tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028456146808767313.post7539533816850376405..comments2024-03-28T04:52:02.792+00:00Comments on A Poem A Day:: Day 162: WritingSiobhánhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11146329432858420431noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028456146808767313.post-14184107807720046832012-12-02T12:50:32.345+00:002012-12-02T12:50:32.345+00:00Hi Caroline, thanks for signing up!I hope you are ...Hi Caroline, thanks for signing up!I hope you are enjoying the selections - a poem a day is good for the soul I say! <br />Good spotting - but I checked a few sources and the line is actually 'keep the walls from failing' - I'm thinking walls as some kind of defences...because then he says 'the hordes from closng in.' - Bukowski was a man who enjoyed his solitude, but he was also prone to drink, women and partying! A very interesting writer. Siobhánhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11146329432858420431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2028456146808767313.post-10896958315667962472012-12-02T12:40:18.021+00:002012-12-02T12:40:18.021+00:00thanks siobhan, this is a very powerful poem to me...thanks siobhan, this is a very powerful poem to me, on the vital importance of writing as a human act!thank you very much for putting it up. i am glad i now get a poem daily to my emails, even if i dont see them every day, i get to see and read and reflect pretty regular now,keep it up!<br />ps is it meant to read'keep the walls from failing' or is it a spelling mistake for 'falling'been intrigued by that line!walls failing to hold it together?carolinenoreply@blogger.com