tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post6090378369031135485..comments2024-03-29T00:37:50.644-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Poetry Friday - Elizabeth Barrett BrowningTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-46140883322428674772008-03-07T19:41:00.000-05:002008-03-07T19:41:00.000-05:00Thank you for sharing. Both are lovely.Thank you for sharing. Both are lovely.MHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14053011503400018095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-25940090150197725462008-03-07T16:24:00.000-05:002008-03-07T16:24:00.000-05:00These would be so lovely to know by heart. I feel ...These would be so lovely to know by heart. I feel another memorization project coming on!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-63826601551421964752008-03-07T16:03:00.000-05:002008-03-07T16:03:00.000-05:00Thanks for these. The first one in particular send...Thanks for these. The first one in particular sends my mind in some good directions..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-55868813998548745962008-03-07T13:20:00.000-05:002008-03-07T13:20:00.000-05:00Where'd you GET that second one?? It's like the ba...Where'd you GET that second one?? It's like the basement recordings or something. Very fine...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-77507953775014209802008-03-07T11:38:00.000-05:002008-03-07T11:38:00.000-05:00What lovely poems! Thanks for sharing.What lovely poems! Thanks for sharing.christine Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800441088372947329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-34189180653371374752008-03-07T10:12:00.000-05:002008-03-07T10:12:00.000-05:00Lovely. *happy sigh* I will have to dig out some ...Lovely. *happy sigh* I will have to dig out some E.B.B. today. I so love the sonnet you selected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-73701975833892136752008-03-07T09:25:00.000-05:002008-03-07T09:25:00.000-05:00Wow. I love the second poem (had never seen it bef...Wow. I love the second poem (had never seen it before)! Her enduring sonnets are like having jewels to wear throughout one's life.jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-58009806515730529982008-03-07T09:16:00.000-05:002008-03-07T09:16:00.000-05:00Something about that first sonnet puzzles me. Is i...Something about that first sonnet puzzles me. Is it really better to love just for love sake and not the loved-one's sake? Not because of the beauty of their smile or whatnot, but because of their essence. I think the value of love is the effect on the people. It's not something outside of us.<BR/><BR/>Then again, maybe the writer is showing greater love in wanting the lover to love on through Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-72602771841439879492008-03-07T09:07:00.000-05:002008-03-07T09:07:00.000-05:00As I read the Browning sonnet, I began to anticipa...As I read the Browning sonnet, I began to anticipate the words that came flooding out of some dusty drawer in my brain. It is a lovely poem. Thanks for sharing it with us today.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13266012950190569380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-4172519348317523452008-03-07T08:01:00.000-05:002008-03-07T08:01:00.000-05:00I suppose that's why I love the second one so much...I suppose that's why I love the second one so much. I'm not a great fan of love poetry of any sort, but I do like this particular sonnet. I also am amazed that one person could show such versatility in writing.Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-17207077551796551812008-03-07T06:56:00.000-05:002008-03-07T06:56:00.000-05:00I've always loved the first one so much. The secon...I've always loved the first one so much. The second one is so vastly different in tone it's almost like it's not the same person.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com