fall/#comment-316 Rick Belden Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:38:06 +0000 http://publicliterature.org/2008/09/23/the-silence-of-the-fall/#comment-316 a moment in time and feeling in thought and place gently expressed quietly devastating but awareness rueful though it may be brings hope. a moment in time and feeling
in thought and place
gently expressed
quietly devastating
but awareness
rueful though it may be
brings hope.

]]> By: Dawn Wilson http://publicliterature.org/2008/09/23/the-silence-of-the-fall/#comment-315 Dawn Wilson Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:21:12 +0000 http://publicliterature.org/2008/09/23/the-silence-of-the-fall/#comment-315 Richard, I studied psychology in college, and enjoy writing about the human condition. I think of myself as a positive person, but I feel it is important for us to view life's events...whether good, bad or indifferent...and then we have a decision...to either move on, or stay stuck in the present, which then effects the outcome of the future. Hopefully, we move forward. Thank you so much for reading and commenting. Richard,
I studied psychology in college, and enjoy writing about the human condition. I think of myself as a positive person, but I feel it is important for us to view life’s events…whether good, bad or indifferent…and then we have a decision…to either move on, or stay stuck in the present, which then effects the outcome of the future. Hopefully, we move forward.
Thank you so much for reading and commenting.

]]> By: Dawn Wilson http://publicliterature.org/2008/09/23/the-silence-of-the-fall/#comment-314 Dawn Wilson Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:17:49 +0000 http://publicliterature.org/2008/09/23/the-silence-of-the-fall/#comment-314 Edwin, Thank you so much for reading and commenting. You have expressed well the feeling that I wanted to convey with this piece, and I thank you for that, too. Edwin,
Thank you so much for reading and commenting. You have expressed well the feeling that I wanted to convey with this piece, and I thank you for that, too.

]]> By: richard_cederberg http://publicliterature.org/2008/09/23/the-silence-of-the-fall/#comment-313 richard_cederberg Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:02:01 +0000 http://publicliterature.org/2008/09/23/the-silence-of-the-fall/#comment-313 These trials and heartaches someday will pass. This write aches with the uncertainty intrinsic in human relationships. Very touching. Richard These trials and heartaches someday will pass. This write aches with the uncertainty intrinsic in human relationships. Very touching.
Richard

]]> By: Edwin Cordevilla http://publicliterature.org/2008/09/23/the-silence-of-the-fall/#comment-312 Edwin Cordevilla Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:10:28 +0000 http://publicliterature.org/2008/09/23/the-silence-of-the-fall/#comment-312 This is an example of how an effective telling of a moment can relate an epic of a story. Indeed, brief but powerful. In few words, poetess Dawn Wilson is successful in presenting the persona: her domesticated state, love and fear. The imagery is intense. The tomatoes by the windowsill reflect the persona's mastery of her immediate environment, that even without looking, even with eyes almost closed (she is searching her mind for an answer to an "unanswerable question"), she hears the sound of the door quietly closing, and is almost terrified by it. The reader can relate to the pain within her, in fact, the poem allows the audience to understand if ever tears ensue. These things are all happening all at once, quietly, and the reader is with the persona all along, even feeling the utter humidity in her kitchen and the hope she holds for the tomatoes. The door quietly closing is both an actual event and a metaphor in the poem. Such is the magic of Wilson's pen. With a single stroke, she is able to bring us into a home, a relationship, and a person, making us feel her devotion and hope. Edwin M. Cordevilla This is an example of how an effective telling of a moment can relate an epic of a story. Indeed, brief but powerful.

In few words, poetess Dawn Wilson is successful in presenting the persona: her domesticated state, love and fear.

The imagery is intense. The tomatoes by the windowsill reflect the persona’s mastery of her immediate environment, that even without looking, even with eyes almost closed (she is searching her mind for an answer to an “unanswerable question”), she hears the sound of the door quietly closing, and is almost terrified by it. The reader can relate to the pain within her, in fact, the poem allows the audience to understand if ever tears ensue.

These things are all happening all at once, quietly, and the reader is with the persona all along, even feeling the utter humidity in her kitchen and the hope she holds for the tomatoes.

The door quietly closing is both an actual event and a metaphor in the poem. Such is the magic of Wilson’s pen. With a single stroke, she is able to bring us into a home, a relationship, and a person, making us feel her devotion and hope.

Edwin M. Cordevilla

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