Comments for Adam Penna

Comment on Pushcart Nomination by davidpenna

davidpenna — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:12:45 +0000

Congrats Ad,

Best of luck with getting in. Your work is deserving of this recognition.

Comment on Poem in New Issue of Long Island Quarterly by davidpenna

davidpenna — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:40:52 +0000

Hey Ad,

Nice poem. Great visuals.

� David Penna

857.891.1052 dp@davidpennastudios.com http://www.davidpennastudios.com

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Comment on On an “Original Relation to the Universe” by Susan Krumpfer

Susan Krumpfer — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:52:33 +0000

Ahh, to live life with this original relation to nature or relationships seems a perfect existence. Having spent (not invested) my mental and emotional energies to please, I have now changed through music, living a stumbling road, and just growing older. My faith life has grown to be content in whatever comes and to trust in the middle of no-control. So much faith, much less worry and struggle.

Comment on Poem in Cider Press Review 14.2 by Editor

Editor — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:48:39 +0000

Thanks, Davy.

Comment on Poem in Cider Press Review 14.2 by davidpenna

davidpenna — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:35:42 +0000

Powerful imagery. I could feel that creepy feeling of searching in the dark on many levels. I love the sharpness to the lines and the language.

Comment on On an “Original Relation to the Universe” by geoheld

geoheld — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:44:48 +0000

Your thoughtful essays always engage me. Your sentences “Lear’s pain and loss are un-redemptive and, therefore, senseless. If this is true, it may also be true that our joys are just as senseless as our sufferings” recall Camus, especially if you use “absurd” for “senseless.” In “The Myth of Sisyphus,” he argues that we must daily act with an authenticity that overcomes our awareness that life is absurd. That is, we must render our joys and sufferings meaningful through our actions. You seem to find in God the authenticity and meaning that center your life.

Comment on On an “Original Relation to the Universe” by Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:38:48 +0000

Thinking of what and how to call things in nature just overwhelms me…the one thing I agree with for all is love…its kind…warm…happy…and always makes me smile…just try to say it and not get a grin

Comment on On Poetry & Change by davidpenna

davidpenna — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:13:12 +0000

I think that you are right that the core personalities and qualities of people, on the whole, can shift and alter but do not change, for better or worse. As I run through my relationships, I am finding that what really matters most is not what someone is doing or not doing, saying or not saying, but how I manage my responses. So maybe change, or lack of, or the perception of is more an expectation of the on-looker. Most of us want someone to change a behavior because they do not like what the other does or how it effects them. But is that the responsibility of the requester or of the actor? Who am I to ask someone to be different? It just sets us up for failure and disappointment. I think our responsibilities are to say, am I willing to accept this behavior? How does this effect me? Can I accept that this is who you are or who I am? I also notice that often times we/I despise in others what we/I despise about ourselves/myself.

Either way, I enjoyed your thoughts, and its connection to the creative process.
d

Comment on Five Poems in Apple Valley Review by Editor

Editor — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:39:39 +0000

Thank you, Ann, for the kind words and the close reading.

Comment on Five Poems in Apple Valley Review by annlederer

annlederer — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:12:07 +0000

Thank you for these poems. . . particularly, the beautiful wisdom carved from image in the last section of the last poem:
. . . . . . “or suddenly
our hearts have stopped and ill-prepared to go,
we clutch at everything we used to take
for granted, now too precious to be lost.”