on the battered pier old men fishing for ghosts
—Paul David Mena
Issue 16.2 | 1 November 2016
Excellent! with echoes of Raymond Carver; and that's a good thing. Well crafted.
. Putting the key words together, and alone:
battered old ghosts
Often when we reach our late stages we can feel out of sync with a fast moving world of technology and over-Corporationization, and feel like ghosts before our time.
Highly evocative.
warm regards,
Alan
Alan,
Thank you for the kind words. Being in my late-fifties in a high-tech job I definitely feel like a ghost before my time. :)
Paul
You are still a spring chicken! :-)
I love the delicious nostalgia and echo of sadness in this, Paul!
marion
Great imagery!
old man – on the pier at the end of the line – ghost fish
On the old pier; battered men. __ Interplacement within the reader's mind… causes further thought. Nice. _m
Essays like this are so important to brieoandng people’s horizons.
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November 1st, 2016 at 8:43 am
Excellent! with echoes of Raymond Carver; and that's a good thing. Well crafted.
November 1st, 2016 at 9:06 am
.
Putting the key words together, and alone:
battered
old
ghosts
Often when we reach our late stages we can feel out of sync with a fast moving world of technology and over-Corporationization, and feel like ghosts before our time.
Highly evocative.
warm regards,
Alan
November 1st, 2016 at 10:09 am
Alan,
Thank you for the kind words. Being in my late-fifties in a high-tech job I definitely feel like a ghost before my time. :)
Paul
November 1st, 2016 at 10:19 am
You are still a spring chicken! :-)
November 1st, 2016 at 5:36 pm
I love the delicious nostalgia and echo of sadness in this, Paul!
marion
November 1st, 2016 at 7:30 pm
Great imagery!
old man – on the pier at the end of the line – ghost fish
November 2nd, 2016 at 8:41 am
On the old pier; battered men.
__ Interplacement within the reader's mind… causes further thought. Nice. _m
November 5th, 2016 at 3:44 am
Essays like this are so important to brieoandng people’s horizons.