03-21-2013, 08:21 AM
(03-21-2013, 07:02 AM)softlyfalling Wrote: Thank you, all of you, for reading closely enough to make comments. I will ruminate on every one of them and eventually figure out what to do with them, if anything.
I feel sort of sad...at a disadvantage...I only vaguely know who/what Yoda IS! I have not seen a lot of movies, having been removed from society for two decades in psychiatric hospitals...and even now, I rarely watch television. I suppose in this day and age, a poet needs to broaden beyond literature to source references and symbolism. But, it seems so overwhelming, to try to enter that whole arena with no tools. No weapons, is really what it feels like.
Ah, but such a great advantage when writing poems!
Ray
P.S. Got some mental health problems myself, always glad to see
I've got company. (Well, maybe 'glad' is the wrong word. And oh,
must compare meds some day.

P.P.S. Wiki entry for Yoda:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoda
a brightly colored fungus that grows in bark inclusions

