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	(Will)-o'-the-Wisp	Quick, get inside: Jonas may still be there!   Posted by (Will)-o'-the-Wisp on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 07:37 AM [Reply to this]

	Amanda Amanda Joy	too late Will, he's been towed North.   Posted by Amanda on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 08:53 AM [Reply to this]

	Peter	Big poem for a big 'person'...but Very sad...it was just a kid... Someone said that sacred places provide waves for surfers...therefore mandurah has no waves...I told a friend, a promotions guy this one night over Kuta beach and he said nah its easily explained via geography...City beach has sacred beings and a few waves occasionally...maybe as the aboriginals say it was a human spirit trying to return to the land..and you are a kind of selkie recalling your ancient transformation... I'm glad there is someone who has memorialised this sad event so beautifully..x   Posted by Peter on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 08:50 AM [Reply to this]

	Amanda Amanda Joy	Hmmm, front and centre the surfers huh? and it was a calf not a kid. Did you go to Toodyay? x   Posted by Amanda on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 08:59 AM [Reply to this]

	Peter Peter Doyle	You make me blubber like a baby with this tail Amanda...   Posted by Peter on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 09:41 AM [Reply to this]

	jonnypravda	I like this lots it has a sense of yearning for connectedness to the world all humans suffer it   Posted by jonnypravda on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 10:00 AM [Reply to this]

	Cochise ~{Flexwriter}~ W.w. Lyles jr.	Watching life die leaves a profound stain on you doesn't it?? Wonderfully said...   Posted by Cochise ~{Flexwriter}~ on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 10:36 AM [Reply to this]

	Si Si Philbrook	We all need to hear our own whale song, this is yours, and perfect. Si   Posted by Si on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 11:22 AM [Reply to this]

	John Eagle	Sad and poignent, but somehow, and strangely, uplifting. Very nice piece of writing.   Posted by John Eagle on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 11:27 AM [Reply to this]

	~Musing Silence~	oh Amanda, this brings a wash of tears in my eyes... so heartbreaking, so lovely to create out of creation and death itself... Truly marvelous... takes my heart out into my hands to hold it still from breaking....   Posted by ~Musing Silence~ on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 02:21 PM [Reply to this]

	Lance Strate	impressive work with archetypes, underlying a truly sad event   Posted by Lance Strate on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 02:38 PM [Reply to this]

	Barbara Barbara Kausteklis	Such a sad thing that is happening to the whales.  Awesome poetry.   Posted by Barbara on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 02:42 PM [Reply to this]

	flame in the snow	brings me back to the water   Posted by flame in the snow on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 05:46 PM [Reply to this]

	Southside Larry Kuechlin	So very sad, my friend.  Love the ending. Larry x   Posted by Southside on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 06:01 PM [Reply to this]

	Poeteaser	God how I love how you do this dear...even as Zeus swallowed Metis, eh?  you are classic!  Old Possum is getting on in years I hear...gotta go see him real soon... love, ken   Posted by Poeteaser on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 06:46 PM [Reply to this]

	lana Lana Deym campbell	I will never forget the first time I saw a whale. You are right, they are so magnificent and impressive, I felt as if I was reborn in utter amazement...the world looked all the more magical and extraordinary.  Our pollution, overfishing etc. is killing them off and with them, the sense of awe and reverence they inspire. You said it all here, love the way you wove in the mythological aspect...so beautiful! A very imaginative and meaningful piece. xox   Posted by lana on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 10:18 PM [Reply to this]

	Frank Axworthy	devastating and superb   Posted by Frank Axworthy on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 11:07 PM [Reply to this]

	Ava	wowza, love this   Posted by Ava on Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 02:04 AM [Reply to this]

	Chuck's Poetic Existence Chuck Steffen	such a sad and tragic thing to behold, the death of a whale, interesting take on this, loved it, Amanda   Posted by Chuck's Poetic Existence on Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 01:50 PM [Reply to this]

	M for Magicant	gorgeous whale fall   Posted by M for Magicant on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 01:05 AM [Reply to this]

	bluebird	beautiful... and how many here would relate...many many. the cycle of life is....   Posted by bluebird on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 09:32 AM [Reply to this]

	Seb	You're getting to be Ahab-it with me.   Posted by Seb on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 10:41 AM [Reply to this]

	Michael (隠者)	It is this touch this brush with life's fragility that captures the attention and reminds. This reaches and holds Amanda. I like it.   Posted by Michael (隠者) on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 10:49 AM [Reply to this]

	Stephanie	What else can I say to you after so many times of saying youre brilliant? Stunning.....thank goodness, and how refreshing to always read your beautiful mind.   Posted by Stephanie on Friday, September 25, 2009 - 11:42 PM [Reply to this]

	Not for You, but Thanks for Asking	Gorgeous work.     Posted by Not for You, but Thanks for Asking on Sunday, September 27, 2009 - 06:47 PM [Reply to this]

	nicholas Nicholas Alexander	utterly excellent   Posted by nicholas on Sunday, September 27, 2009 - 09:47 PM [Reply to this]

	Doctori Sadisco Doctori Sadisco	Hope this finds you inside a whale of a lifetime! Your wonderful poetry continues to be wonderful. YOur amazing poetry continues to be amazing. A big hug across mountains and oceans.   Posted by Doctori Sadisco on Thursday, October 01, 2009 - 01:56 PM [Reply to this]

	Victoria	wonderful ending with a wry observance of the macabre interest whipped up everytime one of these other world creatures strays our way.. we are masters of the universe but we are helpless in these things.. aside from that the beauty of the language is strikingly natural. clever duck V XOX   Posted by Victoria on Friday, October 02, 2009 - 09:33 AM [Reply to this]

	jon	I like this poem Amanda...I have dreamt of that whale many times...I think death and re-birth always go together.   Posted by jon on Monday, October 05, 2009 - 06:59 AM [Reply to this]

	Drew Andy Traylor	Heya Amanda! Haven't spoken in a while and just read this today... Very well done.  I read it as one loosing her lover and morning the relationship.  Just seems to "fit" for me. Have a good one and hope all is well with you! Drew   Posted by Drew on Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 06:55 PM [Reply to this]

	Melody Melody Lemond	Fabulous title for a powerful poem.  Superbly worded, Amanda. Not easy to imagine the death of whales while we watch them frolic; each siting always significant. That Australia "leads the way" in 'the fight for whales' is irrelevant.  We're all responsible here. "I will not be reborn through this" either, not through any such instance.   Perhaps our U.S. friends here will join strength to stop Japan from its persistent whale-slaughtering. It's untenable.   Well writ, Amanda.  :)    Posted by Melody on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 05:47 AM [Reply to this]

	seth Seth Elkins	i haven't been in here in a while. i knew something was missing. great write   Posted by seth on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 10:36 PM [Reply to this]

	Steve	beautifully penned amanda!   Posted by Steve on Friday, December 04, 2009 - 02:53 PM [Reply to this]

	ww E	Loved the association with Jonah, and its casual, contemporary feel in the last stanza ...   Posted by ww E on Saturday, December 05, 2009 - 04:41 PM [Reply to this]