The Lost Boy
No Way Home44 total reviews
Comment from patmedium
How on earth did I miss this one, Curt? Once again, a stunning write, friend. So painful to read. The images it feeds my mind's eye are also excrutiatingly painful. Pat.
reply by the author on 17-Feb-2010
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How on earth did I miss this one, Curt? Once again, a stunning write, friend. So painful to read. The images it feeds my mind's eye are also excrutiatingly painful. Pat.
Comment Written 17-Feb-2010
reply by the author on 17-Feb-2010
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Thanks Pat.
I think the warning stopped a lot of people from reading this piece. It's mostly a story of a guy I knew who was found dead from an OD in a motel room. I wanted to express my grief through his eyes, my way of saying goodbye.
I appreciate your thoughts Pat.
Curt
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I do act a bit like a prizzy aunt, avoiding the sexual ones. That was a stunning write. You got my vote and you're second at the moment. fingers crossed, friend. Pat.
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I am very honored, as I respect you and your talent very much.
Thanks Pat
Comment from Sally Carter
Wow, Curt, I missed this one first time around.
What can I say? Stunning writing, graphic, but never feeling - oh heck, I've lost the word! Ah - gratuitous! Every unbearable description is necessary to paint the picture of what is going on.
I'm so glad this made the final list, giving me the chance for catch up. I'm reading on, but you've got my vote so far. Magnificent.
Sally
reply by the author on 17-Feb-2010
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Wow, Curt, I missed this one first time around.
What can I say? Stunning writing, graphic, but never feeling - oh heck, I've lost the word! Ah - gratuitous! Every unbearable description is necessary to paint the picture of what is going on.
I'm so glad this made the final list, giving me the chance for catch up. I'm reading on, but you've got my vote so far. Magnificent.
Sally
Comment Written 17-Feb-2010
reply by the author on 17-Feb-2010
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Thanks Sally,
This was for a friend who was found dead (OD) in a motel room. He really was a nice guy, but the addiction drove him to such desperation he no longer cared about anything. This was my way of saying goodbye.
Thanks again Sally,
Curt
Comment from jeslaf
Amazing how addiction is familiar, even though the substances vary--the feeling is the same, and you take the reader right there to the (literal) dirt on the floor, down in the ugly place, feeling the shame, the self-loathing, the disappointment, the inevitability. Damn. Good. :)
reply by the author on 17-Feb-2010
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Amazing how addiction is familiar, even though the substances vary--the feeling is the same, and you take the reader right there to the (literal) dirt on the floor, down in the ugly place, feeling the shame, the self-loathing, the disappointment, the inevitability. Damn. Good. :)
Comment Written 17-Feb-2010
reply by the author on 17-Feb-2010
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Thank you my friend. One of my darker works, a compilation of my own experiences and the death of a long time acquaintance who was found dead in a motel room after an OD. It was his death that helped turn my life around, so I hope in some way he knows that while he lost his life, he saved mine.
Curt
Comment from adewpearl
Monorhyme is not my favorite in most cases but you've used it to its best possible advantage, Curt - I don't know how I missed this one the first time around. The gritty reality of your poem packs a huge punch. I love the alliteration and concrete of fetid fog, swishing swell. Only one of your many fine poems of the past couple of months. Brooke
reply by the author on 17-Feb-2010
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Monorhyme is not my favorite in most cases but you've used it to its best possible advantage, Curt - I don't know how I missed this one the first time around. The gritty reality of your poem packs a huge punch. I love the alliteration and concrete of fetid fog, swishing swell. Only one of your many fine poems of the past couple of months. Brooke
Comment Written 17-Feb-2010
reply by the author on 17-Feb-2010
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Thank you Brooke,
I am as surprised as I can be by the nomination. I feel honored just for that, and your thoughts are icing on the cake.
Thanks again Brooke, I truly appreciate you, and your thoughts.
Curt
Comment from Margaret Snowdon
My, how rock-bottom low
is this, Curt, your words
so desolate and lost - it
really affects me when you
write like this -- and I
know it is true-to-life, and
it does go on, which makes it
even worse.
Good luck with the contest, my friend.
Margaret.
reply by the author on 17-Feb-2010
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My, how rock-bottom low
is this, Curt, your words
so desolate and lost - it
really affects me when you
write like this -- and I
know it is true-to-life, and
it does go on, which makes it
even worse.
Good luck with the contest, my friend.
Margaret.
Comment Written 17-Feb-2010
reply by the author on 17-Feb-2010
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Thank you Margaret,
I know it is quite a departure from my last post, but yes, it does happen, and some things are better expressed in poetry than I could ever explain otherwise.
Thank you again my dear friend,
Curt
Comment from Nicnac
Oh, a lost boy indeed!
What a sad and lonesome look at a dark life.
Whether the 8 lined stanza was intentional or an error -- it felt appropriate and made me read it more quickly and intensive. It was highly effective.
