tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post2950316689990664672..comments2024-03-29T09:35:43.086-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Poetry Sisters Write "Things to Do" PoemsTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-13288831684163002422017-05-08T19:59:02.569-04:002017-05-08T19:59:02.569-04:00Beautiful poem, and lovely last stanza, thanks!Beautiful poem, and lovely last stanza, thanks!michelle koganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409095111952431780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-65024080427558997862017-05-08T07:57:14.162-04:002017-05-08T07:57:14.162-04:00Oh, Tricia. I love the fullness of this--the life,...Oh, Tricia. I love the fullness of this--the life, the death, the joy, the sadness. The poem encompasses all of it...beautifully. Hugslaurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-83135763817318713972017-05-07T08:04:24.531-04:002017-05-07T08:04:24.531-04:00Things to Do Today
Write.
Scheme.
Cross out.
Drea...Things to Do Today<br /><br />Write.<br />Scheme.<br />Cross out.<br />Dream.<br />Poem.<br />Two.<br />Revise.<br />Renew.<br /><br />©Jane Yolen all rights reservedJane Yolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16614445497209111557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-14321294142031067142017-05-06T17:36:19.539-04:002017-05-06T17:36:19.539-04:00You wrote this while you were running?? I love it....You wrote this while you were running?? I love it. You touch upon so much, beautifully. Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-52399390159202600822017-05-06T07:47:00.544-04:002017-05-06T07:47:00.544-04:00"Observe the world with life renewed/as geese..."Observe the world with life renewed/as geese and ducks corral their broods..." There is so much happening in the natural world around us right now. Time to stop and take a look. Thank you for the reminder! Christie @ https://wonderingandwondering.wordpress.com/blog/Mrs. Wymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601071678011498746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-3385492599670237122017-05-06T07:36:55.106-04:002017-05-06T07:36:55.106-04:00**tears**
This is my first Mother's Day withou...**tears**<br />This is my first Mother's Day without one and though I didn't think it would matter so much...it does.Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-57756629268011314832017-05-05T21:35:38.170-04:002017-05-05T21:35:38.170-04:00Beautiful. I especially love the last lines -
&qu...Beautiful. I especially love the last lines - <br />"remembering all that’s good and true<br />the happy, the sad, the me and you."Jane @ www.raincitylibrarian.cahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12721142460522914540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-71595419804161918052017-05-05T19:47:57.657-04:002017-05-05T19:47:57.657-04:00What a beautiful tribute to the month of May and t...What a beautiful tribute to the month of May and to those we've loved and now miss like your father.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210045352610490115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-3131942849856565852017-05-05T17:14:27.692-04:002017-05-05T17:14:27.692-04:00I love how your poem focuses on memorials and obse...I love how your poem focuses on memorials and observations. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-32153980404203378562017-05-05T15:51:12.796-04:002017-05-05T15:51:12.796-04:00Tricia, thank you for sharing about your father to...Tricia, thank you for sharing about your father today... the sweetness and bitter of May. Also, I've been reading DAKOTA: A Spiritual Geography thanks to your mention of it last month. You touch so many and probably don't even realize it... thank you! xoIrene Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-10853583465146118322017-05-05T15:41:06.700-04:002017-05-05T15:41:06.700-04:00Love the poignancy of your poem -- good things mix...Love the poignancy of your poem -- good things mixed with sadder things. Mother's Day has become harder; can't believe my mom has been gone 4 years already, and then when Memorial Day rolls around at the end of the month, I'll think of her again, and her military service. Sigh.jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-12521617530358630612017-05-05T12:48:48.904-04:002017-05-05T12:48:48.904-04:00Honoring mothers - and those without children. Ush...Honoring mothers - and those without children. Ushering one generation out, and a new one in. Sitting and thinking of blessings.<br /><br />A good list of to-dos, I think. ♥tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com