tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post6047446902328261942..comments2024-03-29T05:08:14.335-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Monday Poetry Stretch - CelebrationsTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-83507912232357640122013-03-03T00:00:25.274-05:002013-03-03T00:00:25.274-05:00Your son might love WAITING TO SEE THE PRINCIPAL A...Your son might love WAITING TO SEE THE PRINCIPAL AND OTHER POEMS. He's the perfect age for it.Joe Sottilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06895840811863044857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-12412179023972798552013-03-02T23:57:51.500-05:002013-03-02T23:57:51.500-05:00Your on might love the paperback WAITING TO SEE TH...Your on might love the paperback WAITING TO SEE THE PRINCIPAL AND OTHER POEMS. He's the perfect age for it.Joe Sottilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06895840811863044857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-90132320144092834982013-02-25T10:28:26.302-05:002013-02-25T10:28:26.302-05:00Wow--Congrats, Everybody--Laura! J. Patrick! Kat...Wow--Congrats, Everybody--Laura! J. Patrick! Kate! What an esteemed group!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-14278588825429145862013-02-25T07:08:23.564-05:002013-02-25T07:08:23.564-05:00I hardly ever write poems for birthdays or anythin...I hardly ever write poems for birthdays or anything. Twice I've written poems for Randy on his birthday or our anniversary for something. He's super supportive in almost every way, but his reaction to the poems was pretty subdued (I'm not sure he ever even noticed the first one in the card several years ago, so when I did this again recently on our anniversary, I asked him if he got laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-25395143530453412472013-02-22T09:19:07.809-05:002013-02-22T09:19:07.809-05:00Happy Birthday! Here's a poem I wrote way-bac...Happy Birthday! Here's a poem I wrote way-back-when for my little boy...<br /><br />Toujours<br /><br />I changed his diapers,<br />washed his sheets,<br />combed his silky hair.<br />held him in my arms at night,<br />rocked him in my chair.<br />told him stories,<br />sang him songs<br />never left his side.<br />If I’d my way <br />this distant time…<br />he’d be my sand,<br />I’d be his Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-55826772114513454132013-02-22T04:21:08.551-05:002013-02-22T04:21:08.551-05:00I recently found a wonderful poignant poem by John...I recently found a wonderful poignant poem by John Godfrey Saxe, penned sometime in the 1800s, titled 'I'm Growing Old' that I think is perfect to read on birthdays :). You can find it here: http://www.1000poems.com/2012/11/classic-poems-im-growing-old-by-john.html Vikram Madanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798605843127029290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-44365360961408058152013-02-21T10:16:45.821-05:002013-02-21T10:16:45.821-05:00My mom wrote a poem for me for Christmas one year....My mom wrote a poem for me for Christmas one year. It's framed. It's about living out my dreams as a writer. I love it.Christie Wright Wildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656162315858480593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-6203656965986222452013-02-20T10:51:43.983-05:002013-02-20T10:51:43.983-05:00THE ANNIVERSARY OF MY BIRTH
Mom and Dad wage a con...THE ANNIVERSARY OF MY BIRTH<br />Mom and Dad wage a constant verbal battle <br />With credit collectors that call our apartment<br />With the precision of a watch maker. I know<br />Not even to ask for a birthday present. <br />Classmates make fun of my tattered shirts,<br />outgrown jeans, worn out sneakers, I ignore<br />Them best I can though some of those <br />arrows do find their intendedCharles Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336052424127127605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-60468737061516031452013-02-20T10:24:51.529-05:002013-02-20T10:24:51.529-05:00I have been known to write a Christmas poem and se...I have been known to write a Christmas poem and send it out to friends and family in lieu of a card. It's sporadic, though!KateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-65513186017645323752013-02-19T09:14:09.066-05:002013-02-19T09:14:09.066-05:00I write a poem for my partner throughout the year ...I write a poem for my partner throughout the year and she has a book which every now and then I will add a little something. Some poems I have written for her but have used for other purposes. To write poetry is a far easier way for me to describe the emotion inside to the intensity that I need to. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-17949688392354776852013-02-19T06:39:05.766-05:002013-02-19T06:39:05.766-05:00I have been writing a poem a day since January 201...I have been writing a poem a day since January 2011, which means celebrating many milestones including my birthday (3 times) and others who are close to me. Also other milestones--anniversaries, yahrzeits, deaths, falling in and out of like, etc. <br /><br />I find writing such poems energizing and, occasionally, I will send the poem to the person being celebrated. <br /><br />Janejaneyolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396863710083180775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-1956159950460009802013-02-18T22:50:04.294-05:002013-02-18T22:50:04.294-05:00I actually used to write the odd poem and leave it...I actually used to write the odd poem and leave it in a bottle in the kitchen - literal messages in a bottle. I haven't done that in ages, but there are random bottles around the house with rolled poems in them still. <br /><br />I think young Will is lucky, and I'm sort of gobsmacked that he somehow got so old! I swear he was just eight and his biggest worry was his hamster. Thank you tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-8950315139106293452013-02-18T21:21:21.387-05:002013-02-18T21:21:21.387-05:00I decided, in some fit of insanity, to create a bo...I decided, in some fit of insanity, to create a book for my husband for our 10th anniversary. My plan was to have photographs from each year and a poem about something significant for each year. It started strong then faltered. With the help of my Northern Virginia Writing Project writing group I finally finished it and gave it to him for our 14th anniversary! Better late than never...Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04725549451973770515noreply@blogger.com