The descriptions are fabulous:
raindrops slipping in grime, slime filled gutters, a cool filthy floor, black blood and foamy drool. Gosh... EVERY line is fabulous.
The lines that are most memorable to me are:
into the void where demons grind
what's left of me in life unkind. <--This really moved me.
What a great emotive piece, Curt.
I'm delighted to read your work again.
I missed you.
No suggestions. This is magnificent.
Nic
reply by the author on 12-Jan-2010
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Oh, a lost boy indeed!
What a sad and lonesome look at a dark life.
Whether the 8 lined stanza was intentional or an error -- it felt appropriate and made me read it more quickly and intensive. It was highly effective.
The descriptions are fabulous:
raindrops slipping in grime, slime filled gutters, a cool filthy floor, black blood and foamy drool. Gosh... EVERY line is fabulous.
The lines that are most memorable to me are:
into the void where demons grind
what's left of me in life unkind. <--This really moved me.
What a great emotive piece, Curt.
I'm delighted to read your work again.
I missed you.
No suggestions. This is magnificent.
Nic
Comment Written 12-Jan-2010
reply by the author on 12-Jan-2010
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Thanks Nic, I really am glad to be herer, at least as long as I can. Things are a bit...edgy right now, and I really don't know how long I will be able to keep writing. As long as I have a place to live I will keep on writing.
Wish me luck.
Thanks again,
Curt
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I wish you all the best, Curt. Sorry you're going through a rough patch.
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Hey, it makes for good writing though, eh?
Ya gotta laugh sometimes,
Comment from IndianaIrish
Yet, a side of life that exists everywhere. Hi Curt! Your incredible ability to take the reader inside your words is so evident in this poem of destruction, shame, and guilt. You craft a magnificent poem in aaaa rhyme that is enviable and almost musical. Excellent job, Sir Poet.
Indy :>)
reply by the author on 12-Jan-2010
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Yet, a side of life that exists everywhere. Hi Curt! Your incredible ability to take the reader inside your words is so evident in this poem of destruction, shame, and guilt. You craft a magnificent poem in aaaa rhyme that is enviable and almost musical. Excellent job, Sir Poet.
Indy :>)
Comment Written 11-Jan-2010
reply by the author on 12-Jan-2010
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Thank you my dear friend.
I hope to keep posting as long as I can, but if something doesn't break soon, I may be unable to post at all.
Wish me luck girlfriend, I could really use it right about now.
Always,
Curt
Comment from Kathryn Varuzza
Powerful.
Heartfelt.
And true what you said in the author's notes.
Good rhymes.
I like the image and visual presentation that you chose for this.
Good title.
I like the first 2 stanzas the best.
Kathryn
reply by the author on 11-Jan-2010
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Powerful.
Heartfelt.
And true what you said in the author's notes.
Good rhymes.
I like the image and visual presentation that you chose for this.
Good title.
I like the first 2 stanzas the best.
Kathryn
Comment Written 11-Jan-2010
reply by the author on 11-Jan-2010
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Thank you Kathryn, I am gald you enjoyed the read.
Thanks for stopping by my little corner of FS.
Sincerely,
Curt
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You're welcome Curt.
Kathryn
Comment from Judian James
EXCELLENT Curt!!! I thought this was an entry in the "addictions" contest while I was reading it. You would have won for sure with this perfectly rhymed and metered piece on the pain and squalor where addicition usually leads ... so many good lines, I could quote the whole piece. Excellent. It's so good to be reading you again. I feel a Vers Beaucoup coming on ...
reply by the author on 11-Jan-2010
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EXCELLENT Curt!!! I thought this was an entry in the "addictions" contest while I was reading it. You would have won for sure with this perfectly rhymed and metered piece on the pain and squalor where addicition usually leads ... so many good lines, I could quote the whole piece. Excellent. It's so good to be reading you again. I feel a Vers Beaucoup coming on ...
Comment Written 11-Jan-2010
reply by the author on 11-Jan-2010
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Thanks Jude.
I didn't even know there was a contest. I am so glad you like reading me and yes, there is a Vers Beaucoup in the works, as soon as I have enough to post that is.
Thanks again,
Curt
Comment from Seraphim Delphinium
Horrible. Awful. Terrible.
Thus worthy of a million sixers, my fine and beloved Ab.
Where did you get this? HOW did you get this? It is moving, terrifying, testifying... Magnificent!
Love ya bunches,
Dais~
reply by the author on 11-Jan-2010
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Horrible. Awful. Terrible.
Thus worthy of a million sixers, my fine and beloved Ab.
Where did you get this? HOW did you get this? It is moving, terrifying, testifying... Magnificent!
Love ya bunches,
Dais~
Comment Written 11-Jan-2010
reply by the author on 11-Jan-2010
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Perhaps it is an active imagination that dredged this up.
Then again, maybe not.
You are the soothing balm to my literary skin my dear Daisy.
I love ya to death for it too.
Always,
Ab
