tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post4419511727345090306..comments2024-03-28T21:28:10.066-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Poetry Friday - Villanelles All AroundTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-53605909064491167392009-12-05T08:45:58.602-05:002009-12-05T08:45:58.602-05:00Yours is very lyrical and celebratory -- uplifting...Yours is very lyrical and celebratory -- uplifting energy. I can see wandering minstrels playing it hither and yon. :)jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-42248136397503833502009-12-04T19:09:12.955-05:002009-12-04T19:09:12.955-05:00"For all things green and lush and living&quo..."For all things green and lush and living" YES! Your poem makes me want to run out and do something crazy, like kiss the world! What a celebration. <br /><br />And thank you, thank you, again for your worksheet. It was the rock under my feet as I wrote.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-6703984360430750402009-12-04T12:36:11.039-05:002009-12-04T12:36:11.039-05:00Tricia, this is such a lovely poem, a psalm to poe...Tricia, this is such a lovely poem, a psalm to poetry and friends. <br /><br />I love it all, and like Jules said, just reading it makes me happy. But I really like,<br /><br />"For poems, prose and words that sing<br />of beauty that brings us to our knees"<br /><br />You poetry sisters make me want so much more....and I mean that in a good way.Susan Taylor Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06931432581676140096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-41946983575282615122009-12-04T11:40:16.737-05:002009-12-04T11:40:16.737-05:00It is such a lovely, inspired hymn. I really like ...It is such a lovely, inspired hymn. I really like this one.<br /><br />Sigh!<br /><br />(And <i>OH,</i> Father Goose! Beautiful, beautiful.)tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-314732749584645302009-12-04T10:16:01.227-05:002009-12-04T10:16:01.227-05:00Thank you a million times for that worksheet! It&#...Thank you a million times for that worksheet! It's the only way I got mine done. Really.<br /><br />My favorite line of yours:<br /><br />"For all things green and lush and living<br />that dance so lightly in the breeze<br />dear friends, Thanksgiving!"<br /><br />I am going to be singing this one! Reading it over again, it brings tears to my eyes. Thank you.Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-9168613059286644222009-12-04T08:53:50.523-05:002009-12-04T08:53:50.523-05:00Now, that just made me happy.Now, that just made me happy.Jules at 7-Imphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439756778611468303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-89481244031402012932009-12-04T08:31:38.171-05:002009-12-04T08:31:38.171-05:00Dude. Your villanelle does SO follow the rules. Be...Dude. Your villanelle does SO follow the rules. Because (as I posted yesterday) there is no particular required meter for this form. It started in English in the 19th-century without a required meter, but usually ended up in iambic tetrameter then, fell out of favor and reappeared in the early 20th century - still with no required meter - but typically in iambic pentameter. That you went with a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-6645243064947749342009-12-04T07:30:53.700-05:002009-12-04T07:30:53.700-05:00Tricia... What is amazing to me is that your mind ...Tricia... What is amazing to me is that your mind contains both the order to build poetry worksheets and the space to create loving and lyrical poetry. Sheesh, girl. Some people really get doled out all the good stuff!<br /><br />I love your villanelle so much and, especially, this:<br /><br />For poems, prose and words that sing<br />of beauty that brings us to our knees<br /><br />Oh, yes yes Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-85418608767346209482009-12-04T07:26:18.780-05:002009-12-04T07:26:18.780-05:00Charles, what a gorgeous Van Gogh villanelle. This...Charles, what a gorgeous Van Gogh villanelle. This gave me the same kind of melancholy, but lovely, feeling that Don McLean's song Vincent (or maybe it's Starry, Starry Night) does.<br /><br />Favorite lines:<br /><br />You brushed against the stars as you passed by.<br /><br />You spun nocturnal truths out of the sky<br />In waves of rolling flame upon the air.<br /><br />Thanks for laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-24981717970440586872009-12-04T07:23:10.362-05:002009-12-04T07:23:10.362-05:00Wonderful, Tricia! Such fantastic images here. My ...Wonderful, Tricia! Such fantastic images here. My favorite is:<br /><br />For spiders spinning webs of string<br />while swinging and dangling on a trapeze<br />through winter, summer, fall and spring<br /><br /><br />Yay!laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-17534473111313549612009-12-04T05:38:31.445-05:002009-12-04T05:38:31.445-05:00Oh, how I wish I could stay home from work, stay i...Oh, how I wish I could stay home from work, stay in my jammies, drink endless cups of tea, and have a leisurely read of all the villanelles (and all the other Poetry Friday offerings)!!! Alas, I'll be back later today, but more likely, tomorrow morning!! Thank you, Poetry Sisters, in advance, for this fabulous December 4th gift of poetry!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-26309711758485323252009-12-04T00:16:52.425-05:002009-12-04T00:16:52.425-05:00Hi Tricia!
Enjoyed the stroll through your villag...Hi Tricia!<br /><br />Enjoyed the stroll through your village of the Villanelle. Here's one for you about Van Gogh:<br /><br />A VILLANELLE FOR VAN GOGH<br /><br />You saw beyond the blue that filled your eye<br />And like a child lost in evening prayer,<br />You brushed against the stars as you passed by.<br /><br />You spun nocturnal truths out of the sky<br />In waves of rolling flame Charles Ghignahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16055857831163378156noreply@blogger.com