tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post113954464433093653..comments2023-08-20T01:16:36.709-07:00Comments on Decompose: Wringing WordsMike Duranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02223354088258809968noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1140536166585598082006-02-21T07:36:00.000-08:002006-02-21T07:36:00.000-08:00Okay. Wow. I've found a brother. I'm so glad you a...Okay. Wow. I've found a brother. I'm so glad you added your blog address to your e-mail, Mike. <BR/><BR/>I read in your words the exquisite ache I feel in my soul--a beauty so unbearable, it demands expression. No photograph can possibly capture it. Only words suffice. And even they fall short, but at least they ease the tension.<BR/><BR/>Be sure and stop by MA this Thursday (2-23). I think you'll want to play along.Jeanne Damoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03367259764815174547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1140223059692473002006-02-17T16:37:00.000-08:002006-02-17T16:37:00.000-08:00Hi Mike,I'm one of Sandy's students,and a believer...Hi Mike,<BR/>I'm one of Sandy's students,and a believer.I love words,too. The power of the written word is indescribable. Oh Lord, make our words the best combination of sharp and sweet. Elle BeaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1140049215658147242006-02-15T16:20:00.000-08:002006-02-15T16:20:00.000-08:00Hey thanks all for the comments! Good to see some ...Hey thanks all for the comments! Good to see some new faces -- Sandy and Vicki, greetings! Siousxsiepoet, blessings to you. Ame, Heather, Dineen, Michael, Ane, Gina, Mary, and Kelly (whew!), you guys are the best. Thanks for making Decompose one of your cyber-stops. Grace to all!Mike Duranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02223354088258809968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1140028778287002472006-02-15T10:39:00.000-08:002006-02-15T10:39:00.000-08:00Oh, sure, up the bar, Mike.Not only do I have to w...Oh, sure, up the bar, Mike.<BR/><BR/>Not only do I have to watch my adverbs, comma placement and spelling. I have to remember the value and weight of words.<BR/><BR/>Yikes.<BR/><BR/>You can find me in the closet. I'm the one in the fetal position sucking my thumb.Scrambled Dregshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1140024867557761232006-02-15T09:34:00.000-08:002006-02-15T09:34:00.000-08:00Love the way you wring your words, Mike. Mary sen...Love the way you wring your words, Mike. Mary sent me. It's been a beautiful read.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08601718675860240867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1139974743752041582006-02-14T19:39:00.000-08:002006-02-14T19:39:00.000-08:00Mike,Thanks very much for your inspiring words! So...Mike,<BR/><BR/>Thanks very much for your inspiring words! So well said. I just now found your site through Novel Journey. So glad I did. I plan to share your post with my writing class this week. And I absolutely love your quotes. The greatest. I just started a blog you might be interested in that I'm hoping will be fun and inspiring to writers like you. You are inspiring to all of us. Thanks again.Sandy Cathcarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12442140445322137090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1139951957763297322006-02-14T13:19:00.000-08:002006-02-14T13:19:00.000-08:00Wow, Mike! Outstanding post!I plan to print this o...Wow, Mike! Outstanding post!<BR/><BR/>I plan to print this out and put it in my writer's daybook (the book I use to inspire me on days when the words just won't flow...)<BR/><BR/>BTW, I sent my readers over to your site to be inspired:>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1139777342589742612006-02-12T12:49:00.000-08:002006-02-12T12:49:00.000-08:00Hey, thanks for all the encouragement folks. Witho...Hey, thanks for all the encouragement folks. Without you all prodding me forward, I'd probably still be wringing words for the Local Letters editorial page.<BR/><BR/>Ame, thanks for the reminders of our blessed uniqueness. Heather, as long as I hear Jesus say, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant," I shall indeed be in heaven. Dineen, terrific insights about our need for fluency in at least one tongue. Mike, our minds are probably more alike than you care to admit. Ane and Gina, I'll never be able to repay you for the lessons in wonderful wordology. Blessings to all!Mike Duranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02223354088258809968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1139705428715905692006-02-11T16:50:00.000-08:002006-02-11T16:50:00.000-08:00Mike, though I can't seem to say it the way you so...Mike, though I can't seem to say it the way you so eloquently have, I agree. To put it my way...words good!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16151988844185350316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1139705183047439742006-02-11T16:46:00.000-08:002006-02-11T16:46:00.000-08:00Mike, this is beautiful. I don't know why oyu thin...Mike, this is beautiful. I don't know why oyu think you aren't poetic. This was a sunset of poetry, brilliantly colored with...WORDS! You paint quite a picture, my friend. Mayeb you aren't a poet, but you are an artist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1139635894331361502006-02-10T21:31:00.000-08:002006-02-10T21:31:00.000-08:00Another outstanding post. I really love how your m...Another outstanding post. I really love how your mind works and, well...how you string words together.michael snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928294752314542520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1139627808632845832006-02-10T19:16:00.000-08:002006-02-10T19:16:00.000-08:00Wow, this made me realize something I had overlook...Wow, this made me realize something I had overlooked. I'd always "prided" myself as someone who knew how to use words, spoken words. Then we moved to Europe and communicating in a language I barely knew was SO frustrating. I couldn't say things the way I wanted to. It wasn't until after we moved back from Europe that I was able to write book length. Maybe God wanted to break me of what I wanted to say so I could write what he was putting on my heart. Very cool! Thanks!Dineen A. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08560463944362266736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1139581124976929092006-02-10T06:18:00.000-08:002006-02-10T06:18:00.000-08:00Wonderfully said, Mike. Words are so important. Th...Wonderfully said, Mike. Words are so important. They can do so much good or so much harm.<BR/>Depending on who says the words, they can be so powerful. I mean think about it, "Come forth." from my mouth does nothing, but "Come forth." from Jesus' mouth brought a man back to life. <BR/>May we all weigh our words and use just the ones that God would have us to share!<BR/>Thanks, Mike!Heather Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018641352722945047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14752420.post-1139580599237009302006-02-10T06:09:00.000-08:002006-02-10T06:09:00.000-08:00Love it - what I think I love most is your knowing...Love it - what I think I love most is your knowing that what you write is of great importance to God. Nope, you're not Frost or Neruda, but I'm sure that if we knew them we would all be glad God made only one of them . . . and he made only one of you . . . and only one of me. Your words are of great importance to God because YOU are of great importance to God . . . as we all are individually and intimately so. What God has given you to write is unique to you, gifted only to you, for His ultimate glory. So, do not give up the poetry - loved it - and do not give up the writing . . . of course unless God instructs you to do so in order for Him to use you in another direction!Amehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358641966141610513noreply@blogger.com