09-30-2012, 02:39 PM
I'm back, and fully prepared to make a fool of myself.
Being a good symbolism wench, I often go leagues far afield of where the poet sat.
And yet, I continue to do so.
Working off the title and imagery I can't shake the impression of warrior junkies. Your opening is grande: it "smacks" not only of Norse mythology, but also Gaulic and Meso-American history, Judaic temple sacrifice, the New Testament version of a paschal lamb, martyrs of Islam, the honor of deflowering a virgin, and of course, shooting up.
S2 is also very interesting. I love "tolled" - verbally it works on two separate levels, while anchoring in that mythic passage. The dead must pay... and so must a person in need of a fix. Your layers demand to be peeled back. Barbed flowers, indeed. I could envision maces as easily as needles with blooms of heroin flowing into a vein.
S5 is haunting. Spiritual, emotional, physical.
I'm stopping now, so as not to ramble further. As I said, just my nerdy viewpoint. Thanks for the hard chew.
Being a good symbolism wench, I often go leagues far afield of where the poet sat.
And yet, I continue to do so.
Working off the title and imagery I can't shake the impression of warrior junkies. Your opening is grande: it "smacks" not only of Norse mythology, but also Gaulic and Meso-American history, Judaic temple sacrifice, the New Testament version of a paschal lamb, martyrs of Islam, the honor of deflowering a virgin, and of course, shooting up.
S2 is also very interesting. I love "tolled" - verbally it works on two separate levels, while anchoring in that mythic passage. The dead must pay... and so must a person in need of a fix. Your layers demand to be peeled back. Barbed flowers, indeed. I could envision maces as easily as needles with blooms of heroin flowing into a vein.
S5 is haunting. Spiritual, emotional, physical.
I'm stopping now, so as not to ramble further. As I said, just my nerdy viewpoint. Thanks for the hard chew.
PS. If you can, try your hand at giving some of the others a bit of feedback. If you already have, thanks, can you do some more?