Poems by BFLAGSST

[WickedEve]

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I'm in the middle of doing the Thursday poetry review and I'm reading a poem by, you guessed it, bflagsst. I read some of his other poems and they're marvelous. But I've seen hardly any comments on his poetry. Please take time to read this poet and make comments. I'm sure many of you will really enjoy his work.

 

[Angeline]

I had never heard of him before (with my various now-resolved health issues of the past month, I haven't been around much), but I was really impressed yesterday by a comment he made on a poem posted here and I went and read some of his poetry. He's real good. His poems are, to me, a modern voice but there was something of Neruda's lushness in every one I read (heads-up for RhymeFairy, who I know is a big Neruda fan). There's also a sensual eroticism there though none of the poems I read was something you'd necessarily call erotic. And absolutely gorgeous images that are really evocative. A few I especially liked:

Your Ark, Your Anthem

Like a Plant Climbing...

Your Elms and Aspens

 

[WickedEve]

Well, I'm a fan. I saw a comment from Pandora and she mentioned adding him as a favorite author. I need to read the rest of his poems and make some comments myself.

 

[Liar]

Good stuff. It has a baance to it that I realy enjoy. Something with the right amout of density, the metaphors spun blodly, but not so far it becomes silly, the dots and splashes of internal structure and repetition that makes it focused, but never deteriorates to sing-along.

Takes either lots of practice, or great instincts, to write that way.

 

[Senna Jawa]

A few I especially liked:

Your Ark, Your Anthem

Like a Plant Climbing...

Your Elms and Aspens

I like this one:

When I think of you (fully clothed)
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Regards,

 

[bflagsst]

Pablo Neruda

Hey everyone, thanks for your kind/encouraging words, especially Eve. I pretty much live my day to day life inside of 'twenty love poems and a song of despair' so Angeline is spot on.

 

[Angeline]

Hey everyone, thanks for your kind/encouraging words, especially Eve. I pretty much live my day to day life inside of 'twenty love poems and a song of despair' so Angeline is spot on.

It has been good to you.

 

[Epmd607]

With little humility...

I'm taking all the credit for introducing him to this site. Bflag was one of the first poets in my now(boohoohoo) defunct journal, and if I could've published his work every quarter I would have. Literotica is really the only place that poems can get read outside of academic journals and a handful of webzines. I actually think there are more people reading poetry here than the number of those that actually read the Yale Review. But I'm bitter, and J is a sweet, brilliant guy and I count him and his other half as friends. So just read his work and you'll see what I mean.

My favorite, "I bear on my body..."

"it's your nipples that remind me of crucifixion
and the suffering felt by stigmatics
who've yet to leave their mark"

 

[bflagsst]

Yale Review?

I don't know about your Yale Review statement, but thanks kid. It's too bad you only write dirty stories these days, 'though I see you got your H's. It's probably the 50,000 reads compared to the 500 for a poem, right?

If anyone else is reading this transmission, EPMD607 has some serious poems on his profile, and if I was a little more tech savy I would link you to them. "Erotic Poem..." and "Mother and the Handsome Flowers" are two I really like.

 

[PandoraGlitters]

Pleased to meet you, Mr. 607 and bflagsst. It is always lovely to begin the review and then find a delicious poem. bflagsst, you totally sidetracked me from my review the day I saw one of your poems. Thanks!

 

[Under_Sun]

What a treat! Thanks Eve for pointing us in his direction. You have quite the nose (and other fine parts) for talent.