Comments on: Childhood http://sarahflanigan.com/2007/07/27/childhood/ Poery & stories of life Sat, 19 May 2012 10:09:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: krkbaker http://sarahflanigan.com/2007/07/27/childhood/comment-page-1/#comment-4039 krkbaker Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:31:49 +0000 http://sarahflanigan.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/childhood/#comment-4039 Sarah, It is really just as simple as I felt 'retroactively' was a great way of referring to the things in the past, the childhood memories. Also with the amount syllables in it, it sort of gives the word a forward momentum and rolls it into the next line 'memories spill out'. Like you've set in motion something that happens so quickly you can't avoid the spill. You could have just said that the childhood chest opens up memories of the past you know, but instead you took an emotion that is common among many, and gave it a fresh new twist. I suppose with all the hype of poets and words lately, they catch my attention more. And because you used the words like 'retroactively and spill', it hints that perhaps the narrator here wasn't exactly content with what came flowing out. Does that make sense? kim <strong>kim, yes, it makes complete sense. i feel that as you are learning all these new things about poetry, your enlightenment is spilling over to my garden. it's really wonderful and i thank you. sarah</strong> Sarah,
It is really just as simple as I felt ‘retroactively’ was a great way of referring to the things in the past, the childhood memories.
Also with the amount syllables in it, it sort of gives the word a forward momentum and rolls it into the next line
‘memories spill out’. Like you’ve set in motion something that happens so quickly you can’t avoid the spill. You could have just said that the childhood chest opens up memories of the past you know, but instead you took an emotion that is common among many, and gave it a fresh new twist. I suppose with all the hype of poets and words lately, they catch my attention more. And because you used the words like ‘retroactively and spill’, it hints that perhaps the narrator here wasn’t exactly content with what came flowing out. Does that make sense?

kim

kim,
yes, it makes complete sense. i feel that as you are learning all these new things about poetry, your enlightenment is spilling over to my garden. it’s really wonderful and i thank you.
sarah

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