Ichthyol Odyssey

[milo]

Hi Milo, long time away, but saw your message and wanted to stop by to say thanks.
Quite simply i love this.  Completely out of practice with both writing and critique - I have been hibernating what little creativity i once disported and reverted once more to being a darling bud of nervous quivers and a decided lack of substance - spring is coming to this part of world soon - I'm sure if i returned the site, growth and development would follow, because this is the best poetry site for growth.

Hello!!  It is so good to see you again! I certainly sympathize with being out of practice, both on the reading and the writing front. It feels like an old blanket though - maybe not as pretty as the newer blanket and it has a couple holes but the feeling and the smell - it cannot be matched.

Yes, I remember, you don't care for the anxiety of posting on public forums (and I certainly wasn't much help there  ).  Still, I also remember a fierceness you had and the site is much more of a safe space now.

Couldn't you at least stay for a couple words and a spot of tea?  After all, spring time brings the buds, the new growth.  Ether way, it is most appreciated you stopped by.

So this is supposed to be feed back and you have specifically mention the ship alternatives.
I have always liked the word sound and imagery of a coracle - a one man, small and crap vessel carried on the back and launched whenever water is chanced upon; it drifts in circles of indeterminate vagueness, whilst somehow achieving it's desired destination.  (Added bonus points from the title - the woven or hide covering is covered in pitch / bitumen).  AJ

Oh, yes, right, still have to pay the bills.  I actually like this a lot.  Not probably for here due to the image I am going for but there is definitely a poem trapped right here in your description.

Once again, all the best to you!